The chief activities were hay production and grazing.
Ranching (cattle, sheep, hay production) is the predominant use of surrounding lands.
She has since added to the property for cattle ranching and hay production.
By the mid 19th century the area was almost entirely given over to hay production.
The second zone of hay production was the so-called outfields, somewhat farther from the main house and outside the fenced-off area.
Legume crops have about 60-80% of the N they produce in their foliage available for hay production or animal grazing.
In the second half of the 19th Century fruit production, hay production, cattle and dairy farming were added.
The property, which has a creek, was used last season for hay production.
Most of the cropped land is devoted to hay production for animal feed.
With the invention of agricultural machinery such as the tractor and the baler, most hay production became mechanized by the 1930s.
