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Feed Sack Clothing  
Breckinridge County KyArchives History Other 
Book Title: A Glimpse Of The Past 
During the Great Depression, cloth for clothing was very scarce, the housewife 
used anything available for clothing, quilts, etc.  Discarded tobacco sacks and 
flour sacks became popular items for the cloth needed.  The custom became so 
popular during the Great Depression that the manufactures of flour sacks began 
to print colorful flowers and other designs on the cloth that they used.  When 
a family was purchasing a sack of cow feed, the mother would often go along and 
pick out the sack with the color and design she liked best. 
Many mothers made children's dresses and skirts from the feed sacks.  Some 
probably made undergarments from the feed sacks also. 





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