The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-02-07


% for building purposes. Lime'''
4xists in all parts Of the STATE
'N n",a than 100000 tourists Vis't
Florida every year. o,,a
Flo. .da's rank in the Union is S'fu
in population. - - Flor.
The manufactured products OF flor-
ida aggregate s1Oo,OOo,OOo per annum
The manatee, or sea cow weisnins
m TO a thousand pounds ana 'ur'ie'
IN to 200 pounds, are still fouho III
Florida waters. :.
Loo county is the largest one III
Florida, with 4,e41 square miles =
!, o23 square miles larger than both
Rhode Island and Delaware ana near
" as large as Connecticut
There are 100 nurseries in florioa
with home grown trees
Ninety per cent of the Original
forests of Florida are still woodeo'
though many acres are being thlnneo
annually
There are more than 5000 different
species Of trees, shrubs, herbs, etc.
in Florida.
Florida leads all other states In the
nroduction of fuller's earth and ball
clay.
Florida reported 5O,O16 farms in
1910 sh ecould have ten times as
many.
! Florida ranks first in the union IN
the production of turpentine.
/ There are some 500 saw mills IN
Florida, turning out yearly 1,25O,ooo,-
600 feet Of lumber not counting cross
ties, poles, slaves, veneers, tanbark
etc.
Andrew Jackson was the first gov
ernor Of Florida.
Florida clay makes good brick.
Severe wind storms are practically
unknown in Florida Hurricanes or
iginating in the Southern seas swing
around the west end of Cuba and
crossing the gulf usually strike the
coast about the mouth of the Missis-
sippi
Florida has a climate allowing the
y growth of crops in every month.
Florida has as large and fine sea
beaches as any in the world. National
automobile races are frequently held
here in the winter.
Florida produces the finest Of pine
apples and has shipped as high as a
million crates in a year. The largest
plantations are along the East coast,
4 in sand so pure and white that A
handkerchief can be passed over it
without discoloring IL,
Florida sand is productive. Why
Because mixed with 1t are particles
Of mineral matter, carbonate of lime
from shells, combined with decom-
posed vegetation.
Florida can be made to produce
enough sugar to supply most Of the
needs of America. Sugar cane grow
Il. every county. Drained swamp lane
will yield 20 tons of cane to the acr,
the potential equivalent Of 3,Oct
pounds of granulated sugar, beside,
residue of value.
Fuel and clothing bills are muct
less in Florida than in the colder
north.
Florida contains four eyne, linen
stations, established by The Unite,
States government, to test for u.s.
in the warmer sections Of the Union
the many kinds of useful products, no
native, but brought from other cor
tinonts.
Florida will produce all of tn
American varieties Of fiber plants
including sisal hemp !or which tn
Union annually pays Yucatan mil
r lions Of dollars.
There are thirteen cities in Florid.
each with more than 5000 people.
There are 2,916 common nubli
schools and 1O4 high schools in Flo,
r ida.
There are 20 ice factories in Flo,
. ia. We have no ice unless we max
n 1t. The discoverer of artificial il
e was a Florida man.
l. Florida has spent more per CAN'T
i In recent years for road improvement
Il than any other state.
q Florida has 4,15S miles of grade
earth roads; 664 miles of asnbal,
y 4SS miles of brick; IS miles of co,
crete; l,26S miles of rock oil treated
u 'SS miles of she'll, and 1874 miles
sand-clay, a grand total of 9 224 mil.
: and more being built.
y E'ghty-hve per cent of the whit
farmers in Florida operate their ow
d farms. "
- seventy per cent of the farmers
II Florida are white