"There comes a time when the carrot gets too big," said John Trax, who grows vegetables and fruit on 260 hilly acres just south of Pittsburgh.

Spotless, meticulously decorated, the house has three bedrooms, a pantry and a soaring cathedral ceiling, with a wall of glass overlooking the family's 40 hilly acres of land.

Cato Manor, 5,000 hilly acres about three miles from City Hall, is layered like an archeological dig with the rancors of South African history.

The 850-cadet academy is a small village of red brick buildings on 120 hilly acres overlooking the Thames River across from Groton and the Navy submarine base there.

By 1970, the town stopped operating the dump, which consists of at least 19 trenches spread across 2.3 hilly acres.

The park's 72 hilly, wooded acres are at the top of Nevada Avenue, off Rockland Avenue.

Spread over 900 hilly acres and across an isthmus between two glacial lakes, the campus is the flagship institution of the university, which has 12 other schools and colleges.

Its raw-sheep's-milk cheese, produced on 250 hilly acres in southeastern Vermont, is firm, with a smooth texture and an earthy taste.

The plant, which is scheduled to begin production in 1997, will be built on 1,000 hilly acres of pine forest about 11 miles east of Tuscaloosa.

But the senator also seemed to revel in assigning his son some of the most backbreaking tasks, like clearing 20 hilly acres with a hand ax.