| In colonial America many village communities had large areas of common land, partly for defensive purposes as well as for pasturage. |
| Small embanked fields were laid out for cereal growing, and were separated from areas devoted to livestock pasturage. |
| But when central authority broke down, marauding bands lay waste to the land and turned it back into pasturage. |
| If you were to run the sheep up there, you'd not have to cut into either the forests or the tilled lands to gain pasturage. |
| Extensive grasslands, good pasturage and a tradition of professional herdsmen helped the process of evolution of many distinct breeds of cattle. |
| There was a small area for common pasturage where a shepherd would look after the town's sheep and cattle. |
