The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-27

Ida has 20,O0O,000 acres of land avail
able for cultivation-wit less than
100000 acres under the plow.
Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
$4,000, 900 In value. The value
would be $1,000 100000 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-s greater number
than any other state.
Florida has 74,OOo,OOo,ooO feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $10,oO0,000 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
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 mas 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.
Lbok at a map Of the world, and
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 Floridi
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
4 Of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
When the waters Of the North ar
covered with thick ice, you can g
fishing and boating In Florida water
or pick strawberries and flowers u
Florida gardens.
The fig, one Of earth's best-knowl
fruits and oftenest mentioned In tn
Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable riv
ers in Florida.
It 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
ue 165 per cent. each decade. TIL
state contains S7,OOO,000 acres,
Florida Is, not all sand. 1t ha
more than 100000 acres Of lam
with a firm red-clay subsoil.
Two years Of upbuilding with LEG
umes will make the most ordinar
Florida sand productive.
Jackson county shipped rs cars 0
A-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, las
year.
Fossil remain brought to light b
mining operations show Florida ono
was the home of the mastodon, tn
elephant, the camel, the saber-toothe
tiber, and other giant forms Of LII
Honey is produced in PRACTICAL
every Florida county. No state pr
duces a greater number Of necta
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds OF trees nj
found elsewhere in the world-so IA
as known to botanists. They are I
the confer or pine family.
Florida ships $4,000 car loads
fruit and vegetables year, or mol
than four solid train loads every ds
In the year.
Florida has 13 of the IS federal re
rvations for the protection and pre-
ervation Of bird life.
The banner orange tree OF Florit
is so feet high and has produced i
600 oranges in year.
Llnrida,s banking hannsits incres