'I'lIK l.\ll'l!<»VJ';.VIIvN'r OK (JOT'I'ON J'.V Skkd SKIJOCTIOX. .")I1 



iiiid siTPii<itli of 1li(' sta])](> arc crrtniiilN- Iwo of the most ini])()rtaiii 

 faclors. The Iciinlh df ihc sta])l(' \aiics a ^real deal wiili the (liffciciil 

 kinds of colldii. and so do ])ii('('s, llic lii<^lier piicc lieiii^' i)aid foe 

 llic loii^';oi- sia])l('. At llic ])icsciil time \\c are ^rowiiifi' \aiielifs whicli 

 will haiely a\eia,uf V in(li in leu^ili and some wliieli producf^ a lint 

 (d fully I 1 in<li in leiipth. We iniist endeaxdiii to urow a vaiiet>- 

 wliifdi will jjicduce a niiifonn slajile < f 1 5 inch in leii^dh. If Ave 

 succt't'd in ])i(;(lucinp' a staple of this leiif^th. we can he certain of a 

 leady market f(!i' our cotton, and so ensuif the success of llu" imhislry 

 in South Africa. Samples (d our ((dlon have been foiwaided to 1he 

 ]?rilish ('ctton (Ti<:\\inp' Association, and the followin;^' is an extract 

 troni oiM' (d the re])oits recei\-ed fiian them ; " Length, one to one and 



()]ieneil Cottna Jiolls — rxhiljiuiiL: relative >izcs. 

 1st vow: lai'U'e bulls : 2nil imw: iiiedimn 1)o1's : 8nli-ii\v: small linll> 



one-sixteenth inch. \'alue of colton coiiii)ared with the i)rice of 

 cuireiit luonth's American fiitrires at *-2'>;).d., or say :';d. on the ])rice of 

 futures. Tlie (juality is scarcely suilalile for Lancashire trade, as 

 the staple is ratlier too short, and an extra one-sixteenth to one-eightli 

 (d an inch in leniitli would ^leatly im])rove llie value of ilie cotton, 

 and would also nnike it nniic readily salealde." 



In another lejxirt written at the same time the following' 

 ai)[)eaied: "The sta])Je (d' Uganda cotton is ahoui one and tliree- 

 sixteenths and the quality is suitable for the liuncashire cotton trade; 

 at the jjresent time it is worth from 18d. to 22d. ahove the ])rice of 

 American futuJes."" 



We see Ihat at that time an tdghlh ol an jjiidi added Id one ami 

 one-sixteenth im h sta])le made a difference of from 18d. to 22d. per 



