When I was a child, feed sacks were made of cotton cloth. In those leaner times, the feed sack was put to good use by housewives. During the late 1930s into the 1950s, the sacks were often printed in florals, plaids, or other designs. Most families of our area raised chickens for frying and kept hens for eggs. The purchased chicken feed brought in a good supply of sacks.

Our underwear, nightgowns, sheets, diapers, and pillow cases were made from white feed sacks.... Printed feed sack cloth was fine for children's play clothes, ladies' house dresses, aprons, dresser scarves and curtains.... It is difficult for the younger folks of today to understand the fun of finding a pretty bag of chicken feed, or the enjoyment of wearing a favorite dress made by a mother or grandmother from a feed sack. Those were the times of simple pleasures.