German composition

Section 22 Oats⁠1

Oats are (S. 2, N. 1) chiefly used whole⁠2 as food for horses. Ground⁠3 into meal, they are used in some countries (especially in Scotland) for⁠4 making porridge and cakes. As⁠5 a plant, it is extremely hardy, and grows where neither wheat nor barley could⁠6 be made productive. For⁠7 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, Northern⁠8 and Central Asia, and in North America.—Nelson’s Readers.

Notes

1 Der Hafer, which noun is never used in the plural.

2 whole, ungemahlen; to use, benutzen; food for horses, Pferdefutter, n.

3 Ground — meal, zu Mehl vermahlen; they — used = one uses (gebrauchen) it (m.). see S. 4, N. 4; ‘country’, here Gegend.

4 for — cakes, um Mehlsuppe und Kuchen daraus zu machen.

5 ‘As — hardy’, say ‘The plant is extremely hardy (kräftig)’.

6 could — productive = would thrive.

7 For — reason, Daher, adv., App. § 14. Render the pron. ‘it’ by ‘der Hafer’; a favourite crop, das Hauptgetreide.

8 in Nord-und Mittelasien.