. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 246 THE AGRICULTURAL MAYS. July 31, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. The report of Messrs. Henrj W. Frost & Co., on Sea [sland cotton in the Southern Stun-, for the week ended Julj 3, is as follows: During the month of .Tun.' the market has remained very quiel with only a limited demand. A few Planters' crops have been sold, also a lot of 120 bales repacked cotton reclaimed from a fire last spring. The buying was on ace >um of the Northern mills. The unsold stock consists entirely "l Planters' crops,
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 246 THE AGRICULTURAL MAYS. July 31, COTTON. WEST INDIAN COTTON. The report of Messrs. Henrj W. Frost & Co., on Sea [sland cotton in the Southern Stun-, for the week ended Julj 3, is as follows: During the month of .Tun.' the market has remained very quiel with only a limited demand. A few Planters' crops have been sold, also a lot of 120 bales repacked cotton reclaimed from a fire last spring. The buying was on ace >um of the Northern mills. The unsold stock consists entirely "l Planters' crops, which are firmly held at 25c. to 30c, for which there is little demand. This report shows thai bhe total exports of Sea Island cotton from bhe United States to Liverpool and Manchester, up to July 3, 1915, were 103 and I 819 Laics, respectively. The Hoard of Trade Journal gives the following statistic* on cotton imports and exports under dates -lane 17 and 2L respectively:— The number of bales of cotton imported into the United Kingdom during the weekended June 10, 1915, was 116,255 (including 71 bales British West Indian, 6 bales British West African), and the number imported during the twenty-three weeks ended .lane 10, 1915, was .">.;,.] 10 (including 2,128 bales British West Indian. 198 bales British West African, 8,301 bales l'.ritisli East African, and 135 bales foreign East African). The number of bales exported during the week ended June 10, 1915, was 15,754, and during the twenty- three weeks :; 11 379. The number of bales of ("Hon imported into the United Kingdom duringthe week ended June 17. 1915, was 105,173 (including 3,199 bales British bast African and 1*7 bales foreign East African) and the number imported during the twenty-four weeks ended .June 17, L915, was 3,568,313 (including 2,128 bales British West Indian. 198 bales British West African, 11,500 bales British East African, and 922 bales foreign Ea I African), The number of bales expo
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