The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-02-21

There are 2,00O,00 acres of land In
the Everglades as rich as any in the
world.
| Dogs kill 5000 sheep per annum in
Florida, or three times az many ~
die of disease. Swat the dog.
There are $4,000 dogs in Florida.
and probably several times as many
cats. Are they worth what they cost!
Jackson county shipped seventy-hve
cars Of "A" grade corn to Kansas
City last year.
Fossils remains brought to light by
mining operations, show that Florida
was once the home Of the mastodor.
elephant, camel, saber- toothed tiger.
and other giant forms Of life.
Honey is produced in practically
every Florida county. No state has
greater number Of nectar bearing
plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds Of trees not
found elsewhere in the world as far
as known to botanists. They are Of
the confer or pine family.
More than 300 silos have been built
in Florida in recent years, the ork
having just fairly started.
Florida's peanut crop is estimated
at 100000.
Hastings marketed more than S.
100000 worth of potatoes in 1917.
Florida has many varieties of grass
es and forage crops.
The dasheen, tuber having food
value in excess Of the potato, and
making large yields, is a Florida crop.
Florida is not all fiat, there being
many hills and valleys, as pretty and
fertile as any in the Union.
Florida produces more long staple
cotton-the kind used to make thread
and lace material-than any other
state. 1t was worth in 1918 more
than seventy-fve cents a pound.
Florida produces winter grown to-
natoes and ships 5000 carloads; more
in total than all the other states cont
bined.
Florida produces from twelve to
fifteen million bushels Of corn per
annum, Of as fine, quality as any ON
earth.
There are only twenty states in the
Union with more daily newspapers
than Florida, and our state is thirty.
third in population.
The tarpon--the worlds most noted
game fsh--abounds in the seas
around Florida, catching it is one Of
the most exciting sports known to
fishermen.
Coquina rock, made up largely o.
shells, is found along the East Coast.
It was the first stone used in Ameri-
ca for building purposes. Limestone
exists in all parts Of the state.
More than 100000 tourists visit
Florida every year.
Floi.d rank in the Union is 33rd
in population.
The manufactured products Of Flor
ida aggregate 100000 900 per annum
The manatee, or sea COW, weighing
up to a thousand pounds and turtles
UP to 200 pounds, are still found in
Florida waters.
Lee county is the largest one in
Florida, with 4,641 square miles. Il
is 1923 square miles larger than both
Rhode Island and Delaware and near
ly as large as Connecticut.
There are 160 nurseries in Florida
with home grown trees.
Ninety per cent of the original
forests of Florida are still wooded
though many acres are being thinned
annually.
There are more than 5000 different
species Of trees, shrubs. herbs, etc,
IN Florida.
Florida leads all other states In the
production of fuller's earth and ball
clay.
Florida reported 50,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 II
Florida, turning out yearly 1,250, 900,
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 PRACTICAL,
unknown in Florida. Hurricanes or.
iginating in the Southern seas swins
around the west end of Cuba ant
crossing the gulf usually strike thu
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