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feed sacks. You’d take the string at the top out and you’d have a rectangular piece of cloth. Then you’d sew four of these together and have a full-size bed sheet. After they were bleached a couple of time they’d be soft. For mattresses we’d use turkey feathers and we also used feathers to make dusters.
“Monday wbs wash day and it really did take all day. First, the work clothes were put to soak the night before. Then, in the morning the wash tubs were heated, one to wash and one to rinse. Most wash, especially white things and baby clothes, were boiled in the rinse water. My mother did the wash on an old washboard and she scrubbed and scrubbed. Most people had a wash house so that they could stay out of the cold while they scrubbed the wash, and these houses would have a regular wood stove or a potbellied stove.
“Children had to be carried with the mother as she did the chores. They slept in a trundle bed that pulled out from the parents or in a cradle, or - many times - in a wooden box with a mattress in it. When the baby outgrew the box, you cbuld use it for a wood box. I heard of women using their string belts to tie babies to the furniture if they had to leave the house. Babies were
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