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Show u- -Just one year ago cotton was sell- j ing at 5 cents a pound. Now it is 9 j cents, or almost double that price, and still going up. If wheat were! doing as well, it would be nearly aj dollar now and what a boost thati would mean for farm prosperity. The advanced price of cotton is due, in : part, to a short crop this year. The estimate for the U. S. A. is 11.30G,-000 11.30G,-000 bales, a decrease of 5,612,000 bal-; es compared with 1931. Besides women wo-men have gone back to wearing cotton, cot-ton, dresses again, creating a greatly increased demand for the crop. |