. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 310 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholine & Holland, of Liverpool, have forwarded the following report on business in West Indian cotton from August 2S to September 11:— Since our last report, about 300 bales of West Indian Sea Island cotton have been sold at steady prices. Being late pickings, they were mostly inferior in qualit}', and include St. Kitt's, lit/, to 12irf.: Nevis, lOrf. to 13rf.; Antigua, 14rf. to \bd.: Montserrat, lihd.; Carriacou, lOd. to 14irf.; an
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 310 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. October 6, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholine & Holland, of Liverpool, have forwarded the following report on business in West Indian cotton from August 2S to September 11:— Since our last report, about 300 bales of West Indian Sea Island cotton have been sold at steady prices. Being late pickings, they were mostly inferior in qualit}', and include St. Kitt's, lit/, to 12irf.: Nevis, lOrf. to 13rf.; Antigua, 14rf. to \bd.: Montserrat, lihd.; Carriacou, lOd. to 14irf.; and stained cotton from various islands at od. to Sd. per lb. American crop accounts continue poor, and we expect, that, whatever the quantity may be, the quality will be poor, and this should help the West Indies, if the lint is clean and bright. COTTON THE WEST INDIES. COTTON PROSPECTS IN ST. VINCENT. Mr. W. N. Sands, Agricultural Superintendent in St. Vincent, has forwarded, in continuation of the note published in the Agricultural News, Vol. V, p. 278, the following brief report, dated October 1, on the prospects of cotton planting in that island :— As far as I can judge, the present season's cultivations are far in advance of any previous ones, that is, at the .«ame time of the year, notwithstanding that a much larger acreage has been put in. My preliminary estimate for this season was 1,400 acres. I am now pleased to inform you that this has been exceeded by nearly 200 acres, and 1 .should not be .surprised if the returns I am now collecting show a total acreage of over 1,600. The most backward cultivations are to be seen in the Carib Country, where over 100 acres are growing poorly. The lands in this district have a large amount of volcanic ash, besides which the season has not been a good one in this part of the island. The usual diseases are to be seen in most cultivations, hut no serious damage has been observed. The cotton worm has been found in several places. So
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