Show I I Southern States Suffer Drought Crop Loss Estimated At About 1 Billion I The southern part of the United States which produces two thirds of th the nations nation's cotton colton one fifth of Its corn four fifths of Its co Co three quarters of its citrus fruits half of its beef and a third of its milk suffered one of the most severe droughts in Its his his' history history tory this summer For six long weeks there were only scattered thundershowers over a great portion of the south an area composed of 14 states The drought wrought vast damage to crops and reduced livestock grazing graz gran ing lag grounds to virtual deserts Here are some sta stet reports In Kentucky half the states state's to toe tobacco bacco crop usually worth million mU mil lion was burned In Virginia 2 25 23 per cent of the tobacco and corn crops and 20 f The shaded area on the above may shows where the drought wilted millions of dollars dollars dol dol- lars fare worth of crops The government gov goy declared Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi Mississippi 1 sippi Tennessee Missouri l and Arkansas d d l s II a II st t e r loan areas Crop damage was w estimated es es- at approximately 1 billion i per cent of the hay crops were lost In Alabama the state agricultural agricultural tural commissioner said The corn com crop Is destroyed In Tennessee forced sales of cattle for lack of at feed pushed prices down 2 to 3 a hundred pounds I I In Georgia many cities were threatened with a milk shortage I I Department of Agriculture officials oW dials daIs made no estimate of the to total total to-I to I. I tal loss but unofficial sources said it was about 1 billion |