. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 118 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, April U, ;,???» aunrr-f SELECTION OF SEED FOR PLANTING. Mr. Tlionias Thornton, , the Travelling Inspector in connexion with the Cotton Industry, furnishes the following interesting information with regard to the selection of cotton seed for planting during 190G:— In the Agricultural Xeics, Vol. V, p. 71, it was recom- mended that the cotton seed to be used for i>lanting purposes next season should be well-develoix'd seed with a tuft of green fuzz attached, and not th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 118 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS, April U, ;,???» aunrr-f SELECTION OF SEED FOR PLANTING. Mr. Tlionias Thornton, , the Travelling Inspector in connexion with the Cotton Industry, furnishes the following interesting information with regard to the selection of cotton seed for planting during 190G:— In the Agricultural Xeics, Vol. V, p. 71, it was recom- mended that the cotton seed to be used for i>lanting purposes next season should be well-develoix'd seed with a tuft of green fuzz attached, and not the perfectly clean seed with a sharp spine. The wisdom of this recommendation will be seen when it is realized that, on examining the seed-cotton from plants producing the clean black seed with a spine, it was found to yield but 23 per cent, of lint. The proportion of weak fibre also was as high as 42 per cent, of the lint, which is at least 28 per cent, more than is present in the seed which has been recommended for planting by the Impeiial Depart- ment of Agriculture. Dr. Watts has shown (Agricidturnl Nei"s, Vol. IV, p. 106) that when the clean black seeds were planted, they produced 33 per cent, seeds with like character : that is to say, about one third of the plants produced froin these seeds came true to what may be regarded as the inferior black sort. THE COTTON INDUSTRY. The following notes on the cotton industry are taken from the Textile Mercury for March 17 last:— A deputation from the British Cotton-growing Associa- tion, including Sir Alfred L. Jones, President; Mr. Arthur Hutton, Chairman; Sir Ralph !Moor, Mr. 3. E. Xewton, Mr. J. C. Howarth, and Mr. Oliver, was received at the Colonial Office by ^Ir. Winston Churchill, , who evinced the keenest interest in the movement, and himself as being to do all he possibly could to further the aims of the Association in all parts of the Empire. The West Indies are making considerable strid
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