The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-11

Leaving out rivers, lakes, Towns,
cities, highways, railroads, ETC.. Flor.
ida has 100000 acres Of land avail
able for cultivation-with less than
100000 acres under the pillow.
Florida's farm, grove, poultry, and
dairy products in 1917 aggregated
$113,000,000 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 $14s.
Florida has more than 200 varieties
of forest trees-a greater number
than any other state.
Florida has 74,OO0,000,O0O feet Of
standing timber-enough to build
homes for 20 million people.
Florida mines $10,0OO,o00 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.
cess to the oceans and the world BY
} water ~ 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 q map Of the world, and
you will find Florida is more favor
ably located, relative to facility Of
access to water and world trafhc
! than any other American state.
I The summer warmth Of Floridt
J never prostrates man or animal, thu
- temperature seldom attaining 100 do
grees above zero. Sultry nights arr
unknown. Trade winds CONSTANT!
blow over the state from the Gull
of Mexico and the Atlantic ocean.
', When the waters Of the North arr
covered with thick ice, you can g
I fishing and boating In Florida water
! or pick strawberries and flowers II
Florida gardens.
The fig, one Of earth's best-know,
fruits and oftenest mentioned In tn
Bible, is right at home in Florida.
There are nineteen navigable ri'
ers In Florida.
It is estimated that On acre Q
Florida water can be made to suppl
- as much food as an acre Of land.
: There are more than $50 varietie
q of fish in Florida waters.
! Florida farm land increases in va
z ne 1865 per cent each decade. tn
I state contains 100000 acres,
II Florida is not all sand. 1t Ia
( more than 100000 acres of Ian
+ with a firm red-clay subsoil.
Z Two years of upbuilding with le
! umes will make the most ordinai
Z Florida sand productive.
e. Jackson county shipped 70 cars
YlA-grade corn to Kansas City, Mo-, la
I year.
: Fossil remain brought to light
{ mining operations show Florida ON
7 was the home Of the mastodon, Il
- elephant, the camel, the saber-tooth'
tiber. and other giant forms OF III
- Honey is produced in practical
every Florida county. No state p'
duces a greater number OF meets
bearing plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds Of trees n
Hound elsewhere in the world-so
as known to botanists. They are
the confer or pine family.
More than 300 silos have been bu
| in Florida in recent years, this VIC
haying been scarcely started.
The value of Florida's peanut CT