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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWb 



JtTKE 22, 1912. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholine and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date June H, with reference 

 to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



Only a limited business has been done in West Indian 

 Sea Island cotton since our last report. The sales amount 

 to about 80 bales, chieHy St. Croi.x and Anguilla at 19|d to 

 20d, and Stains at 9d. to 12 J. 



Spinners having supplied their immediate wants are not 

 eager buyers at the moment. 



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

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending June 1, is as follows: — 



The market has been very quiet throughout the week, 

 with apparently no demand. The Factors are disposed to sell 

 the stock on hand, which they are unwilling to carry over 

 into another season, consequently with orders in hand we can 

 buy to advantage on a basis of the following quotations, viz: — 



Extra Fine 30c. to 32c. = 16fc?. to ITfd c.i.f., & 5 per cent. 

 Fully Fine 28c. 

 Fine 26c. 



= 15 Jd. 

 = 14|d. 



Fine to Extra Fine,K g^ ^^ g^^ ^ ^q^^^ ^^ ^^, 

 off m preparation J * 



The Government Cotton Ginnery, Grenada. — 



The above ginnery which contains two Piatt roller gins 

 driven by a G h.p. Crossley's Patent oil engine, and one hand 

 baling press was worked for the first time on March 12, 

 1912. 



The first cotton ginned was 1 bale of Sea Island and 2 

 bales of Marie Galante produced in Grenada, and one bale 

 each of Marie Galante and Sea Island is expected to arrive 

 shortly from Islet Ronde. Some of the cotton ginned was 

 grown at True Blue Estate, the property of Mr. John 

 Barclay, and the balance by a peasant from the Southern 

 district. 



A bale of cotton was also ginned for Grand Ance Estate. 



The engine is run by one man, each gin by a woman 

 and a boy, and the baling press by a man. (From a note on 

 the Government Cotton Ginnery, Grenada, supplied by the 

 Superintendent of Agrieukure.) 



THE BRITISH COTTON GROWING 



ASSOCIATION. 



The following is taken froui a report received of 

 a recent meeting of the British Cotton Growing Asso- 

 ciation: — 



The ninety ninth meeting of the Council of the Briti.sh 

 Gotten Growing Association was held at the Offices of the 

 Association, 1.5 Cross Street, Manchester, on the 7th instant, 

 the President (The Right Hon. The Earl of Derby, G.C V.O.) 

 in the Chair. 



WEST AFRICA. The purchases of cotton in Lagos to the 

 end of April amount to 6,902 bale.s, as compared with 4,1.52 

 bales for the same period of last year, 3,475 bales for 1910 

 and 8,525 bales for 1909. 



The purchases in Northern Nigeria to date are 1,634 

 bales against 504 ftir the whole of last year. With the 

 extension of the railway there is every reason to believe that 

 the expectations which the Council have always held as to 

 the suitability of Northern Nigeria for cotton cultivation will 

 be fully realized. The Association's manager estimates that 

 the present crop will amount to over 2,000 bales, and there 

 is every reason to believe that 5,000 bales will be produced 

 next year and possibly 10,000 bales in 1914 The ginnery 

 which the Association has erected at Zaria wa.s completed 

 towards the end of last year, and has given entire satisfaction. 

 Owing to the prohibitive cost of coal, the engine is run by 

 means of a gas producer plant fed with cotton seed, and this 

 plant is giving excellent results. 



NYASALAND. In Order to encourage the native industry 

 it has been decided to erect a ginnery in the Chironia 

 District, which is becoming the most important native cotton- 

 planting centre, the crop produced in the district last year by 

 natives being over 100 tons of lint. 



UGANDA. The cotton-growing industry in this Protect- 

 orate continues to expand, and it is estimated that the crop 

 this year will be 32,000 bales, as compared with 19,500 

 bales last year. Mr. Simpson (who was formerly Director of 

 Agriculture in Nyasaland) has been appointed the Govern- 

 ment Director of Agriculture in Uganda, and the Association 

 has discussed with him the best means of developing the 

 industry, and of improving the quality of the cotton grown. 



A financial statement is appended to the report, 

 which shows that a sum of £24,664 remains to be 

 raised in order to complete the total authorized capital 

 of the Association, of £500,000. 



