77 



Moisture °/> 

 Potash °/o 



Pr-.osphoric Acid °/o 

 Lime /o 



(10 cwt. Oashaw ashes = 1 cwt. Sulphate of Potash costing 12/9. 

 Experiments recommended to : — 



George Murray, Esq., — " Caswell Hill " 



Plot A — I acre ... 1 cwt. Sulphate of Potash. 



Plot B — I acre ... i cwt. Sulphate of Potash. 



Plot — I acre \ ... 10 cwt. Cashaw Ashes. 



or ^ acre J ... 5 cwt. do. 

 Plot D— No Manure. 



SEA ISLAND COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES 

 AND IN THE WEST INDIES.* 



By Sir Daniel Morris, KOM.G., MA., D.Sc, and Mr. J. R. 



BovELL, F.L.S., F.C.S. 



Summary. 



In the preceding pages a considerable amount of information on a 

 large number of topics is furnished for the guidance of cotton growers 

 in these colonies. An appreciable portion of this information has been 

 obtained at first hand in the Sea Island cotton districts of the United 

 States, and by such means cotton growers in the West Indies are placed 

 in a favourable position for carrying on the industry, while at the same 

 time they are ennbled to overcome many, if not most, of the difficulties 

 inseparably associated with starting a new industry. 



Great interest is being taken in cotton growing in many parts of 

 the world. The high prices now ruling for all kinds of cotton should 

 stimulate production, and ev- ntuiilly large supplies of c )tton will be 

 placed on the British and Continental markets. A fall in prices will 

 naturally follow, and in the long run only the countries, where the 

 conditions of soil, climate and labour are most favourable, will reap the 

 best results. 



In the case of Sea Island cotton (the kind recommended for cultiva- 

 tion in the Wtst Indies) the competition of other countries will, pro- 

 bably, be not severely felt This cotton, r cognized as ihe finest in the 

 world, is a native in these islands. It cannot be grown beyond the in- 

 fluence of sea-air, as it has been sh wn in Grtorgia and e'sewhere that 

 the quality greatly deteriorates. It will therefore be difficult, if not 

 imp ssible, to increase the production of this cotion to such an extent 

 as greatly to depreciate its value at any time. In addition to this the 

 tendency everywhere is to use the better sorts of cotion in order to pro- 

 duce finer fabrics, also articles where a strong fabric is required for 

 goods cumbining lightness and strength, such as sails for yachts, mail 

 bags, lining for bicycle tyres, etc. 



*From '• West Indian Bulletin," Vol. IV.,.No, 4, 1904, page 349. 



