The Oat Crop: Production and Utilization


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Dr Samuel Johnson, that famous eighteenth century lexicographer, said of oats 'A grain which in England is generally given to horses but in Scotland supports the people'. And presumably it was a Scotsman who riposted 'But what people and what horses!' That exchange encapsulates much of the history and role of oats - a cereal, once important as human food in parts of northern Europe but latterly used mainly as animal feed, especially favoured for horses. Although no longer a major food anywhere, oats still have a special and ...

The Oat Crop: Production and Utilization 2012, Springer

ISBN-13: 9789401040105

Softcover Reprint of the Origi edition

Trade paperback

Oat Crop: Production and Utilization 1995, Springer, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780412373107

1995 edition