. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Jamai;y 9, WEST INDIAN COTTON Messrs. Wolstenholme & Holland, of Livei-pool, write as follows, under date December 22, refer- ence to the sales of West Indian S^a Island cotton :— Since our last report onlj- 40 bales of West Indian Sea Islands have been sold ; of these about 20 bales were Grenada at 9;V/., 10 St. Kitt's at Hhd., a few bales of supertine Barbados at 17(7., the remainder being stains at i'^il. Holders of Carolina Sea Islands are more eager to sell, fine quality
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Jamai;y 9, WEST INDIAN COTTON Messrs. Wolstenholme & Holland, of Livei-pool, write as follows, under date December 22, refer- ence to the sales of West Indian S^a Island cotton :— Since our last report onlj- 40 bales of West Indian Sea Islands have been sold ; of these about 20 bales were Grenada at 9;V/., 10 St. Kitt's at Hhd., a few bales of supertine Barbados at 17(7., the remainder being stains at i'^il. Holders of Carolina Sea Islands are more eager to sell, fine quality cotton being quoted at 12|(/^., and fully fine at 131(7. The stock of superfine planters' crop lots in that market is very considerable (about 6,000 bales), and lots which were held for 19(7. to 20(7., two or three months since, are now offering at lid. without finding buyers. Spinners of Sea Islands cannot sell the finer i|ualitier( of yarn, and are therefore spinning Oeorgias and Floridas, which are selling at 10(7. to ll(?. per lb.; the outlook is therefore not very encouraging. NOTES FOR COTTON GROWERS. Cotton picking has been in active progress for some time on most estates where the crop is grown. In many cnses the first picking has already been completed, anel in Barbados and other islands, where the leaf blister-mite iloes not exist, planters will shortly be turning their attention to preparation for the second crop. In view of the frei|uent and heavy showers of rain that have been experienced in one or two of the islands of late, it should be generally understood that it is not wise to pick the cotton until it has'had a chance of drying thoroughly. For the same reason jjicking should not be .started in the morn- ing until the sun has been up sufficiently long to dry up the dew that has fallen in the night. The advantage of a jiicking bag which enables stained cotton to be separated from the clean product at the time of gathering has been iiointcd out on more than on
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