Dun, I always wondered why they price everything at 100 lbs at the farm service but sell it in 50 lb bags. Thanks for clearing that up.
I'm glad they left it alone at 50 pounds. Everything else is shrinking. Ice cream isn't 1/2 gallon anymore. Canned goods aren't 1 lb anymore. Coffee isn't a 3 lb can anymore. And so on. Apparently the agricultural customer isn't as big a pushover as the rest of America.
The cloth sacks were before my time but I have seen some. There was both very rough and loosely woven burlap and also a finer, softer weave cotton that had patterns printed on it. I think it was the softer cloth that was recycled into clothing. At least I hope so.