The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-04-22
FLOODS IMMENSE DAMAGE
More Than Twenty Thousand Square
Miles Under Water.
Bureau OF Statistics Report Shows
Enormous Damage-AgricuItu
Property Destroyed.

The Bureau of Statistics OF the Treasury
| Department has made the following report
on the damage caused agricultural interests
by the Mississippi River flood:
since the publication oq April 2 Of a
statement relative to the agricultural in
terests of the submerged districts of the
area under water mas been cJnsidcrabIyex
tended. This extension is below Vicks-
| burg, Miss, but On the right or west side
! of the river, and is mainly due to a break,
| 1000 feet III width in the levee at Biggs
The outflow OF water at this poiat has to-
tally submerged four parishes tcOuntlesl
| of Louisiana ana partially overlooked five
! others, while break at La Fourche Cross
ing, in the southern part of the same state,
has resulted in the submergence of an adj
ditional area of nearly. 300 square niles
in La Fourche ana Terrabome parishes.
In this newly submerged region there
was in 1880 a total population Of So $50
in the proportion of four oolored persons
TO one white. a..
The region contained in the last CEN
LOCO 900 acres, Of which 100000 were
improved OF this last entioned area.
213,000 acres, or over vne-haIf, were last
year devoted to cotton over 81 900 acres
to corn, 5000 acres ito,sugar cane, 1900
acres to hay and an tncgusiderable acreage
to other crops. al
The total value of these farms, includ-
ing fences and buildings. but exclusive of
their movable equipment. was in 1890
close upon $if 900 600, and the value Of
the implements and ma chineTy upon them
was over 100000. On January l. of the
present year, they contained live stock to
the value of 81 100000, and SO lately
as the fst Of March last they were est
mated to have still on hand about $4,000
worth OF the crops Of last season. The
total value of the farms submerged by the
breaks in the levees that have occurred
since the 10th instant, their farm impIe-
ments, live stock and crops on hand,
therefore, is close upon $14,OOO,0O0
"This region produced last year nearly
100000 bales Of cotton, over 100000
pounds OF sugar over 1 300, 900 bushels Of
corn, besides hay, potatoes, oats AMI other
minor products, the entire production ag-
gregating a value, even at the low prices
that have prevailed, OF more than $3.50
600.
The total area submerged at this date
is over 10000 square miles. 1t con-
taine1 at the last ceasus AZ, 1886 farms. with
a total area OF 1904, 466 acres, nearly
one-lIalf of which was improved, and q
total population, agricultural and other,
Of 462,04l. II, to the value of its farms,
farm buildings and farm machinery. &C
cording to the census OF 1890, there be
added the value Of It's live stock on January
1 last ($9.174,636l, and OF its products
or last season still on hand OH March last
4,595, 1T9l, the total OF S9O,176,177
will represent the approximate value OF
the agricultural property of the submerged
region Among the products OF this re-
gion last year were 466, 056 bales of cot
ton, worth sic, 81 2, 900; 12,525,645 lush
els of corn, worth S3.995, PTS, and $685.
S78 pounds OF sugar, worth S271 ,016, the
total production, including minor crops
representing value of $21, 1928 ON
the plantation.