. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 342 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 26, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, lyritie as follows, under date October 7, with reference t" the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— West Indian Sea Islands have been neglected since our last report, the only business being about 25 bags of St. Kkts at I'd. Buyers are waiting the opening of the New Crop Carolina Sea Island. Meanwhile, Old Crop Carolina lots are offering at as low as 16c?., without finding buyers. The
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 342 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 26, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, lyritie as follows, under date October 7, with reference t" the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— West Indian Sea Islands have been neglected since our last report, the only business being about 25 bags of St. Kkts at I'd. Buyers are waiting the opening of the New Crop Carolina Sea Island. Meanwhile, Old Crop Carolina lots are offering at as low as 16c?., without finding buyers. The best Floridas are oifering at loif/., but spinners prefer Sakellarides Egyptian at Uhd. to 12(/. per to. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week- ending October 5, is as follows:— There has continued some demand for the Planters' crop lots left in stock from last year, which has resulted in the sale so far of 65 bales of Uneeda at 38c. for export. Also there has been put on shipboard, but not yet cleared, 100 bales medium Fine Islands which have been held in warehouse by an for nearly twc^ years. In our next circular we will be able to give the destination of both of the above lots. The receipts of the new crop to date amount to only S9 bales, which the factors hive decided to postpone sampling and offering for .sale until next week. The impres- sion is that they would be willing to open the market on a cf, viz:^ Extra Fine 30c. =17rf. , A 5 per cent. Fully Fine 28c. =16£f. „ „ „ OOTTON-GROWINGr IN ARGENTINA. The information below is part cf a report by Consul at Buenos Aires, reproduced in The BoarJ mf Trade Journal of September 5: — Cotton-growing in Argentina cannot be said to have emerged from its initial stage of development, but indications are not lacking of a possible flourishing and profitable i-ndustry in the future. L^nfortunately Argentina does not possess th
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