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Show I Farmers Desiy Woo! ' : Profiteering Charge; LAFAYETTE. Intl., April 10. The! Indiana farmer receives $5.S5 for the wool in an average suit of clothes large enough for a man weighing 175 pounds, according to Claude Harper, Purdue university sheep specialist. Mr. t j-Iarper has issued a statement dcclar- Ing farmers are not profiteering in the ? sale of clothing. ' j Mr. Harper says that if a suit is made of tho very best grade of wool, -j which is selling at about $1.00 per y--r scoured pound, then the wool in the suit will cost $7.37. |