. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 13-t THE AGKICULTUKAL NEWS. May G, COTTON INDUSTRY. Ratooningf Cotton. In \ie\v of the very .strong recommendations already made by this Department against ratooning Sea Island cotton, it is hoped that planters will not adopt so injurious a practice anywhere in these colonics. If further evidence were necessary in .support of the policy advocated by the Department, it would be found in the following extract from a letter received from Jlr. Charles M. Wolstenholme, the well-known Cotton Broker of Liverpool, d
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 13-t THE AGKICULTUKAL NEWS. May G, COTTON INDUSTRY. Ratooningf Cotton. In \ie\v of the very .strong recommendations already made by this Department against ratooning Sea Island cotton, it is hoped that planters will not adopt so injurious a practice anywhere in these colonics. If further evidence were necessary in .support of the policy advocated by the Department, it would be found in the following extract from a letter received from Jlr. Charles M. Wolstenholme, the well-known Cotton Broker of Liverpool, dated April 11 :— I Lope vou will be able to stamp out the ratooning- of Barbados and St. Vincent cotton. The planteis may find it to pay for one season, but it spells ruin for the industry. When once West Indian cotton proves inferior to ?Carolina it will be relegated to the category of Florida and ?CJeorgia, and will be looked at with suspicion. The moral is : /'"//'/ Ilntiiini. growing is very warudy apineciated in the West Indies. Cotton is now coming forward very freely from the West Indies and the (|uality seems to be well maintained. During the past fortniglit 403 bules were imiiorted into the United Kingdom, ikdium fine is ipioted y' per lb.; and West Indian Sea Island, medium fine, liliL per It).; fine, 13^.?. per lb.: and fine, Ihld. jier Iti. West Indies. The following note on the cotton industry appeared in the H'c-^^ India Committee Vircidur for Ajail 11, :— It will be remembered that in April last year, when .41 conference took place between representatives of the British Cotton-growing Association and the West India Committee, we suggested the advisability of cotton lieing sent out to the colonies. An effort was made to induce the ?fiovernment to provide funds for this jiurpose hut they did not see their way to do .so.* The British Cotton-growing Association then decided to make a grant to strcug
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