Show your home demonstration agent fern lillywhite homemakers who use an automat ic washer or dryer often hear in to wash a ten pound load or dry a six pound load unless they use a scale chances are they don t wash and dry clothes by the pound to help delp housewives he e are some simple rules of thumb to aid in sizing up a load of clothes I 1 don t dry more than two large items double sheets long tablecloths in one dryer load complete the load with smaller items 2 three yarns of average t cotton material weigh one pound two yards of heavier cotton fab ic such as turkish to welling or cor duroy weigh one pound or more 3 percale sheets weigh one fourth to one half pound less per sheet thai muslin depending on size A six pound load washed cleaner than a larger load acco ding ti united states department of ag i culture rese researchers a r C hers when A 1 six pounds adds up fast |