The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-05
NOTES OF FLORIDA
DEVELOPMENT BOARD

on september 18TH and adopted res
olution heartily approving any effort
which MAJ be made to encourage the
work of rural home building and
especially the principles of the land
reclamation meaures now before con
gress, known as the Bankhead Boral
bill.
A copy of the resolution was sent
to the directors OF the Chamber 0.
Commerce of the United States with
the request that they appoint Il com
mittee to investigate upon behalf Of
the great business interests of the
United States and submit thcir iinG-
ings and recommendations for a con
tinuation by the government of con
structive land policy that will restore
and maintain a healthy distribution
of the countrys population and extend
our agriculture so the demands of Il
rapidly increasing population and a
growing foreign commerce may be
supplied
Several of the commercial CrSaui-
cations in the state adopted similar
resolutions, at request OF the Florida
Development Board.
The board of directors also adopted
resolution requesting Presid snt
Warren G. Harding to appoint onc
member OF the Federal Highway Com
mission from Florida on the ground
that this state is one Of the most plo-
pressive in building permaneH, Types
of roads.
The U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry
has requested the Florida Develop.
ment Board to ascertain tine approXi.'
mate quantity of dashCens which Will
be produced in the state this year and
whether the growers will Join i'll 4
cooperative campaign to market their
crop.
A preliminary survey indicates there
are considerable quantities OF dash.
Gems in the state, but widely scattered.
Reports on the surplus crop in the
various communities Will be apprc"i.
ated and also whether the growers
wish TO participate in Il cooperative
marketing campaign which has been
tentatively arranged by the govern
ment to sell the crop in New Yorl,
City.
Florida is becoming the mecca for
large number of itinerant peddlers
and solicitors, many of whom use this
calling as a means to get into homes
and see the location of windows and
room connections with view to rob
bling the homes later.
The Florida Development BuarG
recommends that no solicitors, unless
known, be admitted to the homes and
that patronage be withheld from the
itinerant peddlers and given to The
local merchants.
The following neatly printed notice
above door bell is used at one home:
Solicitors, peddlers and agents please
do not ring this bell. We patr0nize
home merchants"
DR.. j. G.. DuPuis, of Lemon City,
told the Florida Dairy Association
members at the convention in Miami
that the dairy cattle population in
Dade county has trebled in the few
years since the county was released
from tick fever quarantine, and the
pure bred cattle have increased ten
fold. That is a stock law county and
shows what can be done when free
range and cattle ticks are eliminated
DR.. f. NJ. Nighbert, formerly inspec-
tor in charge of tick eradication work
in Florida, who is now in charge of
live stock expectation from England
to the United States for the U. S. Blu
reau Of Animal Industry, has written
the Florida Development Board that
he has found considerable interest
among the cattlemen there in live
stock production in this country. H,
has been furnished with some litera-
ture telling OF the conditions and adj
vantageS in Florida, as stated by some
of the leading live stock men in
America who are known by many OF
tho cattlemen in England, for dis
tribution to those who ask about the
opportunities here.
President Harding has issued
proclamation calling upon the people
i'll this country to observe the week
beginning October 9th as Fire Pre-
vention Week. Untold damage to the
growing young timber on cut over
lands in Florida is caused each year
by the indiscriminate burning of the
woods and ranges and the Florida
Development Board asks all persons
TO cooperate in preventing the burh
ing over of woodlands not only during
Fire Prevention Week but every
week in the year. Many homes and
much farm equipment are destroyed
every year as the result of the fires
which are started and turned loose
by persons who do not own the lanu
they burn over in the attempt to get
some new grass for their scrub, tick
infested cattle Experience in refor-
estation has shown that fires are the
greatest handicap in securing an ade-
quate supply of timber for future
lumber and wood products require.
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