hill pasture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhillandpasture
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hill
noun[C]
uk/hɪl/us/hɪl/
an area of land that is higher than the ...
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pasture
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈpɑːs.tʃər/us/ˈpæs.tʃɚ/
grass or similar plants suitable for animals such as cows and sheep to eat, or an area of land covered ...
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(Definition ofhillandpasturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Hillpasture, although it does not bear much rent, is very good in itself.
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The size of each holding will probably be from 40 to 50 acres of arable land with a suitable area ofhillpasture.
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This at once puts out of commission a large portion ofhillpasturefor the sheep.
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Responsibility for maintaining the drainage ofhillpasturerests with the holders whose rents have been fixed on that basis.
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Secondly, can he have more advice about husbandry techniques,hillpastureimprovement techniques and methods of reducing animal diseases?
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If they have no money to assist them, they will not be able to do a great deal to improve the rougher and lower classhillpasture.
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This grassland continues to be used as ahillpasturefor sheep and cattle.
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These 50,000 acres cover farms, croftings, townships, hill pastures, water-power resources, and light industry sites.
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As regards the last part, the amount of the drainage grants for the improvement of hill pastures during 1935 is receiving active attention.
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I support what was said just now about the regeneration of our hill pastures.
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There is nothing at the moment to stop dirty animals from being moved perhaps to hill pastures during the summer months.
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It consists of a small payment of £2 a head on cattle grazed on hill pastures during summer months.
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We have also to face the question of how we are to restore fertility to our pastures, especially our hill pastures.
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But against this we may hope that increased utilisation of rough hill pastures will enable more sheep and cattle to be grazed elsewhere than on arable land.
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The extensive powers delegated to county war agricultural executive committees for increasing the productivity of agricultural land apply, of course, to hill pastures with their special problems.
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It is found by the shore and is also common in dry hill pastures in chalk or limestone areas.
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