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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS 



(i, tobeb 9, 1915. 



DOWN THE ISLANDS. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under dates September 4 and "20, 

 1915, respi eb with reference to the sales "I West 

 Indian Sea Island cotton: — 



Since our last report a better demand has sprung up I u 



I ii, I i -. ii ton, and between 400 and 500 



bales have been sold at firm prices. The sale- include Virgin 



il 1. '«/., Nevis I5tf. to 15| i juilla I5d., 



Antigu St. Kitts I5rf. to I6rf., Montserrat I4£d to 



I5d., ancl Barbados !5<2.to 16d 



There is an unwillingness to pay more than 15rf., as 

 the enquiry for yarn made from the better cotton is still 

 v. n limi 



Since our last report [September 1) an extensive 

 business lias been done in West Indian Sea Island cotton al 

 stead] prices. The sales include Nevis 14c?. to 11 .[</., 

 Antigua lid. to li^d., Montserrat I4d. to I5tf., Anguilla 

 14tf.. Barbadoes 1 t. 1 .^.. St. Martin 1+rf., and some 

 inferior St. Kitts at lid.; also stains 7|rf. to '],['!■ 



The Report of Messrs. ll<nn W.Frost \- Co 

 on Sea Island cotton in the Southern Stales, for 

 I eek ending September 1 1, is as follows: 



As there has been received so far only 1 bag of new 

 crop, and the- crop will not commence to be marketed until 

 the end of the month or early in < (ctober, there is nothing of 

 interest as yet to advise, 



The stock on hand of 130 bales consists of Planters' 

 crops I .'•] from last season and held above the views 



ot bin 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE WEST 



INDIES. 



rhe following table gives the quantitj and estimated 



value E Sea ] land cotton exported Er the West Indies 



for the on irti i ended June 30, 1915: — 



Colony. Quantity. Estimated value. 



183,705 29,310 



Besid I he above Sea Island cotton, there was expi 

 fron) G ida 190,362 ft., from SI,, Vincent 11,522 lb., and 



fr ill- Virgin Islands 2,371 tt>. Marie Galante c tl 



ii: tin ' of E3.966, £318,'and E79 respectively. 



ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. 



ikimiiaii. We notice in the minu tm -ting 



of the Board of Agriculture, that Mr. C. Forbes Todd, 

 formerly Manager ot Molineux estate in St. Kitts and now 

 Field Superintendent to the St. Madelaine Estates, Trinidad, 

 has been appointed a member ot the Trinidad Board of 

 Agriculture. 



The Port-of-Spain Gazette, in a recent issue, gives itten- 

 tion to Mr. Glaudoh's pioneering work with silkworms 

 al St. Joseph. Mr. GlaudOn started to take an interest, in 

 the raising of silkworms many year- ago and now possesses 

 the white mulberry silkworm, the yellow mulberry silkworm, 

 from Milan, the pure white eri worm, and the greyish-white 

 eri worms. In L908 while rearing the native silkworm 

 {Atlacus hetperus) the idea came to him to introduce the 

 mulberry silkworm, rje succeeded in rearing the mulberry 

 worm as a polyvoltine race instead oi the univoltine race as 

 in France. The pure white eri worm was obtained from 

 Mr. Watson, an Entomologist at Manchester, to whom 

 Mr. Glaudon was referred by Professor Maxwell Lefroy. The 

 above is of interest in cqpnexion with efforts that have been 

 mad,- to esl iblish a silkworm industry in other islands. 



The Mirror for September 17 calls attention to the fact 

 that the local Government, acting on instructions from the 

 Home Government, has prohibited the exportation of asphalt 

 from this Colony to Holland. About 100 tons of this 

 material which has been awaiting the arrival of the next 

 Dutch steamer to be shipped to Amsterdam has therefore 

 bi en detained. 



GRENADA. Like Dominica and St. f.ucia, this colony 

 under the Plant Protection Ordinance, has prohibited the 

 importation of all citrus plants, citrus cuttings and citrus 

 budwood from the United State- owing to the prevalence of 

 citrus canker in that country. 



ST, VINCENT. The attention of planters is directed by 



the St. Vincent Si ntry to the < lovernment notice stating that 

 the machinery and appliances for shelling and kiln drying 

 corn are now ready lor use at tin ! Richmond Hill. 



It is hoped the community will take full advantage of this 

 facility afforded bj the Government for promoting another 

 minor industry . 



The Anderson oil expellcr has satisfactorily dealt with 

 the Government stock of cotton seed and is now taking seed 

 from outside planters. The oil produced was somewhat dark 

 in colour on account of the fact that most ot the seed 

 was not in good condition. 



ST. LUCIA. A fresh- supply of the following varieties of 



nut- i- now available at Reunion for immediate sowing, 

 Gambia, Virginia Running, Virginia Bunch, and Refusque. 

 These may be purchased at 2</. per package il the d-tries 

 ( lardens and at the Agricultural and Botanic Station, Choiseul. 



A leaflet giving full instructions as to the cultivation of the 

 d in oach package. Another notice which 



has been issued by Mr. Brooks,thc Agricultural Superintendent 

 is to the effect that from Monday. August Iti, and until 

 further notice, lime plants will be sold from the Government 

 nurseries at Is. per 100, freight free; 30,000 plants are now 



avail 



dominica. Mr. Joseph .Tones, the Agricultural Superin- 

 has \witt. n to say that very heavy weather was again 



experien 1 on September 22, theGardens were again littered 



witli broken branches, and a feu Caryota palms which were 

 loosened in the ground during th, In-' gale were uprooted. 



