. Cotton and other vegetable fibres : their production and utilisation . Photograph by W. N. Saudi, Ginning Floor, Central Cotton Ginnery, St. Vincent. Phonograph by W. N. Sands, Shipping Bales of Sea Island Cotton, St. Vincent 94 COTTON IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES 95 of Agriculture. The product is mostly of a very finegrade and realises excellent prices. The largestquantities are produced in the Leeward Islands, , and Barbados. The most valuable is grownin St. Vincent where, during the last few years, someof the finest crops have realised from 2s. to 2s. gd. perlb. Cott
. Cotton and other vegetable fibres : their production and utilisation . Photograph by W. N. Saudi, Ginning Floor, Central Cotton Ginnery, St. Vincent. Phonograph by W. N. Sands, Shipping Bales of Sea Island Cotton, St. Vincent 94 COTTON IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES 95 of Agriculture. The product is mostly of a very finegrade and realises excellent prices. The largestquantities are produced in the Leeward Islands, , and Barbados. The most valuable is grownin St. Vincent where, during the last few years, someof the finest crops have realised from 2s. to 2s. gd. perlb. Cotton of very high grade is also produced inSt. Kitts. The bulk of the West Indian cotton isfrom if to 2 inches long, and usually obtains pricesranging from is. 3^?. to is. iid. per lb. Ever since the re-introduction of Sea Island cottoninto the West Indies, continuous selection experimentshave been carried on with the object of maintainingthe quality of the crop and of establishing improvedstrains particularly adapted to certain districts. Theplants are very subject to the attack of insect andfungoid pests, and these have therefore been madethe subject o
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