Word: cottons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Cultivation of Cotton", Professor Blanchard, Geology Museum...
...Patten, one of the men who did most to make that building famed. Operating on a large scale from 1890 to his retirement in 1910, Mr. Patten is credited with being the only man who ever established corners in all four of the major markets-wheat, corn, oats and cotton. Though prosecuted under the Sherman Law for acting "in restraint of trade" Mr. Patten always denied that he was a "speculator," maintaining that his ability to forecast grain prices resulted from his thorough knowledge of crop conditions...
...always desirable, and the expansion this year in the case of certain crops-notably potatoes-was definitely undesirable. Expansion of acreage, however, is at least a mark of confidence in the future of agriculture. The increase was pretty well distributed throughout the country and was divided among cotton, spring wheat, potatoes, and other leading crops. A decline representing a shift to more intensive crops took place in the acreage previously devoted...
...unusually large cotton acreage suffered unusually from boll weevil...
...chief textile trades tell the same story. The silk output is nearly double; that of artificial silk about sixfold. Woolen and cotton industries . . . have maintained or increased their output...