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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



November 25, 1911. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date November (J, with reference 

 to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



During tLe last fortnight about TOO bales of AVest Indian 

 Sea Island cotton have been sold, about half of which was 

 white cotton at 16c/. to I8d., and the remainder stained and 

 inferior at Sd. to lO^n'. The^•e i.s very little stock, but pi ices 

 are firm. 



Fully Fine Carolina Sea Island has been offering at 

 Ihld., c.i.f., but the quality of this crop is so very inferior 

 that we expect West Indian will be purchased in preference. 



The report of Messrs. Henry \V. Frost & Co., on 

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending October 2S, is as lollow.s: — 



The receipts of Islands for the week were 2.'52 bales, 

 against 96.3 bales in the corresponding week of last yea.-. As 

 the character of the receipts ciintinues to be cliietly of otf cot- 

 ton, with only a small percentage of bright, the holders of 

 the old crop are tirni in their views. 



The sales for the week were 42 bales, chiefly composed 

 of sample lots. The market has not yet fully opened and the 

 following quotations are therefore normal, viz : — 



Extra Fine 32c. to .55c. 18rf. to 19.',rf.,c.i.f.,& 5 per cent. 



Fine to Fully Fine 28c. to 30c. 16<i to 1 7c/. „ „ ,, 

 Off Cottons 21c, to24c. ll:;f/. to 13A(/. „ „„ 



COTTON AT THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE, 

 1910. 



The Report on the work of the Imperial Institute, 

 1910, issued as Colonial Reports — Annual, No. 687, 

 has just been received. It gives the following useful 

 resume of the work of examination of cotton and cotton 

 seed conducted by the Institute during the year: — 



suD.^x. Samples of ' Voltos' and ' Nuliari' cottons, grown 

 at /eidab, were of good quality, and were respectively valued 

 at l-i'^d. to l-5(/. per lb., with 'good' .Miassi at 15c/. per lb., 

 and 13]</. to 13^. per lb., with 'good' lirown F.gyptian at 13c/. 

 per lb. A specimen of Mitafifi cotton grown at Fadlali was 

 valued at 13'/. to 13Jc/. per lb. on the same date. 



uoAND.i. Four samples were examined, (me of wliich was 

 of soft, long staple, and was valued at Id. per Itj. in advance 

 of 'middling' American. A comparison of the cotton of Kam- 

 pala with that of Buddu showed that the latter was nnich 

 stained, and decidedly inferior to the former. The .samples 



were valued respectively at 7d. to O'Sc/., and O'lcf. to 2d. 

 in advance of 'middling' Ameiican. 



NVASALANi). Seven samples of cotton and three of cotton 

 seed were examined. The Egyptian cottons were generally 

 somewhat inferior to standard specimens from Egypt, but the 

 American cottons were of excellent qualitj', one sample being 

 valued at as much, as '2d. to 2hd. per lb. in advance of 

 'middling' American. 



EiioDKsiA. Six samples were examined, and were of 

 satisfactory ipiality, although the Egvptiat' kinds were not 

 quite equal to standard specimens of the corresponding 

 varieties in Egypt. A sample of American Upland was valued 

 at ire/, per lb , with 'middling' American at 7"36c/. per Bb 



UNION Of SOUTH AFRICA. Three samples of 'Caravonica' 

 cotton grown in Zululand were of good quality. One of them 

 was regarded :is readily .saleable as a substitute for rough 

 Peruvian, at 10|c/. to \ld. per tt)., with 'good' moderately 

 rough Peruvian at lO^d. per Bj , wiiilst the others were less 

 harsh, and were valued at about I iV/. per lb , with good Aba.ssi 

 at 15c?. per lb. A specimen of wild cotton from Zululand 

 was strong, harsh, al)0Ut an inch long, and worth about 7.U/. 

 per lb., with 'middling' American at 8|c7. per It). 



Seven samples including .American, Egyptian, and Cara- 

 vonica cottons from the Cape Province were all of proniisiug 

 quality. Those (jf the American type were valued at 5|c/. to 

 6ic/ per lb., with 'middling" American at 572c/. per B)., and 

 the Caravonica cottons were regarded as worth l^d to Sd, 

 per lb. on the same date. 



luuTisu wKsT .AFRICA, l^lcven .Samples of cotton pro- 

 duced by hybrids grown at the Labolabo Plantation, Gold 

 Coast, were all valued in advance of 'middling' American. 

 Some of these were rather harsh and might prove serviceable 

 as substitutes for rough or semi rough Peruvian. Four 

 specimens of native cottons from the Northern Territories, 

 Gold Coast, were of good, -saleable quality, and were valuecl 

 at from 6'70'/ to Jil. per ft)., with 'middling' American at 

 6-39c;. per lb. '" 



Four samjjles of cotton from Southern Nigeria, which 

 were probably all native varieties, were of satisfactory length 

 but of poor quality, and had apparently suffered Irom the 

 attack of insect pests. A specimen from lUushi was 

 decidedly superior to most West African cottons, and was 

 worth about Id. per lb. in advance of 'middling' American. 



Two .samples of native cottons from Northern Nigeria 

 were much stained and of comparatively low value. The.se 

 varieties, however, had a staple of about an inch, and would 

 l)robably be capable of considerable improvement under 

 cultivation. 



INDIA. Ten samples of I'gyptian and American cottons 

 from Hurma were of fairly good quality, but inferior to 

 standard commercial specimen.s. 



