The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-10-26
12,675,OOO BALES NEW ESTIMATE
 FOR 1924 CROP
Ginnings Prior To Octo- Der IS Are Placed At :.
 7,60O,S26
tBy Associated Press.)

(By Associated Press.)
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Cotton production this year was forecast to- day It 12,675, 900 bales by the depart .nent of agriculture, compared with IT, { 490 900 bales forecast fortnight ago, and crop of 10.139,671 bales last Syear. I, ss-4Zss. <. assi. 5;..s !. { The condition of cotton son October Ills was 54.7 per cent of normal, com pared with a condition of 53.5 per cent on October 1. this year.
 Tho quantity of cotton ginned prior Ito October IS was announced by the census bureau as 7,60O,S26 running 3bales, counting round as half bales com pared with 6,4O9, ,391 to that date last year and 6,97S, ,321 in 1922.
 FORECAST BY STATES
 The condition of the crop on October 1S, and the forecast of production py states follow r
 8 Virginia, conditions 54per cent and forecast, 36000 bales.
 North Carolina, conditions 49 per cent and forecast, 750,OOO bales.
 South Carolina, conditions 43 per cent and forecast, 6S0,O0O bales.
 Georgia, conditions 51 per cent and forecast, 1,050, 900 bales. t -
 Florida, conditions 65 per- and forecast, 7,000 bales.
 Alabama, condition 59 per cent and forecast, 970,000 bales.
 Mississippi, condition 5S per cent &and forecast, 1,135,000 bales.
 Louisiana, condition 51 per cent and forecast, 450.000 bales.
 Texas. condition 5 per cent and Forecast, 4,35O, ,000 bales.
 Arkansas, condition 60 per cent and Sforecast, 1,13D,000 bales. Tennessee, condition 5S per cent land forecast, 100000 bales.
 Missouri, condition 59 per cent and forecast, 100000 bales.
 Oklahoma, condition 63 per cent and forecast, 1,275, 5000. bales. & California, condition 70 per cent Iand forecast, 5000 bales.
 Arizona, condition 73 Ter cent and Forecast, 92,000 bales.
 New Mexico, condition 7S per cent and forecast, 54,000 bales.
 All .othtr states, condition 70 per Ncent and forecast, 17 ,000 bales.
 About 64,000 bales additional to California are being grown in lower California, (Old Mexico)..
 Ginnings Itemized
 Ginnings prior to October IS by states Follow:
 Alabama 65s,942; Arizonia S9, 146 i; Arkansas 532, 2,OOO9; California 20,925 1; Florida 16,295; Georgia 66S,179; l; Al slers ANQ.. Rtl1 GpE Missouri 31,154 x North Carolina 192,- S66; Oklahoma 593,735 south Caro- lina 361 .355; Tennessee 105, ,796; Texas .270 cog; Virginia 1894. All other gtate 15,S27.
 Round bales included numbered 302,- l2O counpared with 175,S96 for 1925 Nand American Egyptian included mum bered a,167 bales compared with S,74S kor 1924!
 The revised total of cotton ginned prior to October l, was announces as ,527 ,6T1 bales.
 The department of agricultuEe's fore east of n crop of 12,675, 900 bales from iata available on October IS shows an improvement of 176,OO0 bnies since October I
 The department issued the following statement in connection with the fore cast:
 Conditions Exceptional
 'HThe warm, dry weather during the period made conditions exceptionally Favorable for cotton, especially in the spastern portion of the belt, where there wos too much rain in September. In inc northern portion of the belt the nlants were still growth and frultlng md showing improvement, but in the soutlern part the season was too Tar ,dyanced for the favorable weather materially to affect the size of the crop. Picking and ginning progressed rapidly Intler ideal conditions; there was nt- Ie or no interference from ram n any part of the belt. Some cotton has been sayed that was previously consld- cred doubtful.
 'RThe areas where improvement oc- curred were North Carolina, south Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Iorthewest Texas. In Oklahoma the crop hows little change. In North and South Carolina many bOlls pnuctured Hy the veevil opened satisfactory but the list was of inferior grade, and n moderate decrease from the previous estimates was reported by correspondents Tn SeOrgIa. R1cklnB IS pEaSifSdhys SOiA nleted in the southern parts of Georgia, Alabalaa, Mississippi and eastern and ,outhern Texas In the balance of the territory it had progressed satisfactorily, exeept- where there was insufficient abor. There has been some complaint bn this account in northwest Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee."
 Foreign Crops Favorable
 Favorable data concerning the foreign cotton crop prospects were received by he Department of Agriculture. Only he cotton crop in Turkestan was re- ported as seriously damaged by frosts.
 The Indian cotton area reported as planted up to October 1, was 2f, ,7S5. 900 heres, from which total acfeage, of 26,- b47 ,OOO might be expected for Sthis year. This would be the largest area in the ast 36 years.
 Cotton conditions ;n the Sudan were reported as good in September, and the Egyptian crop is already practically all harvested This last crop is esti- mated at 32,0O0 bales of ATS pounds hs compared with the final estimate bf 1,213,00O bales last year.
 PREJUDICIAL RATES
 ON SALT REMOVED