The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-24

Florida, 71 and 29.
 Alabama, 59 and 956.
 Mississippi, 57 and 1,O55.
 Louisiana, AS and 39S.
 Texas, 52 and 4,237.
 Arkansas, 59 and 1,056.
 Tennessee, 60 and 413.
 Missouri, 63 and PIP.
 Oklahoma, GA and 1,262.
 California, 77 and 63.
 Arizona. 72 and 90.
 New Mexico, 85 and 60.
 All other states, 77 and IS.
 About 10000 bales additional to California are being grown in Lower California, Old Mexico.
 The ginnings prior to September 16, by states, follows:
 Alabama, 223, IFS.
 Arizona, 8,56S.
 Arkansas, 72,65S.
 California, 4,723.
 Florida, 8,S44.
 Georgia, 2S8,131.
 Louisiana, 16O,347.
 Mississippi, 226,9SO.
 Missouri, 16.
 North Carolina, 24,212.
 Oklahoma, 66y962.
 South CaroliRa, 100,625.
 Tennessee0 PA.
 Texas, 1,476,936.
 All other states, 24S.
 The ginnings include S7,670 round bales, counted as half bales, and 240 bales of American-Egyptian.
 Ginnings prior to September 1, this year, were 95S, ,204 running bales.
 Drought Damage Heavy
 The crop reporting board issued the En1l inn eta tions:
 Effects of the drought in the cotton belt are becoming more apparent as time passes. A similar observation applies to the effects of the late cool spring and in some degree to damage by the boil weevil. Lapse of time is revealing the i'll effects of causes whose importance had been uncertain.
 ''The condition of the cotton crop is still very spotted, one region com pared with another and in some regions even one field compared with another. Northwestern Texas, Oklahoma, Ar kansas and Missouri did not suffer from drought to such an extent as much of the rest of the belt did and this area and there are many small bolls unless growth is terminated by frost. A fair crop is already assured in this area an dthere are many small bolls that will develop if frost holds off.
 ''In most of the southeast practical ly no fruit has put on since the termi- nation of the August drought in the latter part of that month. In Virginia in the Mississippi river section of Ten nessee and in scattered patches in the regions of general lower conditions, the crop is doing fairly well.
 'Ins most of the drought area of the belt the size of the bolls is subnormal and the outturn is not up to expecta- tions. However, the bolls that are maturing after the beginning of rain in the latter part of August are close ly approaching the usual size The drought was broken in most of the counties of Texas on August II. Plants began to revive if not too far gone and premature opening of bolls was checked but the grade of some of the cotton Tn theN open bolls was lowered because beaten out and many bolls resting on the ground routed. In Mississippi light showers in nearly all parts of the state during the last months tended to retard the premature opening of bolls and the bright weather that followed showers promoted the properly maturing of the bOlls.
 "The boil weevil damage is becoming more apparent ip North Carolina, South Carolina and central and south ern Georgia. It is found that some bolls were considered safe and either punctured by weevils or are shedding because of drought or rains. In North Carolina the weevil has done consider able damage in all the coastal areas kbn DsnlnnaraA tricts. Notwithstanding discoveries of boil weevil damage previously unsus- pected, the fact remains that through out most of the cotton belt tine weevil damage is very much less than that of recent years.
 Serious boil worm damage is re- ported from several Texas counties and the red spider has caused some injury to plants in Missouri, Tennessee and North Carolina.
 Conditions In Egypt
 Summary of conditions for cotton production in foreign countries issued by the department of agriculture, says:
 Recent weather conditions in Egypt have not been favorable to the cotton crop. Attacks of the pink boil worm have become general, although they have been most serious in the delta. Middle Egypt has suffered more than usual this year and the damage has also been serious in upper Egypt. where picking is now general. It is feared they will attack the second picking.
 "The Monsoon was favorable to the cotton crop in India during the last part of August and the first of Septem- Der. The drought was broken in most sections except in parts of southern India.
 Shortage of water for irrigation de- velepoed about the middle of August in Lower California and has proved to be very serious for the cotton crop.
 Estimates from Paraguay place the cotton area at approximately 100000 acres during the 1924-1925 season.
 Cotton area in Kenya colony for 1924-1925 is estimated at 42,O0O acres, compared with 3S,00O acres last year."