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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



April 10, 1910. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date March 24, with reference 

 to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



Since our last report, a good business has been done in 

 West Indian Sea Island cotton, at hardening rates for all 

 qualities. 



About 450 bales have been sold, chiefly Montserrat at 

 I8d. to 2ld.; Barbados 20d. to 21d., with a few superior 

 bales at 22rf. and 23cZ.: St. Kitts I5hd. to 2ld.: Anguilla 

 20^d. to 21(7.; Tobago 21rf.; Barbuda 20d.; Antigua 20d. to 

 2ld., with a few superfine bales at 2'id.; St. Vincent 22d. to 

 2id., and 2 very choice bags at 2Gd. 



Cable advices from Egypt state that the weather is 

 unfavourable for planting. 



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

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending March 19, is as follows: — 



There was a good demand this week for export, result- 

 ing in the sale of a number of planters' crop lots of Extra 

 Fine, aggregating 225 bales, at prices ranging from 45c. 

 to 50c. The unsold stock is now very much reduced, and 

 consists of planters' crop lots, held at 40c., 50c., and GOc. 



COTTON EXPORTS FROM THE 

 WEST INDIES. 



The following tables give the exports of cotton from the 

 West Indies for the quarter ending September 30, 1909, the 

 quarter ending December 31, 1909, and for the year 1909, 

 respectively. It will be seen tliat the figures in the last 

 table refer to the civil, not to the crop, year: — 



i;UARTEE ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1909. 



of 



Weight, 



fi). 



7,100 



1.5.5,103 



25,564 



600 



3,070 



200 



14,912 



2,011 



Estimated value. 



£ 



384 



,755 



990 



32 



166 

 10 



780 



s. 



11 



3 



15 



10 



5 



16 



18 



d. 



8 

 

 9 



o" 



10 

 8 

 4 



(none given) 



6,034 234 



15 



All this cotton was sent to the United Kingdom, with 

 the exception of 18 bales (8,746 Bb.), of an estimated value of 

 £437 6s., wliich was shipped from Barbados to the United 

 States. 



Total 



905 



342,257 21,236 13 1 



All this cotton was sent to the United Kingdom, with 

 the exception of 8 bales (3,584 Db.), of an estimated value of 

 £179 4.?., which was shipped from Barbados to the United 

 States. All the cotton exported was Sea Island. 



JANUARY TO l.iECEMBER 1909. 



Quarter 

 ending — 

 March 31 

 .June 30 

 September 30 

 December 31 



Number of Weight, Estimated value. 



bales. 



2,532i 



2,479| 



546i 



905' 



ft. 



887,890 

 797,542 

 214,594 

 .342,257 



£ 



47,744 

 3.5,109 

 10,355 

 21,236 



s. 



7 



17 

 16 

 13 



d. 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 1 



Total for l';»09 6,463| 2,242,289 114,446 15 1 



Total 



546i 



214,594 (10,3.55 16 9) 



THE COTTON CROP IN ANTIGUA. 



A report on the cotton crop of Antigua for the season 

 1909-10 has been received from Mr. H. A. Tempany, B.Sc, 

 Superintendent of Agriculture for the Leeward Islands. 

 According to this, the area planted in cotton in that island 

 was 253 acres. The general tendency was to plant cotton 

 earlier than has been the case in the past, so that most of the 

 seed was sown before the middle of August, 1909. The 

 germination of the seed was fairly good, on the whole, and 

 the seedlings grew moderately well, although they were 

 checked by dry weatlier to a certain extent. There were no 

 very serious insect attacks. From experience in recent seasons, 



