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Show RAILS HELPFUL TO conojypsTRY ' Ill'KNOa AIRKfl, Mar. II. Th cotton cot-ton Industry In northern Argentina ha quadrupled In Importance In three years aa reault of aid (ttren to th farmer by th atata railway. In 1111-11 approximately ll.ta acree were planted while th ll:-Il crop atnbrc an area of about , acre. Th crop yield la from i:00 to HO pounda par acre, according le atatlatlca pulillahed by th railroad, one-third of altlch la fiber and tha reat aaed. A gin and a cm ton ared mill hare bean conatructad to take care of the crop. The great problem of tha Argentina cotton farmrr I lark of labor for picking tha crop. Attempt have been made lo uaa machinery for thla. but the have barn reported aa being only partially aucceaaful. |