. Livestock farming in Florida along the lines of the Florida east coast . yield in bushels of grain and feed stuffs, which included peanutsand sweet potatoes used for stock feed, was 10,644,240 total acreage in forage crops of all kinds was 165,466. Theyield in tons of forage, which of course included the hay of all kinds,was 177,340 tons. The tonnage does not appear to be so large, butwhen it is considered that an average value of $ per ton is aconservative figure as to value, it shows forage crops of more thanthree and a half million dollars in value. Yours very t
. Livestock farming in Florida along the lines of the Florida east coast . yield in bushels of grain and feed stuffs, which included peanutsand sweet potatoes used for stock feed, was 10,644,240 total acreage in forage crops of all kinds was 165,466. Theyield in tons of forage, which of course included the hay of all kinds,was 177,340 tons. The tonnage does not appear to be so large, butwhen it is considered that an average value of $ per ton is aconservative figure as to value, it shows forage crops of more thanthree and a half million dollars in value. Yours very truly, W. A. McRAE,Commissioner of Agriculture. Page ten111 Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Illlllllllllllllllllllllllll III11111111 ITTTn imiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in illinium mi iiiiiini hum i iniiiiiii iiiiini iiiiiiiiiinii i FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY ^iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMniniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiMMMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriTT. Bunch of Native Three-Year-Old Steers on Hastings Cold Storage Companys Farm, St. Johns County Present Conditions By Hon. J. N. Whitner, Manager of Tosohatchee Ranch,Sanford, Florida A MONG the unexploited resources of Florida, improved stockJ-\ raising, especially beef cattle, is of all others the most promis-ing of big profits and pleasant occupation without the risk,that in some measure, attends other enterprises. It is true thatraising beef in Florida has long been profitable, but it has been sonot by the help of man but rather in spite of him, as a glance atexisting conditions will show. To begin with, the original stock of cattle was imported by theSpaniards, and judging from that nations fondness for bull fights,it is fair to surmise that they bred cattle largely to fight and not forbeef. At any rate these cattle have run at large on our ranges andif left entirely to nature, perhaps under the la
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