. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 36 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS Februaky 3, 1912. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date December ^0, with reference to tihe sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, about 250 bales of West Indian Sea Islands have been sold, chiefly St. Vincent and Montserrat, from n^d. to \M., St. Croix at 15'7., and a few St. Vincent at 20rZ. ? The market remains steady, in view of the fact that Carolina Sea Islands are a bad crop this year, both in quanti
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 36 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS Februaky 3, 1912. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date December ^0, with reference to tihe sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report, about 250 bales of West Indian Sea Islands have been sold, chiefly St. Vincent and Montserrat, from n^d. to \M., St. Croix at 15'7., and a few St. Vincent at 20rZ. ? The market remains steady, in view of the fact that Carolina Sea Islands are a bad crop this year, both in quantity and quality. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending December 30, is as follows:— There was a demand for the limited offerings, which consisted principally of cotton more or less off in preparation. The supply of the better grades. Fully Fine and Extra Fine, is very small, and has been largely disposed of The crop has been nearly all marketed, therefore the receipts from now on will be very small. There is in stock about 1,000 bales old crop cotton, which is being held by the owners in expectation of higher prices later on. We quote: — Extra Fine .32c. = I8d., , »fe 5 per cent. "Fine to Fully 2Gc. to 2Sc. = 15(^. to IQd. & .5 per cent. Fine to Fully Fine,K ,^ ^^ .^.^ ^ ^^ otf in preparation ; -^ 4 >> n n of ARRANGEMENT OF PARTS IN THE COTTON PLANT. Bulletin No. 222 of the IJureau of Plant Industry the United States Department of Agriculture has been issued under this title. It contains the results of a study of the way in which the different organs of the cotton plant are arranged: for, as is claim- ed at the coinmencement of the bulletin: ' changes of behaviour that are of serious economic importance may be brought about by changing the number and arrange- ment of the parts of the plants, even without altering the characteristics of the leaves, flowers, or other com- po
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