stock farm
noun
a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
stock farmer
-
a word derived from
stock farm.
Example Sentences
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Shops stock farmer cheese from El Salvador, cold medicine from Guatemala and push-up jeans from Colombia.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 16, 2018
He lived alone, and was an ordinary type of the frontier stock farmer.
From A Frontier Mystery by Bertram Mitford
As they came in sight of it Betty saw the troop of young stock being driven in through the lane, and saw Bob and Tommy with the stock farmer and his men.
From Betty Gordon at Mountain Camp by Alice B. Emerson
There is no skilful combination of good qualities, such as the stock farmer makes when he mingles good blood.
From Success with Small Fruits by Edward Payson Roe
These are known as brumbies, and are generally shot by the stock farmer, as they are of deteriorated quality, and by enticing away his mares spoil his more carefully selected breeds.
From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale
