Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1897-04-15
FLOOD STATISTICS

suppl valley south of Cara Ill. has
b-rcn iSsuesi By the department. 80 arri-
cultar~. Il i bas~d upon a chart prv-
par~d unsier the dir~~ti0n % th~ chief
of the weather bureau. showing the
extent Of the foei ga April g. To thss
chart the department. has applied the
er0p statistics % t-ag A. rvpre<entin<
ussrc closciv than anv ether available
data the sercag-r AMI valve of the
creps u I>os now Ia f-upsr,iy-
The statistics of population. % the
nnmh~r and acreage of farms art u
the vaia~ of farms and farm imPie-
mssnts arr those ot the csasas. and the
statistics % live stock are the depart
mrnt's own ngur~s for January 7. ts9T-
The sstsi srra under water On April
q. WAS u, -oa square mics. of whieh
-.soa square miles wsrv in Nis~issipps.
q s1a ~guarv miles IN Arkansas. 4. 80
square miles in Missouri. I..uo in Ten
ne~sr~ and sso in Louisiana This ~
xisn eoatains,i. in t-sp. - FAR a. can
ts drssrfninsst Ia view ef the ~.asn.s-
what indefinite b-,undsry lines u the
isassi. a population Of 81. $40, of whieh
t>ss. $50. or about oue-haif was in Mis-
sisSippi. loo. s.is In Arkansas aad the
remainder almost equally divisas,t h-.-
tween Missouri and Tennessee.
Taking the entire region the celoresl
pe.pl. ou,nuruhrr,..f ~. whit In an.
proportisu of ~ to :. the eplorvsi pre-
dominating in the fs-ci.,t districts ef
Mississippi in the rats, of more than
ave to I. and in Arkansas in that of (.
tn l. In Missouri anil TruneS--r the
population OF the f.-S.l.-d districtS il
largely white. in the former state in
the pruportiou % 10 20 |. aud in the
latter in that Of stoL
The flooded DISTRICTS contain. il Is
estimated. about - 500 farms. % which
about Il. 500 are in Ni,Di~sippi nearlv
10. .Ooo in Arkan>as and a like number
about .ouaIIv Divided h.et,x.,n Mis-.
souri, and Tennessee. These farms eoa-
tain a total ARA Of ab.a, Z 90 e.s
aer~.. ous-haif of which /. in Missis-
sippf and rather ox,.r oa..-sarr,h in
Arkansas. the propor,isus in Missouri
and Tennessee being about tbs. Satu., A,
in III. ea>. u the number of farms
Ine total VnIuss of fhg.4s farm. with
their improvements. farm impl.m-at.
etc. i clos. upou s..1. ooo. 600 and hsrv
also the pr,oortioo, in IN. different
state. are ab,ut ,h.. snn,, ax ab,x,
noted.
Th.. Total n,,,,., - ...-,.. ir,-,-,,v..,
n. a.. ,,Li,s, - a.. -, - -
ah.,,, > on, a.o .nd .,.,,,, /, IN, nm,
49, ,x,.r,. l,st v,.,r ,a..v,,..,I q, ,.,,,,,,
.,,I ..,,r,, ,,.hf..h ..-,,,,. ,,..,rt,. a, -,
r,.n,- ~ the .ntir,. ,,.r,.,.,,. r,,I,ixa,sd /.
.,..-,,...., Th.1;.-,.-.I-s... -. - -. =,
Of Janu.rv ~ ,b.. nr,x,.nt war vxas
valued nj OVER 500 ooo divided in
very much the sam. proportions n,
other farm nrodurts
II, Il estimated that ~ tb. ~ro,x cf
las. xrar ovrr q -5o am vror.h r,.-
nain.,i On hand in ,h,. Subrn.r-,d re-.
giou ON the Last of the month. ,o,ton
n.prr,entiny abou, ,Uo-thirts Of ,hi,
amount ami corn praetiealIv all the
rruai,asr
The largest iut.rrSts NJ stake 50 far
ar,. tho-.. % IN. stat. of NiSsix<ipa,
vhar.., fsoo.,s,i districts rrpr,...,n, an in.
vested capital in aVrieultuz. alou. Of
elo,.. upon s,a 0oo. 600 Over 4. 90.
farms. containing 1000. 900 sere, al
land. OF an average value OF about SIS an
acre. arr under wat,r between IN,
Nis,is,ippi and Yazoo riv~rs. inetudipg
Soue of tn. most produetive lands 81
the state Their Iiv,. stock even M,
the pre,ent low prie,,s 1, worth nearly
81 500 Ooo and th,. farmers and pIant.
ers arr, estimated to hax,. about - oot =
900 worth of the cropS Of las. rear still
on hand
Arkansas stand, next in the extent
of IL, imp~rile,i interests. nearly 10 oos
farms. containing 900, ooo aerrs Of
land. worth over slt. 600. 600 being sub-
merged. These farms 0ntain live
stock to the value of over 81. 500. Ooe
and crops unsold and unconsumed 10
the value Of nearly ssoo. 900, .he eatirr
agricultural interests Of these lands
representing n value not far short Of
sts. 100000.
The agricultural interests affected in
Missouri represent a total capital of
rather over -. .0oo. .ooo. the $500 sub
merged farms containing an ARIA Of
about 40. 600 acres. worth about s. $50. :
eSS. the live stock representing nearly
81. 100000 more. and the crops on hand
another s5o9.ooo
Tennessee Is not far behind Missouri
in the extent Of its inperiled interests.
the number and acreage of the sub
merged farms being very nearly the
same. and the entire value including
ST. s5o. 900 for live stock and ssoo. 900 for
crops on hand being over ss.soo, 600
What effect the Hood will have upon
the crops of the present season de-
pends upon the length of its eoatinu-
ance. aud the praeticabiIity of plact-
ing after the subsistence of the ffood-
The entire region under water on
April s PRODUCED last wear about 37o.
900 bales of cotton. valued at close ON
SIS ooss over ii.sco.0o bushels Of
corn. worth about ssaoo. 900: and
waeat. oats. potatoes. and hav worth
over ss0o, 900 more. The mast valuable
portion OF the,s eroos was raised in