. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 70 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS March 2, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date February 12, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, about 100 bales of West Indian Sea Island cotton have been sold, from Islands at 18(?. to 20d. and prices are very firm. A few choice St. Vincent have realized from 22ii. to 2id. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, f
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 70 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS March 2, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date February 12, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, about 100 bales of West Indian Sea Island cotton have been sold, from Islands at 18(?. to 20d. and prices are very firm. A few choice St. Vincent have realized from 22ii. to 2id. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending February 10, is as follows:— The sales for the week were 128 bales, consisting of some crop lots classing Fine to Extra Fine, which were ordereil sold on a basis of quotations, also some odd bags of Fine and Fully Fine oft' in preparation. The planters' crop lots continue to be held beyond the views of buyers, also about 400 bales of old crop cotton brought over from last year. There is a limited demand for all the offerings which the Factors are willing to sell at our quotations, the buying being for England, France and the Northern mills. We quote viz:— Extra Fine 32c. = \8d., , & 5 per cent. Fine to Fully^, ^g 28c. = (Z. to 16rf. & 5 per cent. Fine j ' Fine to Extra ,Q . .-^. mi^ *„i(i-7 ~. ,. 'yi8c. to 2oc. = lOia. to 14i«. ,, ,, „ off in preparation I - * >i ,> ,i A Cotton-Picking Machine.—l>r. Fischer has just given the Technical Commission of the German Colonial Agricultural Committee reasons for the conclusion that the Campbell cotton-picking machine has great commercial value. He states that one machine can easily pick .5,000 lb. of cot- ton per day, and under favourable conditions as much as 10,000 H)., whilst the machine only requires a man and a youth to work it. After estimating all working costs, and allowing for depreciation, Dr Fischer estimates that the pick- ing cost is about Is. od. per c
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