198 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
In the county north of the area surveyed trucking, which had 
been taken up to' some extent before the freeze, was greatly extended 
afterwards and was fostered by the extension of railroads into the 
region. The trucking industry, however, did not develop in this 
section, at least not to any marked extent. A notable exception was 
the beginning of trucking in Sumter County, near what is now Cole¬ 
man, in the Warm Spring hammock, where the growing of cabbage 
for market was begun. This was about 1888. This hammock was 
found especially suited to the growing of this crop, the production 
of which attained considerable importance, and has continued with¬ 
out interruption to t-he present time. In this same hammock there 
was also a large orange grove, which was killed during the freeze of 
1894-95. 
The area of hammock lands being small, and other soils, as the 
sandy ones, being held in low esteem, the growth of agriculture was 
retarded, and even the areas cultivated were not made as productive 
as they should have been, so that the agricultural resources of this 
section have hardly begun to be developed. The interests within the 
area are varied. The western part, which is in the belt where the 
hard-rock phosphate is found, is devoted entirely to the mining of 
phosphate rock, no attention being given to agriculture, partly be¬ 
cause of the undesirability of the land for farming purposes. Turpen¬ 
tining is still an important industry and large quantities of turpentine 
and rosin are produced. The sawmills still have considerable forest 
to work upon, and there is a great deal of interest in this industry. 
Cattle and hogs are raised in considerable numbers and still roam at 
will over the open range, but this is being restricted gradually by 
owners fencing in their holdings. Stock raising remains profitable 
because the stockman is still at no expense to get his cattle ready for 
market. With the growing population, beef and pork find good 
home markets, the production of pork not being sufficient to fill the 
demand. Some cattle are shipped out to 1 southern cities. While 
many of the cattle are of poor grade, owing to the manner in which 
they are raised, they are suited to 1 the conditions they must endure. 
Some improvement is being brought about by the introduction of 
pure-blooded sires of improved breeds, particularly the Jersey and 
the Hereford, but it is not general. Some herds have been improved 
greatly. Hogs are receiving considerable attention, and the razor- 
back is gradually being displaced by better stock. 
