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ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CITRUS-FRUIT GROWING IN FLORIDA 7 
acreage per farm increased approximately 2 acres over the six-year 
period, because of acquisition of new land and the clearing of wood- 
land. 
The majority of the farms had small acreages in woodland and 
a small area of waste land, but there were a few with large acreages of 
woods. Any expansion in fruit acreage for the majority of growers 
must come through purchase rather than through reclamation of 
land. 
TaBLE 11.—Distribution of land per farm on 100 farms in Polk County, Fla., 
1917-1922 
Distribution of land per farm 
Distribution of farm land : | Average 
1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 | 
Acres Acres Acres Acres | Acres | Acres Acres 
Wioedland]— = =e 10.9 10. 4 9.8 9.6 8.8 | 8.5 | 9.7 
Wiasies = ee 3.8 3.8 S(/ SE 7 3.6 3. 6 3, 
‘Pills bles as ea es eS 25. 8 27.0 28. 1 27.8 28. 5 28. 4 27.6 
Lotaltarmeares: 20 2s 40. 5 41.2 41.6 41.1 40.9 40.5 41.0 
Owneds=- 2 sabres) set Fi 40.5 40.9 41.5 40.8 40.8 40. 4 40.8 
@ashtirentedae =o eee Votes se se a3 aul ele eae |e te : 
Share rented == 2 =. 22S eee a ee ————— ——=—> 2 | erie | A sil 
DISTRIBUTION OF CROP ACREAGE 
The six-year average crop acreage per farm for the 100 farms was 
26 acres. The crop acreage was divided as follows: Bearing fruit 
18.4; nonbearing fruit, 5.9; corn, 1; hay, 0.2 of an acre; and other 
crops, 0.5 of an acre. (See Table 12.) Twenty-seven of the 100 
farms had some land in corn of which 17 farms had more than 1 acre, 
six farms had more than 5 acres, and two had more than 10 acres. 
Twenty-six growers had small patches of corn in their groves, but 
only in four instances did the amount equal 5 acres. Two-thirds 
of the growers having outside land in corn, also had corn inter- 
planted in young groves. Hay was almost exclusively made up 
of beggarweed cut in the grove. Five growers cut hay from land 
not in grove, but the acreage in those instances only twice exceeded 
1 acre in area. 
TaBLE 12.—Distribution of crop area on 100 farms, Polk County, Fla., 1917-1922 
: | Distribution of crop acreage per farm 
Fruit tree or crop | - | Average 
| 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 
: : i Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres Acres 
Acres in bearing fruit__________- 14.4 15.9 18. 2 19. 6 20. 6 21.0 18. 4 
CGrapeiiilitees a eens 5.5 6. 4 6 8.6 | 8.6 8.8 7.6 
OEANIEeS 5 Ss es Mss a 7.9 8.4 9.5 9.9 Talat TISSE| 9.7 
Paugenineses =o =a) vee .8 a9 .9 .9 .9 9 .9 
Other fruits ses ee a2, 52 a2 Rf | eerie ed. |) SESS SS sue ae 
: i SS a SS SSS SSS S| 
Nonbearinge-so2 22a tai gus Xs ek 7.4 6.3 6. 2 Bad 53 5. 2 | 5.9 
Grapetruit. <i ee es 3.5 2.5 2.0 .4 43 3 | 1.5 
Oranges stl INIT Ft 3.8 3. 6 3.9 4.6 49 4.1 | 40 
WManPerines . e se BES ail a2 a3 a5 .8 8 | .4 
BAYe Saar eso Lee eee eae fae a a3 33° err | ee eee) Se ep) }| [eae Cap Rene 8 | 2 
Other crops.i fh Saas trier rs: 2.1 3.0 1.8 131 .6 Ti 1.6 
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