stock farm
noun
a farm devoted to breeding livestock.
stock farming
-
a word derived from
stock farm.
Example Sentences
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The land, stock, farming implements, and all, had been knocked down at a price that just covered the encumbrance on the estate, and were the property of Mr. Bolton, at half their real value.
From Lessons in Life, for All Who Will Read Them by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
Pathetic as were her efforts at stock farming, I must admit that my sympathies were all with the incarcerated rooster.
From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
The stock, farming utensils, &c, which he took with it, came to three hundred and sixty dollars.
From Mary Erskine by Jacob Abbott
Unlike the changing times of earlier centuries, there was no compromise with the forces of expanding urbanization; and, eventually, even stock farming was ended.
From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton
For obvious reasons, however, there is not, and never can be, the same room for fruit raising as there is for grain, grass, and stock farming.
From Success with Small Fruits by Edward Payson Roe
