We will reap what we sow; live with what we do not act to change, he said.
I needed to sow the field, so I sowed the field and when I had sown the field, I was happy.
In England, it was generally termed a 'sow', if the weight was above 10 cwts., if below, it was termed a 'pig' from which the present term 'pig iron' is derived.