. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 22, 1906,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Wolstenholnie & Holland, of Liverpool, report as follows, under date of August 2S, in regard to West Indian cotton :— Since our last report on the 14th. instant, there has been more business doing in West Indian Sea Island descrip- tions, and sales have reached a fair total at steadj- prices. There is a demand for desirable equalities, viz., 13fZ. to lid. The business includes: St. Thomas, lO^-rf. to 15d; Barbados, 13rf. to ; St.
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 22, 1906,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Wolstenholnie & Holland, of Liverpool, report as follows, under date of August 2S, in regard to West Indian cotton :— Since our last report on the 14th. instant, there has been more business doing in West Indian Sea Island descrip- tions, and sales have reached a fair total at steadj- prices. There is a demand for desirable equalities, viz., 13fZ. to lid. The business includes: St. Thomas, lO^-rf. to 15d; Barbados, 13rf. to ; St. Kitt's, 12JfZ. to iSd.; Antigua, 12(7. to I5id.; Nevis, 11</. to 14<7.; Anguilla, |d; and Montserrat, lid. Sea Island crop accounts from America are somewhat better but still unsatisfactory, and the general opinion is that the crop must be smaller than the last; against this it must nnt be forgotten that spinners hold good stocks. COTTON PROSPECTS IN NEVIS. Mr. J. S. , the Agricultural Instructor, forwarded the following brief report on the prospects of the cotton crop in Nevis;— In consequence of the severe drought, the cotton of last season was allowed to stand much longer than usual, in the hope that the second picking would result in giving a yield that would at least save the planter from actual loss on the j'ear's expenses. But although, in some places, a plentiful show of blossoms appeared, very few bolls came to maturity, and it seems quite clear now that it was a mistake to allow the cotton to remain, and that it would have been far better to have cleared it off after the picking was finished. Much valuable time was wasted, and the opportunity for early preiiaration lost, with the consequence that, when good rain fell early in May, very few were ready for planting their seed; who had their land prepared soon had the .satisfaction of seeing a nice stand of young cotton, whilst tlie others have had no such seed-starting rain sin
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