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husbandry

[huhz-buhn-dree] / ˈhʌz bən dri /
NOUN
farming
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NOUN
management of one's private affairs
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“The disease is contagious. It’s now shifting from the west to the east,” warned Narendra Mohan Singh, a director at Rajasthan state’s Animal Husbandry Department.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2022

The 67-year-old Mr. Sun had been detained in November after a land dispute between his company, Dawu Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Group, and a neighboring state-owned farm.

From New York Times • Jul. 28, 2021

One of the first efforts to organize farmers came in 1867 with Oliver Hudson Kelly’s creation of the Patrons of Husbandry, more popularly known as the Grange.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Komodo Dragon Husbandry Manual of the AZA/SSP & EAZA/EEP: accessed online, 2005, at http://www.varanusweb.com/species_content/Kd-HDL-2004.pdf.

From Scientific American • Mar. 5, 2014

“Through inside contacts I have with the State Animal Husbandry Board. Don’t you remember last week when their inspector was out here examining Judy? They’re eager to have her foal; she’s an unmatched superior.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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