The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-02-28

the Everglades as rich as any In tbs
world.
Dogs kill 5000 sheep per annum In
Florida, or three times as many ~
die Of disease. Swat the dog.
There are $1,000 dogs in Florida
) and probably several times as many
cats. Are they worth what they cost!
Jackson county shipped seventy-five
cars Of "A" grade corn to Kansas
City last year.
Fossils remains brought to light by
mining operations, show that Florida
vas once the home Of the mastodor,
elephant, camel, saber-toothed tiger
2ud other giant forms Of life.
|, Honey is produced In practically
e'ery Florida county. No state has a
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 800 silos have been built
in Florida in recent years, the ork
having just fairly started.
Florida has many varieties Of grass
es and forage crops. .
The dasheen, a tuber having food
value In excess Of the potato. and
making large yields, is Florida crop.
Florida is not all fat, there beins
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-five cents pound.
Florida produces from twelve to
fifteen million bushels OF corn per
annum, Of as fine quality as any on
earth.
Andrew Jackson was the first gov.
ernor of Florida.
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 fish-abounds in the seas
around Florida, catching 1t 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.
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 sand is productive. Why?
Because mixed with 1t are particles
of mineral matter, carbonate of lime
from shells, combined with decom.
posed vegetation.
Florida ranks first in the union In
the production of turpentine.
There are some 500 saw mills IN
Florida. turning out yearly 1,25O, 0oO,- /
600 feet Of lumber not counting cross
ties. poles, slaves, veneers, tanbark
etc.
Lee county is the largest one in
Florida, with 4,s41 square miles. II
~ l,OzS square miles larger than both
Rhode Island and Delaware and near.
ls as large as Connecticut.
Florida has 4,15S miles Of graded
earth roads; 664 miles of asphalt;
4SS miles Of brick; IS miles of con-
cretei 1858 miles Of rock oil treated;
FSS miles Of shell, and 1,s44 miles OF
sand-clay, grand total of 1924 miles !
and more being built.
The population of Florida has In. |
creased 80 per cent in FIVE years.
There is $500, 100000 invested IN !
hotels in Florida. The Royal Poin-
ciani Is the largest frame hotel
building in the world.
The manatee, or sea COW. weighing |
up to a thousand pounds and turtles
UP to 200 pounds, are still found In
Florida waters.
Flot:da's rank in the Union is ssrd |
In population.
The manufactured products of Flor
ida aggregate $1OoOO0,O 900 per annum
There are 100 nurseries in Florida
with home grown trees.
Niunfv nor oaut 80 a. L