The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-09
Facts About Florida
THE MOST WONDERFUL STATE IN THE UNION
Compiled by the Florida State Marketing Bureau)

iua mas lU,UUV,UUu acres OF ianu avail |
able for cultivation-with less than
100000 acres under the pillow.
Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated |
$113,0O0,O00 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-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 $1O,O0O,OOO 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 has such &C.
lcess to the oceans and the world by
} water as has Florida
No one need fear coming to Flori-
de- because of alligators. They are
} now as much Of curiosities to Florid.
ians as they have been to tourists.
Look at q map of the world, and
J you will find Florida is more favor
ably located, relative to facility OF
access to water and world tranic,
! than any other American state.
! The summer warmth Of Florida
J 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 fg, 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.
It is estimated that on acre Of
Florida water can be made to supply
80 al much food as an acre Of land.
. There are more than $50 varieties
: of fish in Florida waters.
! Florida farm land increases In val
< ue 165 per cent. each decade. The
&lstate contains 100000 acres,
! Florida is not all sand. 1t hal
Z more than 100000 acres Of lant
xlwith a firm red-clay subson.
I Two years of upbuilding with leg
: fumes will make the most ordinar!
xlFlorida sand productive.
X Jackson county shipped rs cars o
xlA-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, las
7 year.
! Fossil remain brought to light D!
/ mining operations show Florida ono
Z was the home Of the mastodon, tn
- elephant, the camel, the saber-toothe
tiber and other giant forms Of Life
81 Honey is produced in PRACTICAL
every Florida county. No state prs
duces a greater number of nectaI
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds of trees nc
Hound elsewhere in the world-so "a
as known to botanists. They are
the confer or pine family.
More than 300 silos have been bui
lin Florida in recent years, this VOL
having been scarcely started.
The value Of Florida's peanut crt
vi