The prairie had to be covered in new spring grass to feed and support your team of oxen.

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He finished fifth in his one grass-green tournament this spring, and aspires to a college golf scholarship, which several sand-greens players from the area have earned.

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If we do not buy cows, will we re-grass down the fields that we have planted this spring with maize?

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