husbandry
the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
the science of raising crops or food animals.
careful or thrifty management; frugality, thrift, or conservation.
the management of domestic affairs or of resources generally.
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It took nearly 300 years for Peruvians to achieve independence, and longer for indigenous Andean peoples’ population and traditional husbandry practices to resume.
Llamas Are Having A Moment In The US, But They’ve Been Icons In South America For Millennia | LGBTQ-Editor | December 19, 2020 | No Straight NewsMaybe no one will be the “husband” (as in, animal husbandry) and no one the chattel.
Were Christians Right About Gay Marriage All Along? | Jay Michaelson | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat does that have to do with good animal husbandry and biodiversity?
They are experienced with the grim side of husbandry, but they are not inured to it.
‘Luck’ Runs Out: If Horses Die While Cameras Roll, You Must Quit | Max Watman | March 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTMaybe some of my kind have taken on similar 'husbandry' projects.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
I'd only just thought of the Borneo-New Guinea option and so those details seemed even more trivial than human husbandry.
The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks | Max Brooks | January 14, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTWhen these covenants were made, Lysias went to the king, and the Jews gave themselves to husbandry.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHe thought also that the duty on windows in farm-houses, and on horses used in husbandry, should be taken off entirely.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanJohn Milton was a noble poet, but he was not a safe guide in matters pertaining to animal husbandry.
The Red Cow and Her Friends | Peter McArthurThey were unfit for the mere routine of husbandry, and unprovided with funds for working their farms.
Landholding In England | Joseph FisherI am hard at work, studying spade husbandry, inspectors' reports of industrial schools, &c. I am glad you are all so happy.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. Yonge
British Dictionary definitions for husbandry
/ (ˈhʌzbəndrɪ) /
farming, esp when regarded as a science, skill, or art
management of affairs and resources
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Scientific definitions for husbandry
[ hŭz′bən-drē ]
The application of scientific principles to agriculture, especially to animal breeding.
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