KarenMay, yes, if it is original feedsack material, it did start it's life as a holder of cattle/horse/chicken/pig/etc. feed. My mom tells me that sometimes the women would go with the men to pick out the fabric they wanted/needed. Or they would tell them to pick up such and such. She remembers that even if the bag you wanted was at the bottom with 10 bags on top, they would move the bags to get to the one you wanted.