. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 262 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Aucust 14, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme ami , of Liverpool, write as follows, under date July 27, 1915, with refer ence to the sales of Wesl Indian Sea Island cotton: There has been do enquiry for Sea Island cotton since our last report, and we see do prospect of much improvement until Belgium ami Northern France are tree of the German occupation. This report shows thai tin- total exports ..I' Sea Island cotton from the United States to Liverpool and Man
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 262 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Aucust 14, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme ami , of Liverpool, write as follows, under date July 27, 1915, with refer ence to the sales of Wesl Indian Sea Island cotton: There has been do enquiry for Sea Island cotton since our last report, and we see do prospect of much improvement until Belgium ami Northern France are tree of the German occupation. This report shows thai tin- total exports ..I' Sea Island cotton from the United States to Liverpool and Manchester, up July 3, 1915, were 103 and 1,819 respecl ively. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BRITISH COTTON GROWING ASSOCIATION FOR 1914. In ri ferences i" the West Indies which appear in this publicatioD concern matters many of which are by this time familiar to our nailers. In regard the demand lor Sea i cotton it is pointed OUt thftt this tell away at the outbreak of tie war and resulted in the decision arrived at by many planters in the West Indies to reduce their areas and cultivate increased quantities of sugar and other produce, winch at [.resent command relatively higher prices than cotton The situation changed however when a lew months later the oublers' Association to guarantee a minimum price tor the cotton grown in the different West Indian islands during 1915-16 season. It may not he fully appreciated in the West Indies the large extent to which the British Cott m Growiag iation was instrumental in bringing about this a tee Turning to more general matters connected with the work oi ation, it i- recorded that the association took part in the International Congress of Tropical Agricu] tui .ill in ih International Qotton Fibres and other 1 Products Exhibition held about tin- same time. Tie- Association generously offered several silver cups for the best exhibits of different kinds of cotton, and did everything in its power to stimulate increased interest in the
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