BARLEY

BARLEY, in botany. See HOARDEUM; and AGRICULTURE, n° 139.

The principal use of barley among us is for making beer; in order to which it is first malted. See the article BEER.

The Spaniards, among whom malt liquors are little known, feed their horses with barley as we do with oats. In Scotland, barley is a common ingredient in broths; and the consumpt of it for that purpose is very

very considerable, barley-broth being a dish as frequent there as that of soup in France.