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Show COTTON IN UTAH Production tho Pa8t Yoar-Tho Factory Fac-tory on tho Rio Virgin Much less land was planted to cotton in Wushington county tho pat season than usual, yet much mora will bo planted next s&ison. Tho Rio Virgin mills had about 50,000 pounds pf cotton on hand in July last, and started the mill. It has sinco shipped 25,000 pounds of batting to S. L. city, the quality being tho very best, and tho domand taking it nil. Tho factory has been idlo part of tho time, while putting in new machinery, but it is now employing about forty hands, operating eighteen looms and other machinery, machin-ery, to correspond. They are manufacturing manu-facturing from Utah cotton, carpot warp, domestic gingham, shirting. . M |