pasture for cattle

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• Pasture — Pas ture, n. [OF. pasture, F. p[^a]ture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See {Pastor}.] 1. Food; nourishment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: Grass… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cattle mutilation — (also known as bovine excision[1]) is the apparent killing and mutilation of cattle under unusual or anomalous circumstances. Sheep and horses have allegedly been mutilated under similar circumstances. A hallmark of these incidents is the… …   Wikipedia

• Cattle feeding — Different cattle feeding production systems have separate advantages and disadvantages. Most cows have a diet that is composed of at least some forage (grass, legumes, or silage). In fact most beef cattle are raised on pasture from birth in the… …   Wikipedia

• pasture — /ˈpastʃə / (say pahschuh) noun 1. ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of cattle, etc.; grassland. 2. a specific piece of such ground. 3. grass or herbage for feeding cattle, etc. 4. → improved pasture. –verb… …  

• CATTLE — The domestication of cattle began in prehistoric times. Ancient Sumerian inscriptions refer to the raising of cattle, and from the third millennium B.C.E. they are depicted in Egyptian, Assyrian, and Babylonian drawings as used for plowing (see… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Cattle — Cow redirects here. For other uses, see Cow (disambiguation). For other uses, see Cattle (disambiguation). Cattle …   Wikipedia

• Cattle drives in the United States — A cattle drive is the process of moving a herd of cattle from one place to another, usually moved and herded by cowboys on horses.Prior to the mid 19th century, most ranches primarily raised cattle for their own needs and to sell surplus meat and …   Wikipedia

• pasture — pas|ture1 [ˈpa:stʃə US ˈpæstʃər] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Late Latin pastura, from Latin pascere to feed ] 1.) land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on ▪ large areas of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pasture — 1 noun (C, U) 1 land or a field that is covered with grass and is used for cattle, sheep etc to feed on: Stone walls divided pasture from arable land. | the rolling pastures of southern England 2 put sth/sb out to pasture a) to move cattle,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Pasture — is land with herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of ungulate livestock as part of a farm or ranch. Prior to the advent of mechanized farming, pasture was the primary source of food for grazing animals such as cattle and horses. It is… …   Wikipedia

• pasture — [pas′chər] n. [OFr < LL pastura < L pascere, to feed: see FOOD] 1. grass or other growing plants used as food by grazing animals 2. a) ground suitable for grazing b) a field, plot, etc. set aside for this vt. pastured …   English World dictionary