well, most of the time, it's country people who put straw in their mouths. they are just trying to look country or hillbilly; coming from a country girl, i think i shood know.
sp they can calm down when they work
Dried Wheat Stalks are called 'straw'
Dried wheat is called straw, but technically 'straw' can be any dried cereal grain.
Hay is dried grass or legumes (like alfalfa). Straw is the dried stalks of harvested cereals, such as wheat, barley, and oats.
Straw is the dried stalks of plants like wheat or oats, so yes, at one time straw was a living plant.
Straw is a renewable resource. It is made from the stalks of grain crops such as wheat, rice, and barley, which can be grown and harvested annually. As long as sustainable farming practices are followed, straw can be continuously produced and used.
Wheat is a type of cereal grass. When the wheat grain is harvested the stalks that remain are referred to as straw. Hay however, is dried grass.
They symbolized America's huge agricultural power.
A sheaf is a bundle of cut stalks of grain or similar plants bound with straw or twine.
Yes.
A thatcher was, and still is, a person who makes a roof for a building using plant material. In the UK thatch is usually made from wheat straw (stalks). See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thatch
straw is a natural resource made of wheat and are good food for farm animals
Threshing is a term used in the process of refining grain. In the Bible people had "threshing floors" The wheat or other grain had to be separated from the stalks. This was done by beating (Threshing) the grain stalks until the grain fell free.