. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 230 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 29, ANTIGUA. At a meeting of the Agricultural and Coimneruial Society, held at Antigua on July 7, Dr. Watts read a paper reviewing the position of the cotton industry in the island. The following are extracts frota the paper:— The most profitable iiistauce of cotton growing last season in Antigua was at Bettys Hojie estate where 18 aores were planted in cotton and over 20,000 It), ot seed- cotton had been reaped. The lint was sold for 2c?. per ft), and the profits on the
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 230 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 29, ANTIGUA. At a meeting of the Agricultural and Coimneruial Society, held at Antigua on July 7, Dr. Watts read a paper reviewing the position of the cotton industry in the island. The following are extracts frota the paper:— The most profitable iiistauce of cotton growing last season in Antigua was at Bettys Hojie estate where 18 aores were planted in cotton and over 20,000 It), ot seed- cotton had been reaped. The lint was sold for 2c?. per ft), and the profits on the 18 acres would probably be between £200 and £300. Another instance of i)rofitable cultivation was at Piccadilly estate, where 10 had been [ilanted and 12 bales of 180 ft), of lint had been marketed. This amount (2,160 ft).) had been si:>ld at -Irl per ft), and the profits were from -50 to GO per cent, oji the money invested. There would be 260 bales sent from Antigua this season, against 163 last season, and the price realized had been better. Some failures had occurred but these could generally be traced to either very poor soil or late planting. It was not necessary to take the sugar lands to plant cotton. There were between 5,000 and 10,000 acres of land in the north, east, and south of the island that were not being used for any important crop and which with [iroper treatment could be made to yield good crops of cotton. The best cane lands were, in many instances, too stiff for cotton. All old cotton should be destroyed by the beginning of June in each year to avoid, as far as possible, carrying over diseases from crop to crop. It was all-important that good seed should Ije sown. There was no doubt that they had obtained 20 to 30 per cent, better prices for their cotton owing to the Rivers' improved seed obtained for them last year. The action on the part of Sir Daniel Morris in obtaining all the seed ])ossible of Rivers' improved variety last year was a
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