Large scale rice production in the state of Arkansas became a significant industry in the late 19th/early 20th century with its wide scale propagation within the state by entrepreneur W.H. Fuller around 1896.
A cubic yard of sand approximately weighs 1.3 tons, 2,600 pounds ,or (for non imperial people) 1,179.34 kilograms.
4. Multiply the weight of the gravel, in this case 105 pounds, by 27 to determine cubic yards because there are 27 cubic feet in 1 cubic yard. The result is 2,835 pounds per cubic yard of gravel.