. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 18, 1909,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date August 80, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report only a small business has been passing in West Indian Sea Island cotton and prices continue firm. The sales consist principally of stains, 6'jj. to S^i/. with a few bales of Barbados about li\d. Latest accounts from America state the Sea Island crop is making satisfactory progr
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 294 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. September 18, 1909,. WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date August 80, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report only a small business has been passing in West Indian Sea Island cotton and prices continue firm. The sales consist principally of stains, 6'jj. to S^i/. with a few bales of Barbados about li\d. Latest accounts from America state the Sea Island crop is making satisfactory progress and there is every prospect of a good yield. The report of Messrs. Henry W Frost & Co. on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending August 21, is as follows : — There have been no receipts or sales for the past fort- night, consequently no change in the market. The unsold stock of 427 bales, composed entirely of planters' crop lots held here and on plantations, is .still being held under in>tructiiins from the owners at Soc. COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE WEST INDIES. The amounts of cotton e,\ported from the British Islands of the Lesser Antilles during the quarter end- ing June 30, 1009, were as follows:— Origin. Number of bales. Weight, 11). Estinia £ ted vah s. d. Antigua 15S 34,460 1,866 11 S Barbados 483 2:i7,7i)!) 11,889 19 0 Grenada 8581 7,354 4 6 i\Iontscrrat ... 201 57,818 .3,132 0 0 .St. Kitts HI, 32,245 1,746 12 1 Nevis f)5 15,431 835 16 11 Anguilla i:^8 27,fiOO 1,4<)5 0 0 St. Vincent ... 294 05,719 5,571 17 6 Trhiidadl ... Tobago 1 . 15 .5,125 (none given) A'irgin Islands 85 18,854 707 0 0 Total 2,40k-; 782,182(34,599 1 8) All this cotton was .sent to the United Kingdcmi, with the exception of 20 bales (10,078 lb.) of an estimated value of £503 , which was- shipped from Barbados to the United States. The cotton o.\[i(irted was Sea Island in all cases save the following (whi(-li are included in the figures given in the a
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