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FLORIDA
Its Magic Attractions, Actuaes, Potentalities and
Unrivaled Possibilities.
Facts Compiled by the State Marketing Bureau.

/, ida has 100000 acres of land avail
able for cultivation-wi less than
| 2 900 900 under the plow.
| Florida's farm, grove, poultry and
ldairy products in 1917 aggregated
$113, 100000 in value. The value
would be s1,0O0,0OQ,O0 if all avail
liable land were developed and culti-
waited
/ Florida has on hand according 20
the last report of its commissioner
of agriculture, cattle valued at 49,.
100000, hogs at $15,OOO,00O (now $685.
000000), horses and mules at ST..
900, sheep at 100000 and goats at
$50, OOO.
Florida's average value of farm
products per acre is $149.
| Florida has more than $4O,000.300
of tropical fruit trees of bearing age;
in all, more than 100000 fruit
trees.
Florida has more than 200 varie-
ties Of forest trees, a greater num-
Der than has any other state.
Florida has 74,O0O,O0O,OO0 feet of
standing timber, enough to build
homes for 2O,eO0,eO0 people.
Florida mines s10,000,000 worth OF
phosphate per annum, or so per cent
| of the total output of the United
States
Florida is destined to become in.
| rortant, very important in, raising
livestock. There is no long cold
lwinters to test the vitality of the an.
finals. Feed cam 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 Florida.
Florida has more surface water in
rivers and lakes and also available
underground, besides the heaviest
annual rainfall, than any other state
in the United States.
+. 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 Flor-
ida because of alligators. They are
now as much of curiosities to Flori-
dams as they have been to tourists.
| Look at a map of the world ana
Iyou will find Florida is more favor.
ably located, relative to facility If
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
degrees above zero. Sultry nights
are unknown. Trade winds con.
stantIy 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
and pick strawberries and flowers in
Florida gardens
|, The fig, one of the earth's best
known fruits, is right at home in
Florida.
Florida produces 100000 gallons
of turpentine yearly Her turpen-
tine and rosin, known as naval
stores, are valued at $25 900 a.
year.
Florida has the largest pecan grove
in the world, $4,000 trees, covering
1900 acres, near Tallahassee.
Florida possesses 100000 pecan
trees.
Florida has s4S growing days in
year.
Florida produces more than sew
enty-five different varieties of farm
products
Florida's annual honey production
is 100000 pounds.
Florida annually produces $4,000.
600 gallons of. milk. This state Isl
better adapted to dairying than isl
any other state in the Union.
Florida produces 100000 dozen
eggs annually; and no state can pro-
duce better poultry. It's abundance of
wild birds is evidence of its adap
liability to domestic fowls.
Florida produces 1000, 900 pounds
Of butter; a mere fraction of its
capacity to produce this commodity.
1T offers excellent opportunities in
the dairy industry.
Florida pr0duens n,ora 1ong st.a,a