Be grateful you don't have to buy chook food. In the old days, a bag of grain held 3 bushels, which for the more heavy grain like wheat meant you were getting about 70 kgs of wheat in a bag.
Then, as imperial measurements faded into ancient history, a bag of grain became 50kg. I felt cheated, but what could you do about it?
Later, that shrunk to 40kg.
Next thing I know, Occupational Health and Safety issues had resulted in a bag of grain becoming a mere 25kg. Wouldn't want the bloody workers doing their back in, would we?
Just lately, I've noticed that most bags of grain and other animal feed are only 20kg. They must be employing school girls in these places nowadays?
I don't recall the price EVER falling as a consequence of these "OH&S reforms". Except, there was this one old farmer I used to buy grain from (now deceased) who would sell me half bags of grain (or "butts", he called them) for the convenience of leaving enough slack empty bag to be able to tie the tops of the bags with baling twine, rather than needing to sew them closed. The weight of these half-bags varied, but I estimate they held at least 45-50kg. Ah, those were the days. Of course Farmer Bob dealt exclusively in cash "don't tell Mr Howard", he would often remind me. ;-)
I'm starting to wonder if I'll live long enough for wheat to be sold by the individual grain. Chooks are certainly becoming more expensive to feed, but at least I don't have to struggle to carry the bags from the car boot.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas