Word: baling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When I left Russia in the spring of 1937, the Soviet cotton officials told me that they estimated the 1936 cotton crop at a little over 3,000,000 bales. They added that they hoped to be able to expand their production to around 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 bales annually, which would just about take care of their domestic needs. They explained that 6,000,000 acres is about all the land the Soviet Union has that is suitable for cotton culture, and they hoped ultimately to bring their average yield up to about a bale...
Smith was wont to ride into each town perched majestically on the topmost bale of a wagonload of cotton...
...dark, and our optimism waned with the light. The sea looked cruel as death, and the swell seemed more formidable, the wind increased a little and began to break the tops of the swell. All the boats were shipping a certain amount of water, and we had to bale continuously. The Lascars were worse than useless: they were too paralysed even to bale. I had quite a struggle to keep hold of a blanket I had been given, so anxious were they to hide their heads beneath it. It was pretty cold by this time, and my wretched pyjamas were...