. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 310 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. OCTUBER 2, 1909,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. jMcssrs. Wulstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date September 13, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton:— A fair business lias been done in AVest Indian Sea Island cotton during tlie past fortnight, at firm rates. The sale.'i amount to about 'i-oO , and include St. Croix, Antigua, Barbuda, etc., from \2},d. lo 13|cZ., with a few bales iit lid, and about 50 bales stains 6irf. to Sd. A parcel of Gua
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 310 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. OCTUBER 2, 1909,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. jMcssrs. Wulstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date September 13, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton:— A fair business lias been done in AVest Indian Sea Island cotton during tlie past fortnight, at firm rates. The sale.'i amount to about 'i-oO , and include St. Croix, Antigua, Barbuda, etc., from \2},d. lo 13|cZ., with a few bales iit lid, and about 50 bales stains 6irf. to Sd. A parcel of Guadaloupe cotton, lying on the Continent, has recently been sold here at \3ld. The report of Jlessrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending September 11, is as follows : — Oijlv one bag of the new crop of Sea Island has been received, but it has not been sampled and will not be offered until there is some accumulation of stock, sufKcient to open the market, which may not be until early in October. CHANGES IN EGYPTIAN COTTON WHEN GROWN IN THE Ui:iTED STATES. In Bdlletin No. of the J5iireau of Plant Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, the following conclusions are arrived nt in connexion with the diversity which arises in Egyptian cotton when it is introduced into that country :— The diversity found in the Egyptian cotton in Arizona appears to be of four different , evidently arising from different physiological factors. I'recautions which may tend to avoid one kind of diversity will not be fully effective unless other factors are taken into account at the same time. ^Methods of acclimatization, breeding, and culture have all to be adapted to the special needs of the case, if the full possi- bilities of the new crops are to be definitely ascertained. The first and most striking of diversity is due to hybridiza- tion. The cross-fertilizing insects are much more abundant in the scjutU-western States
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