Oats
The spring corn of wet and cold land. Reaped into the village barn as grain.
Where it is sown
Section titled “Where it is sown”The share of a field’s sowings that are oats, by the land it lies in:
| Land | Sown as | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Lowlands | Spring corn | 20% |
| Wet ground | Spring corn | 40% |
| Cold ground | Spring corn | 62% |
| Hills and high ground | Spring corn | 50% |
Winter corn is sown in autumn and spring corn in spring; a three-field village grows both, a two-field village only the winter corn.
The lands are:
- Lowlands: temperate forest and other mild lowland.
- Wet ground: temperate rain forest and marsh.
- Cold ground: taiga, tundra and snow.
- Hills and high ground: hills, mountains and anything above 400 m.
How it looks
Section titled “How it looks”Loose sprays of spikelets hanging round the top, ripening pale. It stands about 0.9 m full grown, comes up green in spring, ripens through summer, and once cut stands as stubble with sheaves in stooks.
The year in the fields is on Harvest.