Size
A gunny sack holds approximately 100 pounds of potatoes. Even though gunny sacks are no longer used for that purpose, among Idaho farmers the common measurement unit of potatoes is still the "sack".
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—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)
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—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)