. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 278 THE AGIUCL'LTURAL NE\VS August 31, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date August 13, with reference So the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report an increased businsfs has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton at declining prices. Between 600 and 700 bales have been sold, which include Barbados 17'i. to , St. Croix IM., Antigua 15kZ. to Idd., Monsterrat lo^f/., Virgin Islands 16cZ., and stains 9d. to lid. Spinners
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 278 THE AGIUCL'LTURAL NE\VS August 31, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date August 13, with reference So the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report an increased businsfs has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton at declining prices. Between 600 and 700 bales have been sold, which include Barbados 17'i. to , St. Croix IM., Antigua 15kZ. to Idd., Monsterrat lo^f/., Virgin Islands 16cZ., and stains 9d. to lid. Spinners are indilTerent buyers even at the reduced prices and holders of Carolina cotton are pressing sales in competi- tion with West Indian. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending August 3, is as follows:— The market has continued dull with no enquiry, the only sales being 72 bales Fully Fine to Extra Fine slightly off in preparation, for English account. We repeat our last quotations, which are nominal, viz:— Extra Fine 30c. to 32c. = 16|(i. to 17|c?. , &, 5 percent. Fully Fine iSc. Fine 26c. Fully Fine to Extra Fine,) off in preparation / = 15-|d 14fd : UK Cotton-growing in Russia.—The cultivation of cotton in the Caucasus is steadily assuming wider pro- portions, the conditions for its cultivation being favourable in the governments of Elizavetpol and some parts of the governments of Erivan and Baku. It is estimated that close upon 76,688 acres were under cotton in the Batoum Consular district in 1911. With the strong desire now being shown by Bussia to become independent in so far as the supplies of cotton for her manufacturing centres are concerned, the cultivation of cotton by all those willing to embark in the enterprise is being encouraged to the utmost. With the extention of the irrigation systems of the Caucasus now in progress, new lands will be placed at the disposal o
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