. The Southern States. onstant breeze. Itis this which makes our summers socharming. Then, too, the rainfall,especially in the latter part of the sum-mer, cools the atmosphere, and wehave the summers fruits and the odorof its flowers, and its cool, deliciousnights. The soil of the hill country in West-ern Florida is generally a rich, reddishor dhocolate loam, with a red or yel-low clay subsoil, and of such great fer-tility that in many cases lands havebeen cultivated for forty to sixty years REPRESENTATIVE FARM HOMES IN THEFLORIDA HILL COUNTRY. ing is likewise an industry yieldingsatisfactory
. The Southern States. onstant breeze. Itis this which makes our summers socharming. Then, too, the rainfall,especially in the latter part of the sum-mer, cools the atmosphere, and wehave the summers fruits and the odorof its flowers, and its cool, deliciousnights. The soil of the hill country in West-ern Florida is generally a rich, reddishor dhocolate loam, with a red or yel-low clay subsoil, and of such great fer-tility that in many cases lands havebeen cultivated for forty to sixty years REPRESENTATIVE FARM HOMES IN THEFLORIDA HILL COUNTRY. ing is likewise an industry yieldingsatisfactory returns, and chickens,turkeys, etc., are raised in large num-bers for the home and export wide diversity in agriculturalproducts of Western Florida is evi-denced in a more striking mannerthan otherwise possible by an exami-nation of the published statistics of theState, compiled under the direction ofthe State board of agriculture. Inorder to show the variety of products,a compilation is herewith given cov-. THE HILL COUNTRY OF FLORIDA. 265 ering the whole western section, andcomprising the counties of Calhoun,Escambia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamil-ton, Holmes, Jefferson, Lafayette,Leon, Liberty, Madison, Santa Rosa,Suwannee, Taylor, Wakulla, Waltonand Washington: Corn, 1,765,006bushels; rice, 13,600 bushels; hay,3267 tons; cotton (upland), 21,682bales; cotton (Sea Island), 9165 bales;sugar-cane, 33,243 barrels syrup, 73,-377 barrels sugar; oats, 495,773 bush-els; field peas, 80,721 bushels; millet,362 tons; peanuts, 402,137 bushels;tobacco, 652,976 pounds; cabbage. 900,440 pounds; wine, 13,549 gallons;turkeys, 12,171; geese, 10,850; ducks,4665; chickens, 449,120; eggs, 691,138dozens; milch cows, 15,205; milk,1,201,122 gallons; butter, 347,504pounds; cheese, 989 pounds; hogs,115,250; goats, 9080; sheep, 81,564;stock cattle, 117,551; mules, 4219;horses, 13,655. The testimony of a dairy farmernamed M. N. Johnson, whose place islocated near Tallahassee, may begiven as show
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