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a splendid profit of $200 national currency ($88 gold) 
per hectare on land that is worth $15 to 20 national 
currency per hectare. 
These facts explain the great interest awakened 
among the proprietors and agriculturists of the Chaco 
and Corrientes and the quintuplication of the cotton 
planted area from one year to the other. 
Some solid commercial and industrial firms of Buenos 
Aires propose entering into large transactions in cotton 
fiber—be it for manufacture in this country, or for export 
to England, all tending to show that capital employed in 
this industry will obtain very remunerative returns. 
As regards cotton-seed, there is one oil mill in Resis- 
tencia which has commenced to utilize it, and the im- 
mediate installation of another is already announced at 
the same place, not counting those that already exist in 
Buenos Aires and other parts of the Republic—which 
will also surely deal with cotton-seed. 
