The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-02-20
FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA

exists in all parts Of the state.
More than 100000 tourists visit
Florida every year.
Flo. .da's rank in the Union is 33rd
in population.
The manufactured products Of Flor
ida aggregate $1OO,ooo.O0o 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. It
is 1,023 square miles larger than both
Rhode Island and Delaware and near
ly as large as Connecticut.
There are 100 nurseries in Florida.
with home grown trees.
Ninety per cent Of the 'origina!
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 50,016 farms in
1910. sh ecould have ten times a.
many. }
Florida ranks first in the union in
the production Of turpentine.
There are some 500 saw mills in
Florida, turning out yearly 1850 ,000,-
900 feet Of lumber not counting cross
ties, poles, slaves, veneers, tanbark
etc. tN
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
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
growth Of crops in every month.
Florida has as large and fine sea
reaches as any III 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
are along the East coast,
n sand so pure and white that a
can be passed over II I
without discploring H. /,
Florida sand is productive. why?
Because mixed with 1t are particles
u mineral matter, carbonate OF lime
rom shells, combined with decom-
posed vegetation.
Florida can be made to produce
enough sugars.to supply most OF the
needs OF America. Sugar cane grows
j. every county. Drained swamp land
will yield 20 tons of cane to the acre
the potential equivalent of 5000
pounds of graduated sugar, besidas B
residue Of value.
Florida will produce all of the >
american varieties If fiber plants. I
including sisal hemp, .or which the
Union annually pays Yaeatan mil
lions Of dollars.
Fuel and clothing Ills are muen
less in Florida than in the colder
north.
Florida contains four expe, imeni
stations established by he United
States government, to test for use
in the warmer sections OF the Union.
the many kinds of useful products. nos
native, but brought frcm other cor
t,ncnts.
There are thirteen cities in Florids,
each with more than 5000 people. !
There are 2,916 common public
schools and 1O4 high schools in Flor
ida
There are 70 ice factories in Flor /
IDA. We have no ice unless we make
it. The discoverer of artificial ice /
was Florida man!
Florida has spent more per capita |
in recent years for road Improvement
han any other state.
Florida has 4,15S miles of graded
earth roads: s64 miles Of asphalt:
1873 miles Of brick; IS miles OF con-
crete; 1883 miles Of rock oil treated; |
SSS miles Of shslLssndI .i.szs miles Of;
sand-clay. a grand total Of s.asl miles