. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 230 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 23, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date July 1, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— About 200 bags of West Indian Sea Islands have been been sold since our last report, chiefly St. Vincent cotton, at 22d. to 26rf.: the remainder being composed of Barbados and Antigua at 21rf. to 2U-f/. Owing to the fall in other growths of cotton, spin- ners of Sea Islands are rather inclined to hold off f
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 230 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 23, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date July 1, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— About 200 bags of West Indian Sea Islands have been been sold since our last report, chiefly St. Vincent cotton, at 22d. to 26rf.: the remainder being composed of Barbados and Antigua at 21rf. to 2U-f/. Owing to the fall in other growths of cotton, spin- ners of Sea Islands are rather inclined to hold off from the market, lower prices. Stained West Indian is dis- tinctly more unsaleable owing to the Egyptian decline, and considerably lower prices would have to be taken to effect .sales, unless Egyptian cotton improves. Cotton which we were selling at H^d. to, ]od., we are now only getting lOrf. per lb. offered for. The report of Messrs. Henry \V. Frosc & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending July 2, is as follows:— Since our last report on .June 11, the market has remained dull, with no demand. The stock in Factors' hands is now reduced to -53 bales, principally of Planters' crop lots held at .50c. to .55c. There is also still left on plan- tation around Beaufort about 100 bales classing Fully Fine. Although the season has practically closed, yet it is possible that some demand may spring up for the limited supply left unsold, which may be rei|uired by the trade before the crop comes to market. THE PROSPECTS OF EGYPTIAN COTTON-GROWING. An abstract of a jiaper read at the Brussels International Cotton Congress, by ilr. A. H. , of Manchester, is given in the Mercuri/ for June 18, 1910. In this, it is stated that the tendency of the Lancashire cotton trade is always toward the consumption of finer grades of raw material: and that it is therefore important that every endea vour should be made to maint
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