[ noun ] the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock <noun.act>
Husbandry \Hus"band*ry\, n. 1. Care of domestic affairs; economy; domestic management; thrift.
There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out. --Shak.
2. The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming.
Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. --Spenser.
The technique has been used sucessfully in animal husbandry for years, but whether it will prove to have long-term effects in people is unknown, he said.
"A lot of farmers will attest to the fact that if you use a minimum amount of sound husbandry, it's just not a problem," he said.
The whole appearance of the land betokens unceasing toil and husbandry.
Thomas Sutherland, a Scottish-born American who was acting dean of agriculture at the American University of Beirut, gave the other hostages long lectures on genetics, animal husbandry and his beloved 27-year-old Volvo car, Keenan said.
Crowds at the newly opened aquarium were three times what had been expected, said Robert L. Jenkins, the aquarium's director of operations and husbandry.
BORROWING dulls the edge of husbandry, and lending is fraught with risk too. But Polonius was only half right when he warned against both. Good credit management is about following rules.
"That's probably one of the main reasons the analogy to the stock market is made," Wilson said. "On a practical basis though, the bulls we use in the (husbandry) industry are selected for good behavior.