1.   If you use straw as bedding for farm animals, generally speaking you improve the welfare of those animals.

2.   The kids love to use bendy straws.

3.   -- Use wheat straw as mulch between the plants.

4.   How about a straw poll using real straws?

5.   In Rainbow Canyon, Bergthold and the sisters had to dig for water, and used a straw to suck water from a crack in a rock.

6.   The finished wall, which uses straw as a bonding material, appeared as if slightly eroded by a rain storm.

7.   Use loose straw to fill in any gaps in the walls.

8.   His father chipped off a front tooth so he could use a straw to suck in fluids and mashed food.

9.   The product offers environmental benefits and a boost to the local economy by using rice straw, Ortech managing director Derek Layfield said.