Section 54. BARLEY (S. 3, N. 2).
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Section 54. BARLEY (S. 3, N. 2).
Barley is (S. 2, N. 1) now principally used[6] to make[1] malt for[2] brewing beer and distilling spirits. It serves, however[3], as food[4] in the form of pearl barley, used[5] for thickening soups. It is also used[6] as food for poultry. Barley[7] meal is used for fattening pigs and turkeys. Barley straw furnishes us fodder[8] for cattle and horses. Barley is chiefly produced[9] in the northern regions of Europe, in Central Asia, and in North America. It is much hardier[10] than wheat, resists[11] both heat and drought better, and[12] may therefore be raised from poorer soils. It[13] is said to be the most ancient food[4] of (S. 3, N. 2) man.—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 · Use the gen. of the def. art. The definite article is always required before nouns representing the whole of a given class, and before abstrNote 1 · benutzen and gebrauchen, which use alternately; as — poultry, als Hühnerfutter.Note 2 · bereiten, see S. 19, N. 7.Note 3 · for — spirits, zur Bierbrauerei und Branntweinbrennerei, after which supply daraus.Note 4 · indessen.Note 5 · Nahrungsmittel, n.Note 6 · Say ‘which one uses for thickening soups’, zur Verdickung der Suppen.Note 7 · Say ‘With barley meal one fattens (mästen) pigs and turkeys (türkische Hühner)’.Note 8 · Vieh- und Pferdefutter.Note 9 · gebaut. Where must the p. p. be placed here?Note 10 · kräftig.Note 11 · ‘to resist’ here = to bear, vertragen. Use the def. art. before the first noun.Note 12 · Say ‘and can therefore be cultivated (an´bauen) upon poorer soil’. Supply the adverb auch after ‘therefore’.Note 13 · It is said to be, sie soll ... sein. The verb sollen is frequently used to express an assertion of another person, when it answers to the En