. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. EXPORTS OF WEST INDIAN COTTON. The following is a statement (furnished by the Customs Department in each case) showing the amount and estimated value of Sea Island cotton exported from the various West India Islands during the quarter ended September 30, 1906-—. * 1 Base. m The returns for the previous quarter were published the Agricultural News (Vol. V, p. 214). SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. The ' Sea Island Cotton Report' of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., of Charleston and Savannah, dated December 1, 1906, has th
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. EXPORTS OF WEST INDIAN COTTON. The following is a statement (furnished by the Customs Department in each case) showing the amount and estimated value of Sea Island cotton exported from the various West India Islands during the quarter ended September 30, 1906-—. * 1 Base. m The returns for the previous quarter were published the Agricultural News (Vol. V, p. 214). SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. The ' Sea Island Cotton Report' of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., of Charleston and Savannah, dated December 1, 1906, has the following reference to Islands cotton :— We have had again this week an active and advancing market for the limited offerings of odd bags, and as the supply fails to satisfy the demand, the factors readily obtained a further advance of Ic, and have not only sold, but have contracted ahead in a limited way for all the receipts on a basis of fine at .31c. ; fully fine at 33c. ; extra fine at to 36c. At the close of the market the factors refu.^^ed to contract further ahead for future receipts on a basis of Ic. advance, preferring to delay selling until they accumulated some stock; consequently, to-day there is absolutely no stock for sale, except planters' crop lots. COTTON SEED SELECTION. Arrangements have been made to extend the seed selection experiments in Barbados this year. Twelve estates have been chosen for this work, every cotton- growing district in the island being represented. It is expected, as a result of this distribution, that plants will be produced acclimatized to all the conditions found in the island. The selection is being carried out on similar lines to last year's work, the best plants being first selected in the field, and afterwards the seed will be obtained from those which have produced the finest lint. The selection of plants in the field has already been commenced. On those estates where seed selection was carried on last year, the plants
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