. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 182 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 5, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, underdate May 3, 1915, with refei ence to the sales of West [ndian Sea [sland cotton Since our last report a very small business has been done in West Indian Sea. [sland; tin- Bales amount to about 50 bales, including St. Vincent at I7d. ami a few small lota i Si Kitts, Montserrat and Nevis I5d. to I5ji. Prices remain steady, but in the presenl state of the war we cannot look tor a
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 182 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. June 5, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, underdate May 3, 1915, with refei ence to the sales of West [ndian Sea [sland cotton Since our last report a very small business has been done in West Indian Sea. [sland; tin- Bales amount to about 50 bales, including St. Vincent at I7d. ami a few small lota i Si Kitts, Montserrat and Nevis I5d. to I5ji. Prices remain steady, but in the presenl state of the war we cannot look tor an improved enquiry The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ended May 8, is as follows:— The sales this week consisted of a -mall lot of Beaufort cotton, an,] s,,me odd bags classing Fully Fine, leaving in stock only Planters' crops, for which there is s lemand, but at prices lc. to 2c. below the views of Factors. The buying was on account of the Southern Mills. There is further demand on account of the Northern Mills who remain unwilling to pay the advance asked. We quote, viz:— Extra Fine ;>c. to 26c. = 15£d to Hut., & 5 pi Fully Fine 24c. to 25c. = 15d. to- lojrf. „ „ „ There is no stock of the lower grades. This report shows that the total exports of Sea Island cotton from the United States bo Liverpool, and Manchester, up to May 8 1915, were 10:: ami !'I bales, respectively. In connexion with the article we published on the Rhodesian bacon factory, the Rhodesia Agricultural Journal for February 1915 report-, that although many of the pigs ice, ived at the Company's factory arc of first class quality, it is stated that the proportion of piga which arc 'soft' is still jreat. t lare and attention to modern methods of feeding are necessary it a bacon industry in a warm country is to be a SUCCss. Timehri, the Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Gui
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