. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 102 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ArniL 2, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholine and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date IMarch 14, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, a good business has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton, and about 800 bags have been sold at about \d. per Itj. advance. The sales incktde St. Vincent 19rf. to 23hd., St. Lucia 19f/., St. Kitts \Sd. to 201, St. Croix 18d. to'20J'f., Nevis 19d!. to 20'i., Montserrat 17rf. t
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 102 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. ArniL 2, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholine and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date IMarch 14, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, a good business has been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton, and about 800 bags have been sold at about \d. per Itj. advance. The sales incktde St. Vincent 19rf. to 23hd., St. Lucia 19f/., St. Kitts \Sd. to 201, St. Croix 18d. to'20J'f., Nevis 19d!. to 20'i., Montserrat 17rf. to 19f?., Barbados 18c?. to 'lid., and Anguilla 19(7. to 20^(7. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending March 11, is as follows:— There continues a good demand for the planters' crop lots, resulting in sales of about 250 bales at 40c. to 50c., the buying being for export. The unsold stock now is reduced to about 500 to 600 bales, consisting very largely of planters' crop lots held at 45c. to 50c., and for which there is a demand, but at prices somewhat below the views of the factors. How- ever, the present outloc^k is that the entire unsold stock will be disposed of very soon. BRITISH COTTON-GROWING. The following information was given, at a recent general meeting of the British Cotton Growing Association, in regard to cotton-growing in the British Empire:— WEST AFRic.\. The purchases of cotton in Lagos for the ynar 1909 amount to 12,065 , as compared with 5,410 bales for 1908, and 8,456 bales fo>- 1907. The quality of the cotton has greatly improved, and there has recently been a brisk demand for West African cotton, and all last year's crop has now been disposed of. The new crop, which should ccimmence to come in about the middle of .January, is apparently late this year, but the first shi[)ments are expected to reach Liverpool early in ^Marcli. UGANDA. Arrangements are being made by which
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