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PASTURES, pastures. The land on which beasts are fed; and by a grant of pastures the land itself passes. 1 Thorn. Co, Litt. 202.

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Then there's pasture ropes, an' nose-bags, an' a harness punch, an' all such things.

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Williamson strolled leisurely down the gravel walk, plucking a flower as he went, passed across the road and into the pasture, pausing a moment as he closed the gate leading into it, to greet a passing neighbor, Armour Wren, who lived on an adjoining plantation.

The coachman was directed to drive back, and as the vehicle turned Williamson was seen by all three, walking leisurely across the pasture.

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Our first day's ride was to a solitary house, called Yerba Buena, where there was pasture for our horses.

We crossed also the valley of Chaneral; which, although the most fertile one between Guasco and Coquimbo, is very narrow, and produces so little pasture, that we could not purchase any for our horses.

Rain, as often as it falls, which is about once in every two or three years, is a great advantage, because the cattle and mules can for some time afterwards find a little pasture in the mountains.

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She had thirty cattle in her bunch; it had been dry, and the pasture was short, or she wouldn't have brought them so far.

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127 million soms were collected for the use of pastures in 2017 or 6 million som higher than the previous year, the press service of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Industry and Land Reclamation said.

127 mln soms collected for use of pastures in 2017

Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer, Dr Kim Ritman, is visiting the Australian Pastures Genebank in South Australia today, to oversee the preservation of Australias pastures and cropping legacy as local seeds are prepared for transfer to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.

Australia : SA seed bank stock readied for transfer to global seed vault

However, mixed pastures of grasses, broadleaf weeds, and legumes like clover were also considered an integral part of the poultry nutrition program.

Poultry on Pasture: Don't underestimate the nutritional value of the weeds and grasses on your ground

The application of N fertiliser on pastures is also increasingly used by farmers in Australia as an effective way of enhancing pasture production, most notably in higher-rainfall regions supporting dairy production (Dharma et al.

Predicting pasture yield response to nitrogenous fertilizer in Australia using a meta-analysis-derived model, with field validation

Seedling growth and survival of five tree species in secondary forests and adjacent pastures in the montane rain forests of Southern Costa Rica

Crecimiento y supervivencia de plantulas de cinco especies de arboles en bosques secundarios y pastizales adyacentes en un bosque lluvioso montano del sur de Costa Rica

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