Buenos Aires, Feb. 21.
The cotton industry in Northern Argentina has quadrupled in importance in three years as a result of aid given to the farmers by the state railways. In 1918-19 ap-Proximately 12,000 acres were planted while the 1920-21 crop embraces an area of about 50,000 acres.
The crop yield is from 1,200 to 1,600 pounds per acre, according to statistics published by the railroads, one-third of which is fibre and the rest seed. A gin and a cotton seed mill have been constructed to take care of the crop.
The great problem of the Argentine cotton farmer is lack of labour for picking the crop. Attempts have been made to use
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