. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 54 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 13, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, ol Liver] I as follows, under date Januarj _?">. with reference to the sales ol Wesl Indian s a Island cotton: Since our last report aboul 80 bales of Westlndian Sea Island cotton have b Id, chiefly Nevis 13d. to I ".'.•/. 8 few St. Kitts at I5rf., and Jamaica at 13d. [•rices remain stead}-, I owing to the war, spi ;rs who mostlj hi % i disposed to add to them until times are better. The report o
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 54 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. February 13, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, ol Liver] I as follows, under date Januarj _?">. with reference to the sales ol Wesl Indian s a Island cotton: Since our last report aboul 80 bales of Westlndian Sea Island cotton have b Id, chiefly Nevis 13d. to I ".'.•/. 8 few St. Kitts at I5rf., and Jamaica at 13d. [•rices remain stead}-, I owing to the war, spi ;rs who mostlj hi % i disposed to add to them until times are better. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Islam! cotton in the Southern States, for the week ended January 16, is as follows:— There was a demand tlii- week for the Fine, and Fine off in colour, for which Factors were willing to make some con cession, but the remaining offerings of the odd bags in stock are still being held al our quotations. As the ml,I bags of the crop are thought t be nearly all marketed, and with only a moderate quantity of Fine, Fully Fine, and Extra Fine remaining in stock, Factors are in hopes they will be led in time, enabling them to get their asking prici The crop tots continue to be held above the views of buyers. \\ e quote, viz:— Extra Fine 23c. = I3|d., & 5 per cent. Fully Fine 20c. to 21c. = 12d, to 12id., , Tine 18c. = lid. Fine off in colour 16c. = 10d. „ ., „ „ This report shows that the total exports of Sea Island cotton from the United States to Liverpool, Manchester, and Havre, up to January 1(>. 1915, were 50, 1,012, and nil bales, respectively. VEGETABLE GROWING IN ANTIGUA. The report on the Botanic Station and Experiment Plots, Antigua. 1913-4, was reviewed in a recent number of the Agricultural News, but in the space of that article it found possible to include a detailed account ol any one series of experiments. In view of the importance ol the local cultivation of foodstuffs at the present time, it ha
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