Excerpt from Florida a Pamphlet Descriptive of Its History, Topography, Climate, Soil, Resources and Natural Advantages, in General and by Counties
Under a provision of the constitution of 1885, establishing a Department of Agriculture of the State of Florida, the Legislature of 1889 passed an act setting in motion the work of the Department, and authorizing the Commissioner of Agriculture to publish a Hand Book of the State, setting forth her resources and advantages as a home for those, who for divers reasons either wish to, or must have a change in habitation, business pursuits, or who come only on pleasure bent.
The Commissioner of Agriculture was unable earlier to complay with this requirement for the lack of sufficient funds, till the Legislature of 1901, passed an act appropriating money for the purpose.
In providing material for this work, the Department consulted the Boards of County Commissioners of each county, as also many of the best informed persons in the several counties. To the requests for information descriptive of the various resources of each county, twenty-seven counties responded either directly of through a recognized representative; the work on the remaining eighteen counties from data in this office, and the experience and knowledge of the writer concerning them.
While much the greater part of the material used in this work is entirely new, we are frank to say that we have used with a free hand, the ideas of our predecessors, and other publications, pertinent to the subjects discussed, and specially with reference to the brief historical sketch with which the work opens.
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