Traditionally sheep grazing has been the key element in agriculture on the Island, however in recent times, more diverse crops, such as potatoes and canola have been introduced.
Despite the new restrictions, fishing, hunting, camping, and cattle and sheep grazing were still allowed.
And as for the poor farmers, they have an impact on the land as well, sheep grazing does terrible things to grassland.
The town site was surveyed and named in 1852 by Lindsay Clarke, and sheep grazing began soon after.
My spacious room afforded a view across flower-trimmed lawns and tennis courts to sheep grazing - perhaps descendants of the queen's own flock, I imagined.
He looked up once more towards the forest; a few sheep grazing - Ruskin's strays, probably - but still no sign of the deer.
By the late 1890s sheep grazing was no longer a problem, but at least one herder continued to graze his sheep in the park into the 1920s.
Dressing it with lime produces better quality grass for sheep grazing - such is named marginal upland grazing.
The traditional management method of sheep grazing is used to control the growth of Tor-grass and Upright Brome.
By the late 1890s, sheep grazing was no longer a problem, and the Army made many other improvements.