White Cotton Beck's Hog Feed Bag

Object/Artifact

Grover Center: Museum & Historical Society

2010.012.045

Name/Title

White Cotton Beck's Hog Feed Bag

Description

Cotton Feed or Seed Bag with blue and yellow printing. Base color is beige. Chain stitched across the bottom and down one side. Size is ment to hold 100 lbs. of either feed or seed. Used by the Beck Feed and Seed Co. of Shelbyville, Ind. The faded yellow type just above "FEEDS" reads: HOG SUPPLEMENT. There is a hole/tear on front of sack.

Use

for moving feed or seed from the mill source as a purchasable item.

Collection

Henry Johnson

Acquisition

Accession

2010.012

Source or Donor

Johnson, Henry

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Beck Grain and Feed Company

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Shelbyville

Township

Addison Township

County

Shelby County

State/Province

Indiana

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 12, 2010

Create Date

October 12, 2010

Update Date

January 29, 2025