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Show Cotton Growing In Paraguay. Cotton has been cultivated In Paraguay Para-guay for many )cars, but hitherto lit-I lit-I Uo or no attempt had been mado to export It. In tho last year, however, considerable interest has been manifested mani-fested in this product by cotton dc iters it-ers and experts who have visited Ufa country. Samples forwarded to the United Kingdom hnvo met with considerable con-siderable approval, and ono shipment to Manchester was pronounced "very good standard quality." Paraguayan cotton Is said to resemble the Egypt-Ian Egypt-Ian variety. Resides tho white variety, varie-ty, there is also a colored cotton. The prices obtained for Paraguayan cotton cot-ton in Europe aro 5d a pound for the whlto variety and Cd for the red. London Engineer. |