. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 38 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme & HuIIuikK oI Livripool, ?write as follows, under date of January IS, wiih ri fer- •ence to the sales of West Indian Sea Island eoiton :— Since our last report about 100 bales of Lidian Sea Islands have been sold, consisting of about 50 at lUd. to lid., 20 St. Kitt's at l:5.',</., and 2-5 St. Vincent -at lild. to lod. Holders of American Sea Islands have been reducing their prices and selling very freely of
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 38 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme & HuIIuikK oI Livripool, ?write as follows, under date of January IS, wiih ri fer- •ence to the sales of West Indian Sea Island eoiton :— Since our last report about 100 bales of Lidian Sea Islands have been sold, consisting of about 50 at lUd. to lid., 20 St. Kitt's at l:5.',</., and 2-5 St. Vincent -at lild. to lod. Holders of American Sea Islands have been reducing their prices and selling very freely of late, fearing competi- tion with the West Indian, and a consideraMe number of rices for cotton from the Sea Islands still remain very low as ooni|]ared with those whit-h prevailed a year ago. The demand, however, is stated to be good, and it is possible that prices may imjjrove somewhat. In their Sea Island cotron re[)ort, dated January 9 last, Messrs. Heiny W. Fiost & Co., of Charleston write : — There was an active demand throughout the week, TBSulting in the sale of a total of 1,900 bales of cotton from Charleston, and 3,14i bales from Savannah. [These .sales of course include cotton of coarser grade from Florida and Georgia, as well as the finer quality lint from Carolina.] The prevailing prices for Islands cotton are as follows : -* extra fine ' quality, 13f/. per lb.; ' fully fine,' 12|rt'. to 12i(/.; 'fine', ll\d ?. tinged cotton, OJr?.; and stains, 7\d. tn't^'d. per lb. The Vmying was general for England, France, and the Northern milks. As the entire stock of odd bags has been sold, we are now dependent on future rceeiiits for graded «otton. No sales of ' planters crops ' cotton have been made, ance factors are unwilling to accept current jirices. The total amount of .\nierican Sea Island cotton ginned up to .January 1 of the present year has been 86,016 bales, AS compared with 73,42-5 bales ginned to same date last year. The jiresent year's crop (American) i
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