Show EXTENT OF A HE Loon A himan4 Island n7 ch DIr Notes DI-r AUIII WASHINGTON April nA late input regarding the agricultural later eels 1 cf the suomsrecl dlslrlls Ibe Hlnlislppl vllty tuuth of Cairo 111 has Loan litusd oy the department or grioullul 11 h board Upon a Check prepared Under Ilia dlroon 01 the thief of tile w ather bureau MinwIuK the extent ot the Hood on Aull 0 The total area iimler I onarkologig6j April Bill was about 16609 square miles of which 71100 tqiare miles 1 were In Mltalsilpril 4 500 In Arkanscp 172U lit I Mln url IIIO 10 Tonnewo a o 4S 10 Ijollolaus The realoncan rallied 10 100 can be deter valued In vi w of tbe mewhnt IS definite de-finite bjundarv lines of tile IIo 1 a I notation of 070 055 of which ISO 410 Dr about onl were In Allwe 01111 I IOO23S 10 Arkab And the rerlo der almost equally divided between Missouri our Torintatie Taking tbe entire region the colored population culnumb let the whltr I the colored predominating In lh Ihoiled dlttrlcts of the Mlsdftlppl In tile ratio 01 moro than S In 16 aod m Arkansas In that of 2 lo 1 In Mil 0ulJaod Tenoetea The potulallouof the flo indent dlttllct Is largely whir lu the firmer > late hepropottlon Is 10 to 1 udlnihsl roller first of 2 to 1 The llouued districts costal It It estimatednbo 33500 furoiiol tortilla Mont 18501 are IN the bhlillIlI oOIIIUUUO 10 Arksufsp nd a Alto CUMbUtUtimit equally divided tetween Mlsslourl and uuente Vtri term contain a total Ole ol but 800000 lorir half of VIL Ich I Is IUMI lg9lpl sad rather over oulou 10 Akoo ale the Iroportloo Is In bills D Uri and rouo LeIL9 about thookinatialls tile calls 01 the number of refuse About a million arid a half acres el ilia Drum under arer were Jolt yr devoted 10 cotton aDd corn 10 watch crop nearly 95 per cent ot the entire acreage cuIUoJ to I dotJ It to estimated that of the crool lift year over ts750000 worth reuialuitl 00 baod lu tbu Submerged IvgIou 00 thalkst 01 the month cotton rcpr hearing abut IwolhlrJ of this omuo I and corn Ih hlnn Vnitelleollhe lljoj will have upon the crops 01 She IMAOLt Bottom tit floods upon the realists of lit lontluu GOO ana the priclloablllly of planti a j alter the subll Jeooe of the flood 1 tie entire region under water ou April Otu produced list year hut 37UUOOUJU bale ot cotton valued at close toll a OUOUOO ovir OUOOOO bushels of corn north nb ut J34oouod and Wheat I Care lotaloea I nd 1 hay worth over SbulJOJO more The most valuable I t million of tbrte crops was raised In AIIIlppJ whom region now Bob merged produced nearly aquatterof u million balia of cotton t besides other ploductp mostly for local consump lion Ibe touulle wholly or partially submerged are mog the target col tooprouclog CPU a ties In the UOIId Bill op Vnuo county which alone has produced over 00000 bales a Wagon Is half under writers while Bolivar county Coaboma hIUO 1Vhloln with a product opacity I 01 00001 and other JOIUoUS Counties at partially submorged Ih weather bureau predicts a fur that Xlooloo 01 the flouticil aiD but DO Itttuipt ot course has been wd to illmalu the serious posilbllltlci 01 all Oil i txtoLtlou |