266 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY—SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT. 
native vegetation, principally wire grass. With but little effort Ber¬ 
muda grass, St. Augustine grass, lespedeza (Japan clover), and 
Johnson grass can be grown and permanent pastures of succulent 
forage established. The cattle receive but little attention. The ani¬ 
mals pastured in the woods are usually infested with ticks, and not 
infrequently large numbers die as a result. Those that are properly 
cared for and kept from the woods are comparatively free from 
ticks. The cattle are not dipped. Native cattle are valued at about 
$10 to $12 per head. Little attempt has been made to improve the 
breed. A few small herds of goats are kept. 
Unlike almost all the other farm animals, the hogs in the county 
are of improved breeds, and though crosses are usually seen the 
typical “razorback” is uncommon. 
Mules are used largely in farm work and lumbering and are of 
good size and quality. Horses are sometimes used for farm work, 
and oxen are used to a small extent in lumbering, but seldom in 
farming. Most of the work animals are shipped into the county. 
In 1879 there were 689 farms in Bradford County, with a total 
of 67,572 acres, of which 22,470 acres were improved. According 
to the 1910 census there were 134,884 acres in farms in 1909, of 
which 54,255 acres were improved. The average size of farms has 
decreased from a little less than 100 acres in 1879 to about 85 acres 
in 1909, and this reduction is due largely to more intensive farming, 
or the change from cotton and corn farming to trucking and the 
production of strawberries. Only about 40 per cent of the land of 
Bradford County is farmed. In 1879, 594 farms were cultivated by 
the owners. Of the remainder, 41 were rented for cash and 54 for 
a share of the products. In 1909, 1,126 of the 1,587 farms were op¬ 
erated by the owners, 455 by tenants, and the remainder by man¬ 
agers. About two-thirds of the tenants rent for a share of the prod¬ 
ucts and the remainder largely for cash. The value of farm imple¬ 
ments used in the county has increased from- $11,982 in 1879 to 
$105,764 in 1909. 
The county seems to be in a transitional stage of development. 
The lumber and turpentine are nearing exhaustion, and signs of a 
new agriculture are in evidence in the clearing of land and the use of 
improved implements. 
The greatest opportunity for agricultural improvement in the 
county is along the line of drainage. Almost all sections of the 
county are capable of either ditching or tiling and could, with com- 
