My father had a feed and produce store and I have seen him move several one hundred pound sacks of feed to get one of the farm ladies the pattern of fabric she needed for a dress. Everything I wore for many years was of feed sack fabric and I even had a couple of sacks in my cedar chest and made a dress for my daughter when she was 5 or 6 years old. Just great fabric and many happy memories of playing on those huge racks of feed.