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ing is done by throwing. No blends are used. The product, which is 
sold locally, includes hand-decorated vases, candle-sticks, curios, etc. 
The ware is burned in a small up-draft kiln. 
With the exception of the sedimentary kaolin and the fuller’s 
earth, no raw clays are mined in Florida for shipment to points out¬ 
side the State. For a discussion of the sedimentary kaolin, see Chapter 
IX. 
PRESENT TENDENCIES 
General Development and Expansion in Florida —The growth and 
development of the industries of Florida during the past few years 
has been phenomenal. This expansion is perceptible in every industry 
in the State and is closely related to the general development and im¬ 
provement which has been taking place in all the Southern States. The 
magnitude of Florida’s industries may be determined from the follow¬ 
ing table of production in the year 1920: 
Agriculture ... 
Minerals . 
Forest Products 
Fisheries . 
Manufacturing 
Of these industries, agricultural, including horticultural pursuits, 
are of chief importance, and are the ones most likely to continue to ex¬ 
pand. Of 35,111,040 acres of land in the State and of which, it is 
claimed, approximately 85 per cent is capable of cultivation, only 17.2 
per cent is now in farms and only 6.5 per cent is classed as improved 
land. Not all of this is actually cultivated. 
The mineral production consists chiefly of phosphates, fuller’s 
earth, lime and sedimentary kaolin, with a few other products playing a 
minor part. The mineral industry of the State is not likely to greatly 
increase, unless now unknown products are discovered, but will prob¬ 
ably remain at about the same point for some time in the future as in 
the past ten years. 
While Florida is not regarded as a manufacturing State, the value 
of its manufactured products at present equals the value of the agri¬ 
cultural products. The manufacturing industries in the State are ca¬ 
pable of, and likely to be, greatly increased in the coming years. There 
is a decided tendency for many manufacturing concerns to move to 
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