Why does this sentence have an ablative subject for an indirect subordinate clause?

1. What are subordinate clauses in indirect statement?
2. What is the subordinate clause in Latin?

What are subordinate clauses in indirect statement?

Indirect Statement is a form of subordinate clause, in this case "a subordinate clause which relates a thought or statement indirectly" (e.g. "He said that he was very good."). It is the opposite of direct statement, which entails quoting a person's words or ideas directly ("He said, "I am so good!").

What is the subordinate clause in Latin?

5.2.

Discussion. The main clause is frumentum omne comburunt; the subordinate clause is ut paratiores essent, and is introduced by the subordinating conjunction ut.