My limited agricultural experience agrees with you. Hay is dried grass,
straw is the stem of a grain crop such as oats, wheat etc. Straw is not
edible, hay is edible.
ann



At 09:47 AM 09/29/1999 -0400, you wrote:
>Evidently, there is a difference between hay and straw (from what I have
>heard, at any rate). Hay is a food source and straw is not. Can anyone
>corroborate this?
>--
>Wade Lawrence
>Asst. Director, Drayton Hall
>A National Trust historic site in Charleston, South Carolina
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