Straw facts for kids

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Strohräder
Bales of straw

Straw is the stems of cereal grains like oats or wheat, after the seeds have been removed. It is often used as bedding for animals (hay is used to feed animals). It can also be used as fuel, to make baskets, and many other things. In older times it was used for thatch roofs, or mixed with clay and sand for the cob and adobe used in building houses.

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Images for kids

  • Rice straw

    Bundles of rice straw

  • Pile-of-straw

    Pile of "small square" straw bales, sheltered under a tarpaulin

  • Solomka

    Belarusian Straw Dolls

  • Osterhase aus Stroh (26037677766)

    Easter bunny made of Straw

  • Belarusian Straw Bird

    Belarusian Straw Bird

  • Straw-hay-briquettes

    Straw or hay briquettes are a biofuel substitute to coal


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