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THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 



December 9, 1911. 



WEST INDIAN COTTON. 



Messrs. Wolstenholme and Holland, of Liverpool, 

 write as follows, under date November 20, with reference 

 to the sales of West Indian Sea Island cotton : — 



Since our la.st report, about 200 bales of West Indian 

 Sea Islands have been .sold, the bulk of them being com- 

 posed of the remainder of last season's crop, which real- 

 ized prices from I'id. to I6d. A few bales of superior New 

 Crop cotton have been .sold in the region of 18(1 



The market is steady, and the .stock is exhausted. The 

 fine spinning trade is still rather inactive. 



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

 Sea Island cotton in the Southern States, for the week 

 ending November IS, is as follows: — 



There Las been some demand in the market this week, 

 resulting in sales of 200 bales, consisting chiefly of off cotton 

 and small lots bought for types, at the following prices: — 



32c. = ISd., c.i.f., &, •") per cent. 

 28c. = 15i|d., „ „ „ „ 

 2Sc. = l5'id., „ „ „ „ 



19c. = ll(i., „ „ „ „ 

 There has been no demand as yet for crop lots, which 

 are being held at lOc. and upwards. 



Extra Fine, 



Extra Fine, off in colour, 



Fully Fine, 



No. 1 Off Cotton, 



No. 2 Oflf Cotton 



THE COTTON CROP IN VARIOUS 



COUNTRIES. 



The Bidlethi of Agrlctdtund Stxtisttcs, of the 

 International Institute of Agriculture, Vol. II, No. 9, 

 gives the following recent information concerning the 

 present cotton crop in Bulgaria, the United States, 

 Japan and l^ypt: — 



iiULiiAiti.\. Thcicondition of the crop, expressed on the 

 Institute's schedule, [100 = condition promising an average 

 yield] was, on September 1, 100. 



UNITKD sTATKs. The following tal)le shows the condition 

 of the cotton crop on August 25, 1911, compared with con- 

 ditions on July 25, Ull 1, and the average condition on August 

 25 for the past ten years: — 



Dale. 



August 21, 1911 



•July 25, 19I'l 



J 0-year average on August 25 



.JAP.\N. The condition of the crop on September 1, ex- 

 presssd on the Institute's scale, was 100 



EGYPT. Weather during the month [September] has been 

 slightly more favourable, a ftw hot days have assisted in the 

 recovery of the cotton plants, by the drying up of the third 

 brood of cotton worm. 



The cotton crop is, however, verj- late, and it is feared 

 that much injury may be done by the boll worm, on this 

 account. The last-named pest has appeared in some parts of 

 Upper Egypt, but not severely. 



The area planted in cotton is 718,858 hectares 

 [= 1,437,716 acres]. The condition of the crop on Septem- 

 ber 1, expressed on the Institute's scale, was 91. 



Some Cotton-Spinninsr Statistics.— The statis- 

 tics just published by the International Federation of Master 

 Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' As.sociations give the 

 total numlier of spindles throughout the world as 137,278,752. 

 The estimated number of spinning spindles in Great Britain 

 is given as 54,522,551. Of this number, 39,977,255 are 

 mule spindles, md 8,050,925 ring spindles. Egyptian cotton 

 is used by 13, 1(J9,923 spindles, and 34,858,237 spindles are 

 engaged on American, East Indian, and sundry cottons. At 

 the present time there are in course of erection in Great 

 Britain 896,934 spindles. The curtailment of production 

 during the past sea.son amounted to 113 hours in Great Brit- 

 ain, 140 hours in Germany, 105 hours in France, 419 hours 

 in Austria, 339 hours in Italy, and 180 hours in Switzerland. 

 The consumption of cotton ]icr 1,000 spindles is 7047 bales 

 in Great Britain, 10523 bales in Germany, 132-99 bales in 

 France, 352- 15 bales in India, and 1G2'65 bales in the 

 United States. The stocks on August 31 of all kinds of cot- 

 ton throughout the world are given as 2,619,052 bales, 

 against 2,523,782 bales at the same time last year. The 

 stock of American cotton is stated to be 1,135,166 bales, as 

 compared with 1,123,526 bales twelve months ago. The 

 consumption during the season ended August 31 last of 

 all spinners throughout the world amounted to 17,819,070 

 bales, as against 17,030,511 bales during the previous year. 

 The figures for .\merican cotton are 11,559,401 l)ales, as com- 

 pared with 11,14-5,678 bales during the previous year. 

 {Journal of the Royal Siicifty of Arts, October 13, 1911.) 



