It occurred to him to go in for farming in the spring, to plant corn and wheat, and to get cows and horses, to build barns and paddocks, and to rent out part of his land to some of the thrifty, shrewd young farmers, the newly married ones.
"Jane Lends A Hand"
Shirley Watkins
The grass stood stiff and straw-like by the roads and in the cleared paddocks, rustling when anything moved in it.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard
He was better off than most of the hill folk who, after driving their cattle a dozen miles or so for water, had to pay high prices for paddocks to run them in.
"The Pioneers"
Katharine Susannah Prichard