. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 38 THE AGlilCULTURAL NEWS. Febrqakv 1, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date January 13, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— A good business has been done in Indian Sea Island cotton since our last report, and, although the enquiry is limited, prices remain firm. The sales amount to about 200 bales and include ^fontserrat and Xevis 16d. to I8d., St. Kitts I8d. to 2Qd. and a few Barbados lid. to \8d. The report of Mes
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 38 THE AGlilCULTURAL NEWS. Febrqakv 1, WEST INDIAN COTTON. Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, under date January 13, with reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— A good business has been done in Indian Sea Island cotton since our last report, and, although the enquiry is limited, prices remain firm. The sales amount to about 200 bales and include ^fontserrat and Xevis 16d. to I8d., St. Kitts I8d. to 2Qd. and a few Barbados lid. to \8d. The report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week ending January 11, is as follows:— There was some demand this week for the odd bags classing Extra Fine, Fully Fine and Extra Fine otf in prep- aration at our quotations, the buying being on account of France and the Northern Mills. There was also some demand for tinged Islands, at 20c on account of the Northern Mills. This demand having been supplied, the market closed quiet, with Factors inclined to sell, wishing to dispose of some of their stock. There has been no inquiry for the Planters' Crop Lots, which are nominally held at full prices. We quote, viz.:- Extra Fine Folly Fine Fine Extra Fine off in preparation Fully Fine off j in preparation J Fine off in preparation 29c. = I6hd. , & 5 per cent. !Vc. 26c. 26c. lold. = 14|d )^ 24c. 2c. Ufd. Uid. = U^d. This report shows that the total exports of Sea Island cotton from the United States to Liverpool, Manchester and Havre, to January 11, 1913, were nil, 196 bales, and 2,089 bales, respectively. Last year they were 2,831, 8,420 and .5,177 bales. THE FUTURE OP AMERICAN COTTON. Cotton spinners of all countries have for so long beeo dependent upon the United States for their supplies of raw cotton that American cotton growers, merchants and exporters have been led to believe that this state of affairs would continue indefinitel
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