husbandry

noun hus·band·ry \ ˈhəz-bən-drē \

|Updated on: 27 Jun 2018

Examples: husbandry in a Sentence

Definition of husbandry

1 archaic : the care of a household

2 : the control or judicious use of resources : conservation

3 a : the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture

b : the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals

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Examples of husbandry in a Sentence

in accordance with his practice of good husbandry, he never buys anything on credit
a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations

Recent Examples of husbandry from the Web

Burgeoning shepherds can take classes on breeding, raising, herding and husbandry.

— lindsay cohn, USA TODAY, "Agriturismo, American style: 8 farm and food experiences in the USA," 15 June 2018
Our animal care experts' experience with dolphin births at Shedd have provided invaluable information on dolphin husbandry and maternal care that is being used around the world.

— jamie ramsay, Chicago Reader, "These photos of moms and their babies are cuter than any family picture you'll take on Mother's Day," 12 May 2018
The program employs between four to six inmates at any given time, and participants receive education and training on sheep husbandry, bighorn sheep ecology, wildlife management and related topics.

— andy porter, The Seattle Times, "Domestic sheep program aims to ease problems for bighorns," 26 Apr. 2018
Rebanks contends that what’s really killing this system of traditional husbandry is industrial chicken.

— kieran dodds, Smithsonian, "Britain’s Lake District Was Immortalized by Beatrix Potter, But Is Its Future in Peril?," 20 Apr. 2018
The very cattle shrank with the return of primitive methods of husbandry.

— helen andrews, National Review, "Where Zimbabwe Went Wrong," 18 Dec. 2017
Our hosts, Barry and Anita Hansen, grow acres of them, along with a supermarket aisle's worth of vegetables and eight-foot-tall sunflowers, the plot surrounded by the requisite Montana husbandry mix of pigs, chickens, and sheep.

— boris fishman, Smithsonian, "This Lake Is One of Montana’s Best Kept Secrets," 16 Aug. 2017
Our hosts, Barry and Anita Hansen, grow acres of them, along with a supermarket aisle's worth of vegetables and eight-foot-tall sunflowers, the plot surrounded by the requisite Montana husbandry mix of pigs, chickens, and sheep.

— boris fishman, Smithsonian, "This Lake Is One of Montana’s Best Kept Secrets," 16 Aug. 2017
The focus of 4-H these days is more on community service and visual arts but still includes animal husbandry centered on rabbits and chickens.

— suzanne baker, Naperville Sun, "County fair a throwback to DuPage's agricultural past," 28 July 2017

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