. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September IP, WEST INDIAN COTTON ON THE LIVERPOOL MARKET. Messrs. Wolstenholme & Hollund, of Liverpool' •write as follows under date ot August 31 last, in refer- ence to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton on the Liverpool market:— Since our last report a moderate amount of business has been done in West Indian Sea Island descriptions, but confined almost entirely to extra fine cotton and .stains. The sales include Barbados at 14J(/., St. Vincent at 17'/. to 2"2(7.,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September IP, WEST INDIAN COTTON ON THE LIVERPOOL MARKET. Messrs. Wolstenholme & Hollund, of Liverpool' •write as follows under date ot August 31 last, in refer- ence to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton on the Liverpool market:— Since our last report a moderate amount of business has been done in West Indian Sea Island descriptions, but confined almost entirely to extra fine cotton and .stains. The sales include Barbados at 14J(/., St. Vincent at 17'/. to 2"2(7., the latter figure representing a few bales of very .special cjuality, and stains at 3'/. to 8hii. The fine shipping trade continues very dull, and s]iinners are quite inditterent about buying. COTTON NOTES FROM ST. KITT'S. Mr. F. R. Shepherd, Agricultural Superintendent of St. Kitt's-Nevis, has lorwarded the following notes in regard to the present season's cotton crop in the presidency:— The cotton prospects for the coming at St. Kitt's are at present very hopeful. It is estimated that the area planted is much the same as last year, viz., about 2,000 acres. In i)ractically all cases selected local seed was planted. The young crop in all parts of the island looks healthy, and shows a vigorous growth. So far, no signs of disease have been observed and the cotton worm has made an aj)[)earance in only a few places. On one estate, where the i-rop v/as planted early, some cotton has already been picked. This however, an exceptional , :uid at the date of writing {September 1) , speaking generally, the crop is at the stage of boll formation. Attention may be drawn to the important infiuence of cultivation on the growth and development of the cotton plants, .\bout three weeks ago the .\gricultural Superin- tendent noticed a small fieUl of cotton where the plants weri' affected with aphis and looked as if they wanted mamue. The land was free from , but the
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