stock raising
noun
the breeding and raising of livestock.
stock raiser
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a word derived from
stock raising.
Example Sentences
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They had given place to The large farm and The stock raiser.
From Main-Travelled Roads by Hamlin Garland
This work, to the farmer and stock raiser, will be useful, instructive, and profitable, enabling them to improve the breed of their stock, preserve them from sickness, and cure them when infected with disease.—Herald,
From Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained by M. (Moses) Quinby
As for the farmer, the stock raiser was doing better than the corn grower.
From A Short History of English Agriculture by W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) Curtler
The ill health of the father, who was an extensive land owner and stock raiser, necessitated a removal to the seaside in Connecticut in 1856.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
Tuberculin may therefore be considered a most beneficial discovery for the stock raiser.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
