Oats

Examples

• In the rotation of crops there was a recognised season for wild oats; but they were not to be sown more than once. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• Neolithic men cultivated and ate wheat, barley, and millet, but they knew nothing of oats or rye. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Stiff, coarse straw will not answer unless packed very solid; finer and softer, as of thickly sown oats, is better, and the walls which it forms need not be quite so thick. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• I did not altogether like Elliston in _Wild Oats. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The American college student has the gravity and mental habits of a Supreme Court judge; his wild oats are rarely spiritual; the critical, analytical habit of mind is distrusted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• On the following Saturday it was shown at Trappe, and it was afterwards used on the farm of Mr. Tench Tilghman, where 180 acres of wheat, oats and barley were cut with it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The land was divided by long rows of trees, not regularly planted, but naturally growing; there was great plenty of grass, and several fields of oats. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Oats in their tongue are called _hlunnh_. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Only I wish you had sown those wild oats of yours, George. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I hope Osborne has sown his wild oats, said Mrs. Magenis to Mrs. Bunny. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The American machine cut an acre of oats in twenty-two minutes, the English machine in sixty-six minutes, and the Algerian in seventy-two. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The horse immediately ordered a white mare servant of his family to bring me a good quantity of oats in a sort of wooden tray. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Elliston plays in _Wild Oats_, but he will come to us between the acts, or after the play, I have no doubt. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• They dined in the best room, and had oats boiled in milk for the second course, which the old horse ate warm, but the rest cold. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• The prices of malt and oats seem here to lie higher than their ordinary proportion to the price of wheat. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I've pretty well done with my wild oats--turned fifty-five. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He afterwards showed me a wisp of hay, and a fetlock full of oats; but I shook my head, to signify that neither of these were food for me. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• They milk their cows, reap their oats, and do all the work which requires hands, in the same manner. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• He will sow his wild oats, she would say, and is worth far more than that puling hypocrite of a brother of his. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The durum or macaroni wheats do especially well; but other varieties are also grown, as are oats, rye, barley and spelt. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• After it had cooled off from the smoking it was hung in a cool, dry place or packed in a barrel of oats, so as to keep it from getting a damp mold and spoiling. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Let the boys be boys, the longer the better, and let the young men sow their wild oats if they must. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• McCormick’s machine continued to operate to the surprise of everyone and in less than half a day had reaped six acres of oats--as much as six men would have done by the old-fashioned method. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Grains, such as wheat, barley, rye and oats, were raised, a variety of fruits and vegetables, and great attention paid to the breeding of stock. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Among these are kaffir corn, sorghum, alfalfa, clover, millet, cowpeas, soy-beans, sugar beets, oats and even weeds and thistles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Then, several days later, he drove it over to the little settlement at Steele’s Tavern, and cut six acres of oats in one afternoon. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.

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