. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 358 THK AUiaCULTUllAL NKWS. XOVEMBEE 11, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolsteiiholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date October i^.S, with reference to bhe sales of West Sea Island coiton :— Since our last report, about 100 bales of West Indian Sea Lslands have been sold, including Raibados \6d. to St. Vincent 19t/,, Jlontserrat 16(/. to 16^er of approved planters in the neighbourhood of Ibadan, with a view lo their carry- ing out on a larger scale under the su
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 358 THK AUiaCULTUllAL NKWS. XOVEMBEE 11, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolsteiiholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date October i^.S, with reference to bhe sales of West Sea Island coiton :— Since our last report, about 100 bales of West Indian Sea Lslands have been sold, including Raibados \6d. to St. Vincent 19t/,, Jlontserrat 16(/. to 16^er of approved planters in the neighbourhood of Ibadan, with a view lo their carry- ing out on a larger scale under the su| of the Government, and the Association has guaranteed to purchase all the seed-cotton ]jroducedin this manner at a pre- mium of Id. per lb , wliich is equal to nearly Id. per lb. of lint cotton. The total purchases of cotton in Lagos ' to the end of September amount to 5,332 bales, as compared with 5,514 balls for the same period of last year, and 1 1,762 bales for 1909. uoAND.\. Reference was made to the difficulties in the transport of cotton in Uganda, more especially in the districts round Lake Choga, where an enormous quantity of cotton is being produced, and it is impossible for the lake steamer and the present railway service to (-arry more than a small per- centiige of the cotton grown. The attention of the Govern- ment has been called to this matter, and steps are being taken with all despatch to order at least one more steamer and additional lighters for service o'n Lake Choga. The crop last year in Uganda amounted to about 15,000 bales; it is,estimated that the 1912 crop may be from 25,000 to 30,000'bales, and that the 1913 crop may reach 50,000 bales. In order to deal with the rapid increase, the .Association is taking measures to provide additional ginning facilities and it is proposed to spend about £25,000 on additional machinery and plant It was reported that the cable between Mombasa and Zanzibar was bro,ken on .July 11, and had not yet
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