The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-18

lcities, highways, railroads, etc, Flor
! ida has 100000 acres of land avail
able for cultivation-with less than
100000 acres under the pillow.
J Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
$113,0o0,OOO in value. The value
would be $1,000, 100000 Off all avail.
able land we're developed and cult
waited.
Florida's average value of farm
|products per acre is $149.
Florida has more than 200 varieties
of forest trees-a greater number
than any other state.
Florida has 74,000,O00,O0O feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
, homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $4,000 900 worth Of
phosphate per annum, or 80 per cent.
! Of the total output Of the United
States.
D Florida is destined to become i'm.
} portant, very important, in raising
live stock. There is no long, cold
winter to test the vitality of animals.
! Feed can be grown every month.
The mild climate Of Florida offers
farming opportunities not equaled
elsewhere in the Union.
Orchids-the rare and expensive
| beauties Of the northern greenhouses
, grow wild in the forests of Flori-
/ da.
Florida has more surface water in
4 rivers and lakes, and also available
/ Underground, besides the heaviest
annual rainfall, than any other state
y in the union.
D No state in the union has such ac
] jcess to the oceans and the world by
j water as has Florida.
No one need fear coming to Flori
I da because of alligators. They are
4 now as much of curlosities to Florid
= ians as they have been to tourists.
I Look at map Of the world, and
Z you will find Florida is more favor
4 ably located, relative to facility o.
i access to water and world traffic
! than any other American state
81 The summer warmth of Floridi
i never prostrates man or animal, tn
al temperature seldom attaining 100 de-
grees above zero. Sultry nights ar
. unknown. Trade winds constantly
I blow over the state from the Gul
| of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
Ill When the waters of the North ar
| covered with thick ice, you can 9
| fishing and boating in Florida water
| or pick strawberries and flowers
| Florida gardens.
Ill The fig, one Of earth's best-know
| fruits and oftenest mentioned in tn
Bible, is right at home in Florida
Ill There are nineteen navigable' RI,
| ers in Florida.
Ill 1t is estimated that On acre {
| Florida water can be made to suppl
as much food as an acre OF land.
- There are more than $50 varietie
- of fish in Florida waters.
~ Florida farm land increases In va
! ne 165 per cent. each decade. Th
! state contains 100000 acres,
! Florida is not all sand. It hs
1 more than 100000 acres of Ian
I with firm red-clay subsoii.
I Two years of upbuilding with 10
I umes will make the most ordinal
! Florida sand productive.
I Jackson county shipped rs cars
xlA,grade corn to Kansas City Mo-, la
3fyear.
I Fossil remain brought to light
] mining operations show Florida on,
Z Twas the home of the mastodon, Il
I elephant, the camel, the saber-tooth,
! tiber, and other giant forms of iii
-" Honey is produced in practical
every Florida county. No state pr
duces a greater number of meets
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds of trees n
found elsewhere in the world--so I
as known to botanists, They are
the confer or pine family
More than 300 silos have been Blu
in Florida in recent years, this wo
having been scarcely started
The value of Florida's peanut CT
IS estimated at 100000.
- Hastings, in St Johns coun
marketed more than $1,000, 900 VOL
of white potatoes in 1917.
: Florida has many varieties
{ grasses and other forage crops.
! 1 The dasheen, having food va