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Example sentences for "stock raising"

  • He brought with him to this county a band of fine horses and some cattle and, like most of the early settlers, engaged in stock raising.

  • In the spring of 1844 he took up his residence upon a farm near Lafayette and was successful in adapting himself to the conditions of that frontier locality, growing good crops and also engaging in stock raising.

  • In May of the same year, however, he once more returned to Oregon and established his home in the Umpqua valley, where for several years he devoted his attention to stock raising, to milling and to general merchandising.

  • Raboin might justly be called a pioneer of the pioneers, not only in stock raising, but in everything.

  • Among the earliest settlers in that region whose first business was stock raising, but who afterward became pioneers a second time by entering into grain raising were Jonathan Pettyjohn, W.

  • The Government wisely desired to encourage agriculture, even at the expense of stock raising, the latter occupation having been expanded disproportionately to the former.

  • The early industries of Cuba were, in the order of their importance, gold mining, stock raising, and agriculture.

  • A great portion of the State is equally adapted to stock raising, and many farmers think it would be more profitable.

  • Southwestern Minnesota has made rapid progress in stock raising.

  • There are great possibilities for American enterprise in the Island Republic, in agriculture, in stock raising, mining and other industries that American genius in the near future will undoubtedly discover and develop.

  • If stock raising instead of fruit growing had occupied the time and attention of these American pioneers, more satisfactory results would have been obtained.

  • In this course not only teachers and pupils, but fathers and mothers, sons and daughters sit side by side in the classrooms receiving instruction in stock raising, canning, poultry raising, and farming in all its branches.

  • There are a few people scattered over the country who have engaged in stock raising, but have done little farming and improving.

  • All I can see of the surrounding country is very level and is used for grazing land, as stock raising is the principal occupation of the people.

  • Had settled there about three years before and engaged in stock raising.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    accompanied them; bring myself; dead matter; est ainsi; external appearance; good order; had turned; half times; little alcohol; mere negation; mound builders; northern regions; polite society; public inspection; rational creatures; sandy loam; should receive; single life; stock banks; stock companies; stock company; stock raising; then found; watching him; when the time comes