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'One Ranally Unit equals 00001 percent of the total value added 

 by manufacturing in the United States in 1963. 



Figure 40. — The major products of industry (modified from Raisz, 1964; Forstall, 1970). 



Although citrus is the most valuable crop of 

 Florida, vegetables and cattle are important 

 products as well. The Caloosahatchee River, 

 Charlotte Harbor, and Tampa Bay areas, espe- 

 cially the latter, support groves. Vegetables are 

 grown principally in these three areas and near 

 the shores of St. Andrew Bay and greater Pen- 

 sacola Bay. 



Phosphate mines are located just east and 

 southeast of Tampa Bay. Runoff from mined 

 areas (and processing plants) drains to the 

 Peace, Myakka, and Alafia Rivers. 



The true value of commercial fishing exceeds 

 the money paid the fishermen (ex- vessel value) 

 by at least two to three times because of the 

 value added by processing, distributing, and 



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