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A TEXTILE ARTICLE COMPRISING TUBULAR FABRIC PORTIONS SEPARATED BY: (A) STRIPS PARALLEL TO THE WEFT DIRECTION, SAID STRIPS CONSISTING OF A SINGLE-LAYER FABRIC FORMED BY BRINGING TOGETHER AND COMBINING IN PAIRS EVERY FRONT WARP END WITH A MATCHING BACK WARP END OF THE TUBULAR FABRIC PORTION AND WEAVING THE RESULTANT PAIR OF ENDS AS ONE; AND IN ALTERNATING AND ABUTTING RELATIVE THEREWITH, (B) COMPOSITE STRIPS PARALLEL TO THE WEFT DIRECTION, EACH OF SAID COMPOSITE STRIPS COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO SINGLE-LAYER FABRIC PORTIONS AND ONE DOUBLE-LAYER FABRIC PORTION, THE RATIO OF THE LENGTH ALONG THE WARP OF EACH OF THE TUBULAR FABRIC PORTIONS OF SAID TEXTILE ARTICLE TO THE WIDTH ALONG THE WEFT OF SUCH TUBULAR FABRIC PORTION BEING BETWEEN 1.4 AND 2.2 AND THE RATIO OF FABRIC SURFACE TO BAG VOLUME, WHEN SAID TUBULAR PORTION IS FILLED, BEING BETWEEN 2.3 AND 2.6 IN UNITS OF FEET; SUCH BAG WHEN FILLED HAVING A CAPACITY OF AT LEAST 80 POUNDS OF MOIST SAND; AND WHEREIN EACH SAID STRIP (A) AND (B) SPANS THE WEFT OF EACH TUBULAR FABRIC PORTION, EACH COMPOSITE STRIP CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE COMPOSITE SEGMENT WHICH SPANS THE WEFT OF ONE SAID TUBULAR FABRIC PORTIONS EACH SUCH SEGMENT OF A COMPOSITE STRIP CONSISTING OF ONE SINGLE-LAYER FABRIC PORTION AT EACH END THEREOF AND ONE DOUBLE-LAYER FABRIC PORTION CENTRALLY THEREOF FORMING UPON SEVERANCE ALONG SUCH COMPOSITE SEGMENT A SACK WITH A MOUTH AT THE CENTER OF A NARROWER EDGE OR TOP OF THE SACK; SAID FABRIC BEING WOVEN FROM CONTINUOUS FILAMENT SYNTHETIC YARN AND HAVING A TRAPEZOIDAL TEAR STRENGTH ACROSS THE WARP DIRECTION OF AT LEAST 190 POUNDS AND ONE-INCH GRAB STRENGTH IN THE WARP DIRECTION OF AT LEAST 450 POUNDS.