acres of pasture
collocation in Englishmeaningsofacreandpasture
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acre
noun[C]
uk/ˈeɪ.kər/us/ˈeɪ.kɚ/
a unit for measuring area, equal to 4,047 square metres or 4,840 ...
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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 ofacreandpasturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Therebare six acres of pasture and woodland pasture a league long and half a league broad.
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In 1934 103 acres of land were used for hay, 1 acre for turnips, 19 acres of potatoes, 66 acres of pasture and 11 wooded or timbered.
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Anacreofpasturecan sustain 10 goats or more, compared to two steers.
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These have been levelled and contoured to provide 100 acres of pasture land and 40 acres of woodland.
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Acreage payments were made in 1953 on about 50,000 acres of tillage and 100,000 acres of pasture.
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In the first of the two years since 1953, about 150,000 acres received payment—50,000 acres of tillage and about 100,000 acres of pasture.
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Take a typical farm of 390 acres—260 acres of pasture and 130 arable.
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The best we can do is to say that about 42,000 acres of tillage and about 75,000 acres of pasture will qualify for rehabilitation acreage payments.
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In 1954 the cost was £1 million and this year we estimate that 42,000 acres of tillage and 75,000 acres of pasture will attract payments at a total cost of £900,000.
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One person can have as much as four acres under that section—that is to say, one acre of arable land and three acres of pasture, or four acres of pasture.
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It is 22 acres of pasture land.
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In the second area they are grazed during the day over 300 acres of pasture and each night held in paddocks in which their feeding is supplemented by cut fodder.
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There is a church and 6 servants, and one mill of 10 shillings, and eight acres of meadow, and 35 acres of pasture.
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There are ten acres of meadow, and thirty acres of pasture.
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Additionally, 25 acres of pasture would be allowed to revert to its natural state to create dedicated natural succession areas.
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There were 10 salt houses, 20 acres of woodland, 200 acres of pasture, 30 cattle and 300 sheep.
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At peak size the farm had 4,000 acres of tillable land, 2,000 acres of pasture and 6,000 acres of woodland.
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