. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 214 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 11, WEST INDIAN COTTON ON THE LIVER- POOL MARKET. Messrs. Wolstenhohne & Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, on June 22 last, in reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report have rather interfered •with tlie market. About 170 bales West Indian Sea Islands have been .sold at fairly steady prices. The sales include about 50 bales St. Croix, 20 Anguilla, and 30 St. Kitt's, at lihl tn ,./., the remaining 70 bales being sta
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 214 THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. July 11, WEST INDIAN COTTON ON THE LIVER- POOL MARKET. Messrs. Wolstenhohne & Holland, of Liverpool, write as follows, on June 22 last, in reference to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton :— Since our last report have rather interfered •with tlie market. About 170 bales West Indian Sea Islands have been .sold at fairly steady prices. The sales include about 50 bales St. Croix, 20 Anguilla, and 30 St. Kitt's, at lihl tn ,./., the remaining 70 bales being stains at Gld. to 9A'/. Spinners are only likely to buy from hand to mnuth luitil more is known about the American Sea Island gruwing crop. SEA ISLAND COTTON In their report, dated June MARKET. last, IMcssrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., of Charleston, give the follow- ing particulars in reference to the condition of the Sea Island cotton market:— There were no sales during the jiast week, an<l the vondition of the market remains unchanged. The unsold stock consists of 100 bales odd bags, of ' fine ' to ' fully fine ' quality, held at 30c., 100 bales licau- forts [cott<m {)roduced in the neighlMiurhoud of Beaufort \n North Carolina] of ' fully fine' quality, held at 30c., and the balance planters' crop lots, held at 32c., aufl upwards. On June 20, Messrs. Frost write : — The sales this week consisted of 10 bales of ' tine " tiuality, on account of a Northern inill ; otherwise the market remains quiet and unchanged. The unsold stock remains the same as hist week. In regard to the ccmiing crop, t\u' weather has been favourable, and from all rei)orts it appears that the crop is making good progress, and that the outlook just now is promising. It must not be overlooked, however, that the acreage in (ieorgia has been reduced very nnicli. EXPERIMENTS WITH COTTON IN ST. KITT'S. Mr. F. R. Shepherd, Agricultural Superintendent of St. Kittr's-Nevis, has forwarded
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