. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. I'iuiii \i:y 27, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, smite as follows, under date February 8, with reference to bhe sales of Wesl [ndian Sea [sland cotton:— Since our last reporl Wesl Indian Sim [sland cotton has been neglected, and the onrj sale reported has been 6 bales St. Kitts at lod. The reporl of Messrs. Henry \Y. Frosl & Co., on ? Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the ended February (i. is as follows:— There was a good <
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. I'iuiii \i:y 27, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, smite as follows, under date February 8, with reference to bhe sales of Wesl [ndian Sea [sland cotton:— Since our last reporl Wesl Indian Sim [sland cotton has been neglected, and the onrj sale reported has been 6 bales St. Kitts at lod. The reporl of Messrs. Henry \Y. Frosl & Co., on ? Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the ended February (i. is as follows:— There was a good < for the offerings of odd bags ? in a In* of quotations, the buying being general, but prin- cipally for the Northern and Southern Mills, who were induced to buy Fine Islands, being relatively cheaper than Gcorgias and Floridas, which had advanced Ic. to 2c. during the week. This market being still relatively cheaper, the outlook is thai the demand for the odd bags will continue. There has also been some more inquiry for the crop lots for export, but as the offers were about 2c. below the virus of the Factors, the only sale reported was 55 hairs Bijou at 25c. . 5 per cent. We quote, viz: Extra Fine 23c. 1 Fully Fine 22c. - L3£d., 20c. = 12|d. fine off in colour 18c. = ll£d. „ ., „ „ This reporl shows thai the total exports of Sea Island cotton from bhe United States to Liver] I. Manchester, and Havre, up to February 6, 1915, were 50, 1,233, ami nil bales, respectively. BRITISH COTTON GROWING ASSOCIATION. A reporl on the meeting of the above Association on January 5, 1915, has been received, containing several inti resting items oncerning the sale of African cotton. It was mentioned .it the meeting that the present buying price of cotton in Lagos, which has been maintained for -' ? years, is 1 |tf. per tb. of seed-cotton; the Association have paid in additiot tying commission of J</.perft. to the merchants, who buj the cotton chieffj in sma
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