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Title: University record
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: University of the State of Florida University of Florida
Subjects: University of Florida University of Florida College publications Universities and colleges Agricultural education University extension Teachers colleges Law schools
Publisher: Lake city, Fla. : University of the State of Florida
Contributing Library: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries

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stern Florida, the latter being a more dis-tinctly farming section, while the former presents more va-ried interests. The extreme southern part has thousands of acres of wasteland occupied only by an occasional settler. These districtsare mostly cattle ranches. Polk, DeSoto and Lee Countieseach have numbers of townships of this waste land. TheSuperintendents of schools of these counties estimate thatthere are about two hundred children in these districts whohave no school opportunities. They live mostly on lakes whichare numerous in these counties. A goodly number of theparents of these children are fishermen. In order to haveschool privileges, these children must be sent away from homeor a private teacher employed. Few of these parents are ableto provide either facility. A STUDY OF THE RURAL SCHOOLS OF FLORIDA DENSITY OF POPULATION OF FLORIDA, BY COUNTIES, 1920 Rural population is defined as that residing outside of incorporatedplaces having 2,500 inhabitants or more TOTAL POPULATION
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nn The portion of the state included in thisstudy lies south of heavy black line The East and West Coast counties present problems pe-culiar to their locations. The southern section of these coun-ties is Floridas principal tourist section. The central andnorthern parts are interested in citrus groves as well as beinga tourist section. The central line of the peninsula is the moststable and progressive. There is not the unstable periodic INTRODUCTION 9 DENSITY OF POPULATION OF FLORIDA, BY COUNTIES, 1920 Rural population is defined as that residing outside of incorporatedplaces having 2,500 inhabitants or more RURAL POPULATION

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