| Show till THE EVErt everglades GLADES vast and wonderful changes are taking place in the interior ot of these changes will result in placing florida eventually it la Is expect expected ea florida in a position to challenge cuba for or the sugar supremacy ot of tho the world the idea of the general public Is that florida Is little litile more than a land ot of more or less perpetual sunshine where the rich go in winter and where the daughters of the high and mighty vie with one another in the matter of scantiness ot of bathing suits in our ignorance we have in addition to giving florida credit for or Us its attractiveness as a winter playground stocked it with lazy izy alligators 1 li some Bome orange trees and many mosquitoes the possibilities ot of florida as a health wealth producer are seldom associated in our minds with thoughts of the cie de lightsie light swe might find there had we 1 but money enough fo for r a seasons recreation those possibilities however are ot of almost inconceivable magnitude and florida within a comparatively short time Is destined destine 4 to take rank with the richest states in the union miss elizabeth F fisher protessor professor ot of geology and geography at wellesley college who enjoys the distinction 0 of being the first woman field geologist ever sent out by a company to locate wells well sIn in oil regions la Is of the opinion that a little more drainage and a little more improvement pro ld marketing ft show the world something phenomenal in them the way ol of swift reclamation ot of a land once thought hopelessly lost loit miss fisher has just returned from a careful geographical survey extending from fort meyers on the west coast to west palm beach she journeyed by automobile and ana boat to more haven on the shores a ol 01 lake okeechobee and thence by canal to the east she has seen the everglades the land that has been beeg drained and the farmers at t their heir work in the virgin soil and as a geographer of long exper experience leae will a deep interest in inconis erva Uon sh ah la Is completely converted to the tui rul florida asa as a sugar state sugar itself Is 18 not a new story t native born florida people tin th bane acano was cultivated in north crr parts parta of 0 the state as longano lon gago as I 1 years florida alac to to the alt ution which has grown oil bf b the wartime shortage and north era cm capital hog has been quick to see the possibilities in the fact that well drained soil will yield a crop crop of a product which has haa novel seen a florida failure the southern half calf of florida I 1 Is still struggling with the waters 0 the ocean left in the tho hollow g paced and the low country to ma make 1 0 tin ill d mystery of the ever klades glades planters PI antera and government govern men experts div may bount the available acre age in the north of of the state bu miss fisher la Is counting the aclei unborn 11 the future plantations of the ev er glades 1 miss fisher als er elgh come in time gha natural ris ing of the earth butt buti why wait toi fol nature ta the ie answer today la Is sh eh okays days more drainage wider tion conditions condition toi fol the he planters oft off tho the beaten track a of r existing transportation facilities miss miga fishers Fl shera party saw tho the billies bill tes in this southern soil at ablat blakc where the dral nag capala have lowered the level fevel of thi th lake by some four foar feet this ered about acres acrea of the rich ost eat muck land land so rich tha weeds were growing ten feet high the lake Is approximately twenty I 1 wen even miles wide and with burthel Ira inage and further reclamation the he geologist believes bel levea U t not onrea conable to suppose that nearly 1000 booi 0 0 0 acres can b be added to the aramli land of them the united states morn ver it Is estimated hy by eri ahr have given the matter careful ire and special study that out oni t million acres of the best florad and there could be grown enough enouf lane iane to produce all the sugar the united states could use thi the sandy sails near the tha sea in r yield vast quantities 0 ranges and grapefruit but the gar lening possibilities ot of the muck landof lando th fee 6 interior in the everglades present a chapter of amen san can enterprise which has yet to be britten As a member of 0 the faculty of wellesley college aless fianer ha has sonly only loa a scientific interest in his problem lern yet t she says the radishes she saw near lake okeechobee boohen aebig as alg as beets there are many angles ol of thi situation from a scientific point a 0 view which have yet to be threshed out sho she says bays conservation must take into account the cost or cleor fake n ng g away our nearest approach to a bungle and must also consider the disposition to bocade be made at 0 the or 00 seminole indians indiana who consider this country their own such for fei eli ample was bully tucker ot of lake wrt port a seminole who accompanied pur party and tried in vain to grasp the significance ot of our survey there must be a liberal application ot of time energy and capital to this pr problem and above all some borne official consideration of the marketing problem without w which atch eap even with ae ane gift of the soil the pioneering planters can never hope to succeed succeed in their aim a 0 americanizing American izing the production of I 1 cane sugar 1 |
