Old 04-10-2011, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by PWinston
Sorry, it doesn't indicate how many yard of fabric one bale of cotton would make but guess we could estimate that based on the number of pillowcases one bale of cotton will make...One bale of cotton (480 lbs.) will make any of the following. 249 Bed Sheets...Missouri (SE) a good yield for an irrigated acre of land is 2 - 2.5 bales/acre.
Thanks you so much for those facts...very interesting stuff. I would never have dreamed what the yield would be.
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