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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



Maech 29, 1913 



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WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholine and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 •write as follows, under date -March 10, with reference 

 i)o the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



>Since our last report only a small business has been done 

 in West Indian Sea Island cotton and the sales amount to 

 about 100 bales, chiefly Barbados and Antigua 19d. to 20rf., 

 TC^evis ISAd and a few Montserrat at \Sd- Prices remain 

 Tery firm, particularly for the better grades, but (jualiiies 

 3)elow I7d. are quite out of demand. 



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

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 'lending March 1, is as follows: — 



With the exception of 50 bales of stains which were sold 

 at 16c . the sales this week consisted of various Planters' crop 

 lots at from 28c, to 40c., Factors making concessions from 

 *heir asking prices to dispose of them. There was some 

 inquiry for the odd bags of off cotton, of which the stock 

 largely consists, but at lower prices than Factors were willing 

 t» accept. As previously advised, Factors are anxious to 

 "dispose of their off cotton, and to do so would probably con- 

 sent to yield 1 cent from our quotations, but not below this 

 l)rice. We have, therefore, to renew last quotations, viz.:^ 



28c. to 29c. = \&d. to 16W. c.i.f., Jt 5 per cent. 



26c. to 27c. 

 !5c. 



25c. 



20c. 



14|d. iol5}rf. 



£xtra Fine 

 Fully Fine 

 Tine 25r 



Extra Fine off 1 

 "in preparation/ 

 TullyFine nff^ .^.^ 

 tin preparation/ "^ 

 Fine off in 1 

 ^ireparation j 



This report shows that the total exports of Sea 

 Island cotton from the United States to Liverpool, 

 ^Manchester and Havre, up to March 1, 1913, were 376 

 Jbales, 353 bales, and 3,562 bales, respectively. 



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BRITISH COTTON GROWING 



ASSOCIATION. 



The following account of a recent meeting of the 

 •tCouncil of this Association has just been received: — 



The one hundred and ninth meeting of the Council of 

 4he British (.'otton Growing' Association was held at the 

 'Offices, 15 Cross Street, Manch?ster, on Tuesday, February 4, 

 the Pretident (The Right Hon. The Karl of Derby, G.C.V.O.) 

 so the ( 'hair. 



It was unanimously resolved that Mr. Thomas Ashton 

 who will shortly relinquish his position as Chairman of the 

 Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners, 

 should be elected a Vice-President of the Association. 



NYASALAND RAILWAY. Much Satisfaction was expressed 

 at the announcement that the arrangements for the formation 

 of a Company for the purpose of constructing and working 

 a railway from Port Herald to the Zambesi vers now 

 practically completed; This niilway will be of great benefit 

 to tlie cotton-growing industry in Nja^aland, as at the 

 present time cotton and other produce are often held up at 

 Port Herald for several months in each year owing to the 

 shallowness of the Shire river. The Association have been 

 pressing for the construction of the railway for same consid- 

 f rable time, but the ^natter has been delayed owing to the 

 stringency which has recently prevailed in the money market. 

 This difficulty has now been practically overcome, however, 

 and several friends of the Association have agreed to under- 

 write a portion of the capital required 



The latest reports as to the crop in Xyasaland show that 

 the rains have been satisfactory this season, and a number of 

 Euroiean planters have sown cotton in preference to tobacco, 

 and there is every appearance of a considerable increase in 

 the acrtage under cotton on the large plantations; there is, 

 however, some doubt as to whether the natives will be 

 inclined to plant cotton on a large scale instead of food stuffs, 

 owing to the failure of the crops during the past two years 

 through drought and the subsequent famine in foodstuffs. 



NEW CAPITAL. Iteference was made to Lord Emmott's 

 speech at the recent meeting of tlie Oldham Chamber of 

 Commerce, where he had stated that the Association must, in 

 about eighteen months or two years from the present time care- 

 fully consider its position, and decide what its future course 

 must be. It is probable that before long it will be necessary 

 to raise additional capital on a commercial basis, but it is 

 essential that the whole of the original capital should first of 

 all be subscribed, and it was decided that urgent appeals be 

 sent to the representatives of the Federation, the N. and 

 N.E. Lancashire Association and the Operatives, pointing 

 out the importance of the balance of the capital being raised 

 as soon as possible, and expressing the hope that they will 

 get in the remainder of their subscriptions without delay. 

 Out of the total authorized capital of £500,000, about 

 £475,000 has been subscribed and promised, up to the 

 present, leaving a deficiency of £25,000. 



WEST AFRICA. The cottou buying returns for Lagos 

 are very satisfactory, for the month of February 2,800 bales 

 have been purchased, jnaking a total of .'5,(11.3 bales since the 

 beginning of the year, as compared with 2.072 bales for the 

 same period of last year, and 1,282 bales for 1911. The 

 purchases in Northern Nigeria for the month of January 

 were 143 bales. Samples of the new crop have not yet beea 



