Show PROTECT COTTON TO PREVENT MUCH LOSS Damage Amounting to Done in Past Year Although One of Hardiest of Farm Products Its Strength Is N Not t Sufficient Sufficient clent to Withstand Exposure to the Elements i What would y you say ay if you saw a aman aman II man deliberately destroy worth of clothing by placing It in a aI I rainstorm No one has done precisely precise precise- ly Iy that lint but what has actually occurred occurred oc oc- oc Is Is' no less wasteful than that act would be Specialists of ot the bureau of markets markets markets mar mar- United States department of agriculture agriculture ag og- ag- ag conservatively thel estimate that during the lie past year cotton growers of the United States suffered a 70 cotton loss through damage to cotton by exposure to wea weather ther The They say that after cotton Is permitted to remain In the weather for months at nt a n time Instead of being properly sheltered and that although cotton Is one of the hardiest of farm products Its strength Is not sufficient to withstand such exposure to the ele ele- ele ments The rhe bureau of markets maintains that the amount of or money lost through far 55 r tx r American Cotton In Damaged Condition Condition Condi Condi- tion on Arrival in England on Account Account Ac count of I Improper Wrapping this cause In a n single season would probably be sufficient to build the warehouses needed and that after the first year ear these warehouses would become become become be be- come practically surplus assets In the hands of the farmers It is also pointed out that receipts covering cotton stored In properly operated operated op op- warehouses are arc accepted generally generally gen gen- as collateral for or loans the in- in Interest interest in In- terest Merest charges for which arc more than paid for b by the tho profits accruing to the farmer through his ability to sell his cotton as ns it is needed by the mills |