GEOGRAPHY OF CExXTRAL FLORIDA 



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TA^LE 2. 

 Agricultural statistics of Lime Sink Region (Levy & Citrus Cos.) 1890-1910. 



Improved acres per inhabitant 



Inhabitants per farm 



Per cent of farmers white 



Per cent of farmers, owners 



Per cent of farmers, managers 



Per cent of farmers, tenants 



Average number of acres per farm - 

 Average improved acres per farm _ 



Value of farm land per acre ($) 



Value of farm land per farm 



Value of buildings per farm 



Value of implements and machinery 



Value of live-stock, poultry, etc. 



Number of dairy cows per farm 



Number of other cattle per farm __ 



Number of horses per farm 



Number of mules per farm 



Number of hogs per farm 



Number of sheep per farm 



Number of poultry per farm 



Expenditures per farm for fertilizer 



Expenditures per farm for labor 



Expenditures per farm for feed 



Annual value of crops per farm 



Annual value of animal products __ 

 Expend, fertilizer per acre improved 



Expend, labor per acre improved 



Value of crops per acre improved __ 



1889- 



1890 



3.83 

 10.0 



92.4 

 7.6 



136.3 



38.8 



1905 



46 

 253 

 4.9 



14.7 

 1.6 

 0.1 



15.2 

 1.8 



28.2 



1899- 



1900 

 2756 



12.7 



82.3 



81.7 

 2.8 



15.5 



109.0 

 32.7 

 5.40 



j -0: 



) 232 

 38 

 358 

 3.0 



26.6 

 1.7 

 0.1 



16.9 

 3.0 



27.3 



1 

 Total 

 2756 

 17.1 

 81.4 

 81.2 

 0.7 

 18.1 

 159.0 

 43.9 

 7.36 

 1170 



340 

 98 

 538 

 3.3 



26.5 

 1.6 

 0.2 



31.4 

 1.1 



29.8 



909-1910 

 White Color'd 



4.4 



10.7 



82.8 



0.8 



16.4 



0.64 

 45.2 



74.6 







25.4 



3.74 



272 



.10 



1.45 

 25.10 



340 



.04 



.77 



29.80 



49.50 



36.60 



620 



222 



.68 



1.13 



14.10 



In 1917-18, according- to the state agricultural department, 

 the leading crops were sea-island cotton, peanuts, corn, sweet 

 potatoes, velvet beans, (including hay thereof), sugar-cane, 

 cucumbers, cow-peas (including hay), cabbage, oranges, (grass) 

 hay, oats, watermelons, pecans, Irish potatoes, peaches, egg"- 

 plants, squashes, pears, castor beans (a "war crop," not raised 

 much before or since), tomatoes, string beans, upland cotton, 

 lettuce and plums. If we had data for the lime-sink portions of 

 Hernando, Pasco. Hillsboro and Pinellas Counties no doubt 

 oranges would take a much higher rank and peanuts and cotton 

 a lower. This region leads the rest of central Florida in the rel- 

 ative importance of peanuts, as it does in hogs. 



