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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



May 31, 1919. 



COTTON. 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE WEST 



INDIES. 



The following figures show the quantity and estimated 

 ▼aluorf Sea Island cotton fx/o> /(d from the West Indies 

 fcr the quarter ended March 31, 1919 : — 



There were also exported from Barbados 3,263 5). of 

 lintcrs, of an estimated value of X82. 



CesidtR the above, 779 fc. of Marie Galante cotton, 

 valued at £65, were exported from St. Vincent. 



*The cotton exported from Montserrat comprised 359,417ft). 

 of clean lint, valued at Us. 4rf. per tb., and 6G0 ft. of stained 

 lint Viilucd at 1». (W. per ft. 



t li;,lCO ft. of Sea Island seed-cctton equid to 4,040 ft. of 

 lint, wliieh were Bhipped to St. Kitts. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON MARKET. 



Tlie report of Messrs. Henry W. Frost & Co., on 

 Spa l>lanil cotton in the Southern States, for the 

 week ended May 10, 1919, is as follows: — 



ISLANDS. We have only to confirm oui advices of the 

 3rd inst. The demand continues for Fine to Fully Fine 

 at quotations, but the entire supply of this quality has been 

 gold, leaving in Btock only Planters' crop lots of Estra Fine, 

 which are held at 5c to 10c. higher. 



We have also in stock several hundred bags of the lower 

 grades, which can be bought to advantage with orders in 

 Lhcd, as the factors are dehirou.s of selling. 



We quote, viz: — 



Fine to Fully Fine, fe 5.'^^c., f.o.b. and fr. ight. 



Eitra fine Planlera' crops @ 62^c., f.o.b. and freight. 



ORORGiAs AND FL0RIDA8. Although the market is 

 quiet, it remiins firm, with holders unwilling to make any 

 cn'cssions in price, as they anticipate higher prices later on. 

 The better grades. Extra Choice and Fancy, are in demand, 

 but iLe offerings are very .small, rendering it difficult to 

 execute orders at quotations. 



The expectation is that the Northern Mills will require 

 Tery soon some further supply, and consequently the limited 

 offerings will be sought afttr. 



We quote, viz: — 



Extra Choice to Fancy, 53ic., f.o.b. and freight. 

 Average Extra Choice, 52Jc. f.o.b. and fieight. 

 Extra Fine, 49c. to 50c., f.o.h. and freight. 



The exports from Savannah for the week were, to Liver- 

 pool 25 bales. Northern mills 301 bales, and from Jacksonville 

 to the Northern Mills 35 bales. 



CROP ADViCRs, We beg to refer you to our advices of 

 May 3, which we confirm. There will be a large decrease 

 in acreage planted, and the coming crop will fall short of this 

 year's crop. 



N.B — We will not issue our nest circular report until 

 May 31. 



DOWN THE ISLANDS. 



ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. 



ST. LUCIA. In his notes for the month of April, Mr. 

 A. J. Brooks, the Agricultural Superintendent states that, 

 besides the f:eneral routine work in the Botanic U.irdens and 

 Exi'etiraent Statinns, the rriT.::f,'.cl„.t kj[ i.tr'i"^ "•■•' >ifnrih 

 has been proceeded with. A course of apricnllural lectures 

 have been delivered during the monih in Castries to the 

 head teachers of the primary schools, ninetefn of whom 

 attended the course, together with some pupils of St. Mary's 

 College, and a few of the general public. Plants distributed 

 from the department during the month, were : lime plants, 

 850; decorative, 25. The rainfall (or the month at the 

 Botanic Gardens, Castrie.i, was 4 22 ir.cLes ; at theBola.ilc 

 Station, Choiseul, 161 inches. 



noMiNiCA. In his notes of interest for the month of 

 April, Mr. J.Jones states that 35 barrels of green limes and 

 about 8 barrels of ripe limes have been reaped from the trees 

 on the Experiment Station during the month of April. 

 Nitrogenous manures have been applied to the plots, and a 

 plot of camphor trees has been planted out. PUnt dis'.ri- 

 bution for the month consisted of limes, 150 ; budded ciirus, 

 44 ; camphor, 30 ; miscellaneous, 48; onion seedlinjis, 5,000 ; 

 together with 42 [jackets of vegetable seeds. The local 

 price of green limes dropped from 25,f. to 20s. per barre' ; 

 ripe limes remained unchanged at 5.f. per barrel, and raw 

 lime juice at 9^/. to \0d- per gallon. The agricultural pupils 

 returned from their Easter holidays on April 23, and have 

 been employed, in addition to ordinary agricul'ural opera- 

 tions, in pollinating vanilla fiowers, and preparing lUugundy 

 mixture The unusually long drought on the south leeward 

 coast seems to be breaking up ; the rainfall for the month 

 recorded at the Botanic Station was 236 inches. 



MONT.sEiiKAT. The planting of trial plots for comparison 

 of St. Vincent, St. Kitts, and Montsprrat cottons was 

 facilitated by good rains at the end of April. Mr. W. Robson, 

 tie Curator, states that the recent results from the distilla- 

 tions of bay leaves have been goo^, rr ging from 20 to 

 24 oz. of oil per 100 lb. of grtcrt leaves. Althuigh the 

 weather had been very dry on the leeward side of the island 

 until the close of April, it had been much more 9ati.«factory 

 on the windward .side, where the cotton crop is now well 

 established. This crop has now made a fair'y good start 

 over the whole island. The juice of each of the twenty-two 

 varieties of plant canes experimented with at Farrels has been 

 forwarded to the Government Laboratory, Antigua, for 



