The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-01

Leaving out rivers, lakes, towns,
cities, highways, railroads, etc. Flor.
ida has 2o,oo0,0oo acres Of land avail-
liable for cultivation less than
l2ooo,o 900 acres under the plow.
Fqorida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
$11S.o00,00O in value. The value
would be s1.ooo.ooo,oo OF all avail
able land were developed and cult
waited.
Florida's average value Of farm
products per acre is $14s.
Florida has more than 200 varieties
Of forest trees--a greater number
than any other state.
Florida has $4,000 100000 feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $10,000,000 worth Of
phosphate per annum, or so 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
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 ir
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 arr
now as much Of curiosities to Florid
ians as they have been to tourists.
Look at map of the world, ant
you will find Florida Is more favor
ably located, relative to facility o
access to water and world traffic
than any other American state.
The summer warmth Of Florids
never prostrates man or animal, tn
temperature seldom attaining 100 ds
: grees above zero. Sultry nights ar
!, unknown. Trade winds CONSTANT!
blow over the state from the Gul
of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
/, When the waters Of the North arr
covered with thick Ice, you can q
fishing and boating in Florida waters
or pick Strawberries and flowers IL
Florida gardens.
The fig, one of earth's best-know,
fruits and oftenest mentioned In thu
Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable riv
ers in Florida.
II It Is estimated that On acre o
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.
I'll Florida farm land increases In va
4 Iue 165 per cent. each decade. TIL
Z state contains 100000 acres,
7 Florida is not all sand. It ha
I more than 100000 acres Of Ian
! with firm red-clay subsoil.
! Two years of upbuilding with LEI
& umes will make the most ordinar
Z Florida sand productive.
7 Jackson county shipped 75 cars Q
! iA-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, Las
4 year.
( Fossil remain brought to light b
{ mining operations show Florida ono
4 was the home OF the mastodon, tn
! elephant, the camel, the saber-toothe
y tiber, and other giant forms Of III
Honey is produced In PRACTICAL
= every Florida county. No state pr
! duces a greater number of necta
lbearing plants and flowers.
I Florida has two kinds Of trees nj
found elsewhere In the world-so II
as known to botanists. They are I
1.-THE confer or pine family.
More than 300 silos have been but
in Florida in recent years, this VOL
having been scarcely started.
The value of Florida's peanut crt
is estimated at 100000.