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extreme as far as central Florida is concerned, for reasons apparent after reading the description of that region.
 The east coast has the most valuable land per acre, but is surpassed a little in value per farm by the eastern flatwoods, where the farms are over five times as large, on the average. The east coast strip also has the niost valuable farm buildings, and therefore presumably the highest standards of living, and the lime-sink region is the other extreme, as far as the statistics show. But in value of implements -and machinery the east coast is lowest, on account of the small farms worked mainly by hand labor; and the lake region ranks highest.
 The eastern division of the flatwoods, being still mainly in the pastoral stage as far as agriculture is concerned, is far in the lead in the value of live-stock per farm, as well as in number of cattle, horses, and sheep. The Gulf hammock region seems to lead in dairy cows (though this may be due to some error in the census, as suggested elsewhere), the Middle Florida hammock belt (with the largest proportion of negroes) in mules and goats, the limesink region in hogs (as in corn and peanuts), and the east coast in bees.
 The east coast has the highest expenditures for labor and fertilizers and the lime-sink region the lowest, but no region in central Florida spends as much for feed as the State average, perhaps because there is more winter pasturage here than in northern Florida. The east coast also leads in value of crops per farm and per acre, while the Hernando hammock belt is lowest in crops per farm and the lime-sink region the lowest per acre. The eastern flatwoods and the east coast strip, although adjacent, are opposite extremes as far as the value of animal products is concerned. The value of crops is roughly proportional to the value of land and buildings, and inversely to the illiteracy percentage, though if different states were compared some exceptions to this might be noticed.*

 *For some statistics of farm expenses and receipts in different regions in Florida and in several other states, with a' regional map of the State and a discussion of general principles, see the Quarterly Bulletin of the State Ag. ricultural Department, vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 14-26. (Nov.) 1920.