Having a Cotton-Picking Good Time in Marana, AZ
By Cara Marcelle Mancuso, Call a Marana neighbor, I'm THERE!
(Golden Girls with SW Desert Homes)
Having a Cotton-Picking Good Time in Marana, AZ Area farmers have been busy the past month getting their cotton picked in Pima County. Dust is flying, tractors are whirling, and the hay bale columns are going up. It always begs the question...how many pairs of jeans comes out of a bale of cotton? I found out that the machine-sized blocks of cotton ( a module) sitting by the roadside is not a "bale". A "module builder" can hold between 14 and 16 bales. It takes about an acre to make a bale of cotton. Did you know that 60% of the weight of a cotton boll is seed? A "bale" of cotton weighs about 500 lbs. So the question really is, "How many pairs of jeans from 500 lbs of cotton?" And another picture to ponder...how many bags of cotton balls equals 500 lbs.?..staggering! Wikipedia says t...
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