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The cool crisp nights of fall are upon us, and we once again remember all the hard work that was done in the fall in preparation for a long winter.
One of the ways to prepare for winter was the feather tick bedding. Many of the bedrooms were away from the fire and were very cold. Feather ticks are great for keeping you warm. They would fluff up around you and keep you much warmer during the cold winter months.
Raising geese on the farm and picking feathers was only the beginning for the making of a fine feather bed.
The geese were picked each fall. You had to know what you were doing as you could only pick enough feathers so they could hold their wings up. The feathers would be dried and placed into a cotton bag until there was enough feathers to make a feather tick or pillows.
It takes approximately 25 pounds of feathers to make a feather tick, and approximately three pounds of feathers for each pillow. That’s a lot of picking!
The feather tick and pillows were made with a heavy cotton material called “ticking”. This was usually a blue and white striped fabric. It takes about a bolt of material or nine yards of fabric to make a feather tick for a double bed.
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