The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-24

.s ApOuC I6,UOO DdleS dOQ1C1Oudl, to OAI1 fornia are being grown in Lower Cali fornia, old Mexico.
 Condition Summary.
 The department of agriculture's ssunmary of conditions follows:
 saThe forecast of 12,956, GOO bales oi cotton made for the date of August i IS on a condition of 60.5 per cent of normal represents an improvement of prospects over August 1, by 605, ,000 bales. August is a critical month of the cotton crop and the first half of the month has been met with some de gree of success. .f.
 The boil weevil has so far done no great amount of damage to the crop as. a. whole, although destructive in some regions. It has not yet be- come important in North Carolina nor serious in. South Carolina. Not much damage has been done by it in Georgia except in the southern third of the state. In Florida plants are still bloom ing, but there will be no crop from these blooms on account of the weevil. 1h. some sections of Alabama it has developed to damaging stages. It is Aot 80 numerous as it was last year in Louisiana and Texas but increase of, weeyil isl reported from Texas in many regions where rain has fallen sipee August 1. Increased damage by Insects is reported in North and West Texas. Boil weevil damage is slight in Oklahoma and Arkansas and grass hoppers practically ceased. For the cotton belt as whole the crop is late, the weevil is increasing and there is time for considerable damage by it to bolls that have not become safe"
 Abandonment Small.
 Small abandonment of cotton acre. age since June 25 is reported from some of the states and considerable from others and there is some acreage that will produce a low yield. Condi- fions in Georgia are samples of clauses of abandonment. Extremely late cot ton constitutes practically all of the abandonment in upper Georgia and in the, eastern part of the state, rains with growth of grass followed by hot, dry weather caused abandonment in certain low areas. A considerable acre age has been lost in Texas since June %, from excessive heat, lack of moisture on the late planted.
 In a summary of foreign cotton crops the department states that in upper Egypt the outlook for a good yield is being ginning expected to be general by the last week in August. In lower Egypt conditions are generally satis- factory although not so favorable as tn upper Egypt.
 Indian Acreage Increased.
 The first official estimate of the Indian cotton acreage shows an in- crease of nearly per cent over the estimate of last year with 12,173, 900 acres against 12,373,0O0 last year at the safe time.
 This first estimate covers about 54 per cent of the total cotton acreage, the final estimate of last year having been 23.0Ss, ,000 acres.
 Indications are that Argentine's crop will be two or three times as large hs last year, but it is too early to give any definite estimate of the acreage ss sowing takes place from October to December. Prospects in Paraguay have been excellent and although no forecast of yield are yet available production promises to be considerably larger than :. last year.
 Growing conditions in Lower Cali Sornia, Mexico, are promising and a record crop is expected there while the crop of Acapulco is quite abundant.