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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



\ , I MliKK 6, 1915. 



COTTON. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date Odtbber 4-, with referenci 

 bo the Bales of Wesl Indian Sea Island cotton:— 



A good business has been done in West Indian Sea 

 Island cotton since our last report. The sales of white cotton 

 ,un1 to about 100 bales; these include St. Vincent 16& 

 to 1'.'/.. Montserrat IM. to 15Jrf-. Antigua 1 lid., Anguilla 

 I l§rf. to I5d., Barbados 14 V. to HM., also about 300 bales 

 of Stains chiefly at Id. 



The market is thin, but consumers are chiefly purchasing 

 to .stock, hoping that if hostilities are not too Ear prolonged, 

 there will be more business in the market for fine yarn. 



The Eteporl of .Mossrs. Henrj W. Frosl & Co.. 

 on Sea Island I-.. i ion in the Southern States, for 

 the week ending • tatober 9 is as follows: 



Islands. — The receipts this week were 83 bales, of 

 which 24 bale I crop lot of last year sold on private 



terms. The total receipts of new crop to date arc about 



110 hales, whirl, factors art- not yet offering, waiting foi 



aotne further accumulation of stock before doing so. Conse 

 quently the market has not as yet opened, but with freer 

 receipts from now on there will probably be some offerings 



on the market this coming week, enabling us to give 

 quotations. 



Florida* and Georgia*.- -The demand in Savannah has 

 continued very general and active throughout the week, 

 taking all ottering- of all grades at advancing prices, and all 

 the interior markets have been excited, where even higher 

 prices are being paid. 



The buying is very general and the offerings do not 



satisfy the demand, as a large proportion of the receipts are 

 being held in expectation of Still higher prices. 



There ar dera in the marl ■; m ai count of the Northern 



Mills, which, together with a demand to cover contracts 



ously made, and a good deal of buying on speculation 

 renders the market strong with a tendency to advance. 



The sales rep. ale, I isisl very largely of cotton received 



fi-oni the interior, as the offerings.on the Savannah market 

 continue to be verj small. 



ui.-i m i;n \. The cotton which is being grown on the 

 Government Experimental Plot at the Moor plantation is 



g well this season, and it is expected that there will be 

 seed either from the Georgia or Uplands varieties 

 for distribution next season to plant about 500 acres. It 

 was agreed that it would be advisable for the Association to 

 offer a higher price for the cotton produced from this seed, 

 even if it left the Association with a loss, as it is important 

 that the efforts of the Agricultural Department to improve 

 the quality of I ,agos cotton should be supported. 



1: ha- been decided to close down the Associatio 

 operations in the Cold Coast, and at Illushi in the Southern 

 Province of Nigeria. At the same time it is considered 

 advisable to keep open the Cinneiy at Labolabo for the 

 benefit ol those natives who are already committed to the 

 cultivation of cotton, and it is not anticipated that there 



will be any difficulty in making arrangements to this effect. 



The West Africa Committee have had a meeting with 

 Major Armitage, the Chief Commissioner of the Northern 

 Territories, who reported that cotton cultivation iu the 

 Northern Territories was a failure last year owing to the 

 unfavourable climatic conditions, and he expressed the 

 opinion that under better conditions the results would be 

 more favourable. Outside of cotton-growing the only other 

 industry in the Northern Territories of any note, is cattle 

 breeding, and as quantities of cotton seed have been 

 distributed to the local farmers for planting foi the new crop, 

 Major Armitage hopes that arrangements may ye) be made 

 for the operations to be continued, at any rate tor another 

 year, in order to give the fanner- an opportunity of market- 

 ing their crop. 



The purchases of cotton in Lagos to the end of 

 September amounted to 5,974 bales, as compared with 13,486 

 bales for the same period of last year, and 13,645 bales 

 for 1913 



The purchases of cotton in Northern Nigeria to the end 

 of August amounted to 497 bales, as compared with 518 



bales for the same period of last yeai 



NYASALAND. A report has been received from the 

 Director of Agriculture stating that the crop grown by white 

 planters in the Shire Highlands is above the average, aod 

 that some planters have pari icularU tine cops, which are 

 now being harvested. The River crops are very late, and 

 suffered from drought in l''ebruar\ and early March, but late 

 rains have improved conditions considerably. The cotton 



exported from Nyasaland for i he year ended March 31 last 



amounted to b.oiM! bales, valued locally at £72,068, showing 

 an inciea-ed value over the preceding year of £6,581. 



As regards the native crop, the Mlanje and Upper 



Shire crops are being harvested, and it is expected that these 



two district.- will produce 350 tons. The native crop is of 



superior quality, and a sample ha- recently been received, 

 and valued at 1"'. 'on' the price ol Middling American. 



CO-OPERATION BETWEEN 



COTTON 



BRITISH COTTON GROWING 



ASSOCIATION. 



The one hundred and fortieth meeting ol the Council of 



,i,, British Cotton Growing Association was held at the 



15, Cross Street, Manchester, on Tuesday, October 5. 



i !,. Presidi i I (The Rt. Hon. The Karl of 



. i . \1,. .1. Arthur Huilon occupied the Chair. 



GROWERS AND 



At the recent meeting- ol 



Mr. W. 1. 1" rence Balls, for 3on 

 Agricultural Department in Egy 



applic iii'i ol science to tin tton 



the interdependence of cotton 

 manufacture g, the gn at need 

 spinners and grow< rs, and the 

 commi >n to b itl, b\ the scientist. 



SPINNERS. 



the British Association, 

 le years botanist to the 

 pt, read a paper on the 



industry. He emphasized 



growing, spinning, and 



i operation between 



provision of a language 



To day, h ■ - dd, there was 



