PASTURE

Land under a particular decriptioii of gra es and herbage, which is eaten on the spot by horses, cattle, . Hill pasture is a term applied to hilly and mojjntainous lands, which are kept perpetually under the natural gra es and herbage which spring up on them; while artificial pastures are such as are sown by art on lands which are occasionally subjected to the plough. In all artificial pastures the principal gra is rye gra , and the principal herbage plant the w hite clover. Perpetual pastures are such as are never subjected to the plough, and never receive any other manure than what IS left on them by the pasturing animals; but artificial pastures are occasionally mown, and sometimes receive a top-dre ing of dung, or some mixture of dung and earth, lime, . [s. 913]