Section 22. OATS[1].
Reading edition
Section 22. OATS[1].
Oats are (S. 2, N. 1) chiefly used whole[2] as food for horses. Ground[3] into meal, they are used in some countries (especially in Scotland) for[4] making porridge and cakes. As[5] a plant, it is extremely hardy, and grows where neither wheat nor barley could[6] be made productive. For[7] this reason it is a favourite crop in mountainous countries and moist climates—for example in Scotland and Wales. It (S. 5, N. 2) also grows luxuriantly in Australia, Northern[8] and Central Asia, and in North America.—Nelson’s Readers.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Here the verb is in the Passive Voice. Remember that the German Passive Voice is formed by the auxiliary werden. The verb is in the Passive Note 2 · after all ... but, doch immer nur; a — thing, etwas Relatives.Note 1 · Der Hafer, which noun is never used in the plural.Note 2 · whole, ungemahlen; to use, benutzen; food for horses, Pferdefutter, n.Note 3 · Ground — meal, zu Mehl vermahlen; they — used = one uses (gebrauchen) it (m.). see S. 4, N. 4; ‘country’, here Gegend.Note 4 · for — cakes, um Mehlsuppe und Kuchen daraus zu machen.Note 5 · ‘As — hardy’, say ‘The plant is extremely hardy (kräftig)’.Note 6 · could — productive = would thrive.Note 7 · For — reason, Daher, adv., App. § 14. Render the pron. ‘it’ by ‘der Hafer’; a favourite crop, das Hauptgetreide.Note 8 · in Nord- und Mittelasien.