The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1920-03-06

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There are 2,00o,O 900 acres Of land in
the Everglades as rich as any In th4
world.
Dogs kill 5000 sheep per annum To
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 costi
Jackson county shipped seventy-fve
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 a
greater number OF nectar bearing
plants and flowers.
Florida has two kinds of trees not
found elsewhere in the world as Tar
az known to botanists. They are OF
the confer or pine family.
More than 900 silos have been built
In Florida In recent years, the orI
having Just fairly started.
Florida has many varieties Of grass
es and forage crops.
The dasheen, q tuber having foo1
value in excess of the potato, and
making large yields. is a Florida crop
Florida is not all flat, 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 othe,
state. 1t was worth in 1918 more
than seventy-five cents q pound.
Florida produces from twelve to
fifteen million bushels Of corn per
annum, Of as flne 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 fsh-abounds In the seas
around Florida, catching It Is one Of
the most exciting sports known 10
fishermen.
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 1,250, 000,-
600 feet Of lumber not counting cross
ties, poles. slaves, veneers, tanbark
etc.
Lee county Ii the largest one In
Florida, with 4.s41 square miles. It
is 1923 square miles larger than both
Rhode Island and Delaware and near
ly as large as Connecticut.
Florida has 4,l5S miles Of graded
earth roads; ss4 miles Of asphalt;
4SS miles Of brick; IS miles Of con-
crete; 1,26S miles Of rock oil treated;
53S miles of shell, and 1914 miles of
sand-clay, grand total Of s,224 miles
and more being built.
The population Of Florida has In
creased 80 per cent In Eve years.
There is $500, 100000 invested Ii
hotels in Florida. The Royal Poin
ciani Is the largest frame hotel
Irilding in the world.
The manatee. or sea COW, weighing
up to thousand pounds and turtles
up to 200 pounds, are still found in
Florida waters.
Flo. .da's rank In the Union IL s3rd
in population.
The manufactured products of Flor
ida aggregate 100000 per annum
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.
Florida leads all other states in the
production Of fuller's earth and ball