Question

A large wooden crate was delivered to the farmhouse from Willingdon. What was it? (Animal Farm)

Answer 1

Hope this helps. Luckily I had the actual Animal Farm book right next to me. I have been reading it. XD

                                                                                   

Question:

A large wooden crate was delivered to the farmhouse from Willingdon. What was it? (Animal Farm)

Answer:

The large crate that was delivered to the farmhouse from Willington was rumored to be Whiskey that the pigs had bought.

Explanation:

Chapter 9 | Page 86

"On the day appointed for the banquet, a grocer's van drove up from Willingdon and delivered a large wooden  crate at the farmhouse. That night there was the sound of uproarious singing, which was followed by what  sounded like a violent quarrel and ended at about eleven o'clock with a tremendous crash of glass. No one  stirred in the farmhouse before noon on the following day, and the word went round that from somewhere or  other the pigs had acquired the money to buy themselves another case of whisky."

Question:

What was the barley used for?

Answer 2:

From reading the text it seems that the barley was going to be used to sow and re-seed the pasture.

Explanation:

Chapter 8 | Page 75

"It was given out that the pasture was exhausted and needed re−seeding; but it  soon became known that Napoleon intended to sow it with barley."

Chapter 5 | Page 34

" If one of them suggested  sowing a bigger acreage with barley,"

Chapter 9 | Page 76

"Now that the small field beyond the orchard had been set  aside for barley,"