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Another possibility is to go as cheaply as possible.  15 yrs. ago we found 
some cotton canvas sheets in the local farm store for very little money.  A 
couple of coats of Thompson's Water Seal (TM) and our horses were dry in the 
Midwest rains.

Of course, they are not particularly stilish and that may be a 
consideration.

By the way the "600" and "1200" is supposed to relate to the thickness of 
the synthetic yarn used to weave the fabric.  A 1 denier yarn weighs 1 gram 
per 9000 meters*, so a 600 denier yarn weighs 600 grams per 9000 meters.

Ed


*Originally the denier was a Roman coin, later used in France.  When silk 
culture was first started they started to weigh the thread in relation to 
these coins.  Later when France went metric it was redefined in relation to 
the gram and meter, thus the strange and odd length.  Today the good old USA 
is about the only place in the world where the denier is still used.  The 
rest of the world uses the Tex (weight in grams of 1000 meters) and the 
decitex (weight in grams of 10,000 meters.)


Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875

(406) 381-5527

ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us 



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