. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. €8 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Makch 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs'. Wulstenhulme & Holland, of Liverpool, vrite as follows, under date of Februaiy 15, with reference to the scales of West Indian Sea Island ?cotton :— A moderate business has been done in AVest Indian Sea Island cotton since our last rejiort, and prices are steady. The sales include St. Kitt's and St. Croix at 13(7. to irB'r?, Barbados at 13|y/., and St. Vincent at |<i. We are inclined to the opinion that the of American Sea I
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. €8 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Makch 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs'. Wulstenhulme & Holland, of Liverpool, vrite as follows, under date of Februaiy 15, with reference to the scales of West Indian Sea Island ?cotton :— A moderate business has been done in AVest Indian Sea Island cotton since our last rejiort, and prices are steady. The sales include St. Kitt's and St. Croix at 13(7. to irB'r?, Barbados at 13|y/., and St. Vincent at |<i. We are inclined to the opinion that the of American Sea Islands is less urgent, and although, owing to spinners' large stocks, we do not expect any active markets for .simie time to come, we aie inclined to thiidc that prices «-ill remain steady. these cases the stalks of the plants are taken away to serve as firewood, while the small branches are left .scattered aboutr the field, and if affected with ivisect pests, serve as a ready source of infection for the next crop. COTTON AT ST. VINCENT. Mr. W. N Sands, Agricultural Siiporintendent of •St. Vincent, has recently made a tour of the island, for the pur[)OSe of inspecting the condition of cotton and ?other cultivations. The tbUowing are the cliief points in his report:— It is a[iparent that the heavy rainfall ex]ierienced in December has dune a considerable amount of damage to the late jilanted cotton. lUtt, apart from this cause, it is evident that the yield for this season would have been, on the whole, a fairly low one. This is due to the facts that a gooil deal ?of impoverished land has been planted, and that the labour suii])ly was, in many , deficient. On one or two estates where the land had been well worked and mamired, good returns of cotton have been ?obtained. The December rains have stinuilated growth, too, and the plants give promise of a good second picking. (Crushed was api)lied as a manure for the crop on one estate, and has proved satisf
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