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Many large cattle operations went bankrupt, and others suffered severe financial losses. Thus, after this time, ranchers also began to fence off their land and negotiated individual grazing leases with the American government so that they could keep better control of the pasture land available to their own animals.
In Australia, agistment is commonly used during times of drought; livestock from a drought-affected property can be agisted on a drought-free property elsewhere in the country. The livestock may travel to the alternate pasture by truck or by travelling stock route. Agistment can also refer, in both Australia and New Zealand, to places such as ...
The statutory provisions of pastoral leases are covered by the New Zealand Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 and the Land Act 1948. The holder of the lease has: [11] the exclusive right of pasturage; a perpetual right of renewal of the lease for terms of 33 years; no right to the soil, and; no right to acquire the fee simple of any of the land.
Hooker was committed to quality livestock and in the 1880s he improved his herds by importing Hereford graded stock. [10] He was noted for breeding some of the best cattle, horses, sheep, and dogs in the country. [6] Hooker built a number of other buildings that still survive, including the original barn, built of adobe and wood.
Kleberg was offered a lease by the Queensland Government on 21,501 hectares (53,130 acres) of land, which at the time was largely covered in lowland tropical rainforest. It is sited on the traditional lands of the Dyirbal people. The land was made available to Kleberg by the government for A$5 per acre for forest and A$2 per acre for open field ...
The lease to the Cherokee Strip Livestock Association was nullified by Congress in 1890, which then authorized purchasing the land from the Cherokees for $1.25 per acre. Having previously rejected a bid from the cattlemen to buy the land for $3.00 per acre, the Cherokee protested in vain that the government price was too low.
Convertible husbandry was a process that consisted of keeping arable land fallow for long periods as pasture for livestock. [2] This system utilized fertilizer in the form of animal manure. Fertilizer was used in greater quantities due to the increase in animal husbandry and resulted in benefiting crop yields when it was time for tillage. [5]
The station was put up for auction along with all the plant, improvements and 24,800 head of cattle in 1930. All of the pastoral holdings separate leases were listed in the sale, Millungera 735 square miles (1,904 km 2 ), Tharwan 383 square miles (992 km 2 ), Savannah Downs 354 square miles (917 km 2 ), Kuradin 293 square miles (759 km 2 ...