Ness

The 11500g for those hardcore enthusiasts!

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Sansome, wouldn't you say XX, also known as Number 1, was the first Levi's "label/range" formed in 1896 and was incorporated in 1895 into 501 as opposed to being an Amoskeag named fabric?

Sansome, from the book I've already figured out what Sansome means...what does 1877 mean?

Thanks Mike...I have got my copy. What a book...!

Duck was a term used for lighter canvas fabric, so that people knew that it is for clothing and Canvas would be used for heavy fabric so that people knew that is for upholstery etc.

yo paul, your'e saying there is no real advantage to single-cropped cotton?

If there's a lot of interest on this subject, I can go down to Zimbabwe and see how deep the rabbit hole goes. I'll bet you, nothing that goes on there is written down, farmers just know it as it was passed down from the British during the colonial days.

Hey Ness,

i'd like to know more about Zimbabwe cotton. Is it species hirsutum or barbadense?

To learn about Zimbabwe Cotton, you will have to be right there with the locals, learning Ndebele and Shona. They speak English very well though and are friendly. Just boil the water you drink and you'll be fine. What is strange will be why the books say this and the people do the exact opposite and they still achieve good results.

Its mainly Barbadense, but hirsutum species are also there. Cross contamination is also there. There are some ancient wild species as well.

For a Denim aficionado who is into 100% Organic Cotton, then Zimbabwe guarantees just that. Their methods of growing cotton is too primitive and labor intensive. Fertilizers are too expensive, so, the farmer resorts to other natural means of making the soil fertile. Their crop is not genetically modified.

The Zimbabwe double cropping means ground nuts we used to replenish the soil with Nitrogen and not Nitrogen fertilizers like everywhere else.

The main areas that produce Cotton in Zimbabwe and is of best quality is Chegutu, Kadoma, Gokwe and Sanyati. A single Cotton produce depletes almost all Nitrogen in the soil. To replenish this, Ground nuts are planted in the next season. The nuts will return almost all the Nitrogen back to the soil.

Another thing I like about Zim, is that the political situation guarantees that no pesticides are used. Instead farmers resort to the use of natural predators, traps and hand picking of pests.

Zimbabweans as laborers are the best, especially when they follow a certain doctrine. So, hand picking of cotton is still highly practiced.