The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-12-11

apie LOT cuitlvat1on-with less than
z,OOO,OOO acres under the pillow.
Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
Sll5,OOO,OOO in value. The value
would be s1,OOO,OOOOO Off all avail.
able land were 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,OOO,0OO,O0O feet of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $1OO0O,O0O worth Of
phosphate per annum, or 80 per cent.
of the total output of the United
States.
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
J 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
rivers and lakes, and also available
underground, besides the heaviest
annual rainfall than any other state
in the union.
! No state in the union has such &C.
cess to the oceans and the world by
water as has Florida.
No one need fear coming to Flori.
da because of alligators. They are
now as much of curiosities to Florid-
ians as they have been to tourists.
Look at map of the world, and
you will find Florida is more favor
ably located, relative to facility of
J access to water and world traffic,
than any other American state.
The summer warmth of Florida
never prostrates man or animal, the
Temperature seldom attaining 100 do
grees above zero. Sultry nights are
unknown. Trade winds constantly
blow over the state from the Gulf
of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
! When the waters Of the North are
covered with thick ice, you can go
fishing and boating In Florida waters
or pick strawberries and flowers In
Florida gardens.
The fig, one of earth's best-known
fruits and oftenest mentioned in the
Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable riv.
ers in Florida.
1t is estimated that On acre Of
Florida water can be made to supply
as much food as an acre Of land.
There are more than $50 varieties
of fish in Florida waters.
Florida farm land increases In val
ne 165 per cent. each decade. The
: state contains 100000 acres,
Florida is not all sand. It has
more than 100000 acres Of land
! with firm red-clay subsoil.
Two years of upbuilding with leg.
! umes will make the most ordinary
\ Florida sand productive.
Jackson county shipped rs cars Of
! A-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, last
| year.
Fossil remain brought to light by
mining operations show Florida once
was the home of the mastodon, the
| elephant. the camel, the saber-toothed
tiber, and other giant forms Of life.
: Honey is produced in practically
: every Florida county. No state pro-
duces a greater number of nectar
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds Of trees not
found elsewhere in the world-so far
as known to botanists. They are 81
the confer or pine family
More than 300 silos have been built
in Florida in recent years, this work
| having been scarcely started.
The value of Florida's peanut croT
| is estimated at 100000,
| Hastings, in st. Johns county
| marketed more than $5.O0O.OO0 worth
| of white potatoes in 1917.
1 Florida has many varieties 81
grasses and other forage crops.
; The dasheen, having food value
& in excess Of that of the white potato
I and making larger yields, is a pro
! lific Florida crop.