Farming

(noun.) agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life; 'farming is a strenuous life'; 'there's no work on the land any more'.

(noun.) the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.

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• I reckon 'at us manufacturing lads i' th' north is a deal more intelligent, and knaws a deal more nor th' farming folk i' th' south. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Rome in her best days placed farming in high regard. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• My father can't spare me any capital, else I might go into farming. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The ten acres of the reservation offered an excellent opportunity for truck-farming, and the versatile head of the family could not avoid trying his luck in this branch of work. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• During years of highly successful farming, during which Hutton introduced new methods in Berwickshire, he was interested in meteorology, and in geology as related to soils. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The garden and orchard alone need two or three men, and farming isn't in Bhaer's line, I take it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• What with sheep-farming, and what with stock-farming, and what with one thing and what with t'other, we are as well to do, as well could be. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• In the fall of 1858 I sold out my stock, crops and farming utensils at auction, and gave up farming. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Far-reaching mechanical inventions already threaten to transform farming into an industry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• They introduced into the west many trees and plants from the east, and wrote scientific treatises on farming. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Usually less seed should be planted per acre under dry-farming conditions than is used in humid sections. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The millets are among the best paying dry-farming crops. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• They practised farming in a scientific way, and had good systems of irrigation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Some of the residents are engaged in local business; some are occupied in farming and grape culture; others are employed in the iron-works near-by, at Norwalk. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There was a third young man on the box who wished to be learned in cattle; and an old one behind, who was familiar with farming. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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