- ranching
- The raising of livestock, particularly cattle, in large numbers, on an extensive acreage. A form of agriculture. 3 Am J2d Agri § 1.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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ranching — commercial raising of fishes. Usually juvenile fish are released to a natural habitat for growth to a harvestable size, but see tuna ranch … Dictionary of ichthyology
ranching — vast, extensive livestock farms, usually found in remote, marginal areas which are not viable for other types of farming … Geography glossary
Ranching — Ran|ching 〈[ra:ntʃıŋ] od. [ræ:ntʃıŋ] n. 15; unz.〉 die Arbeit auf einer Ranch, das Führen einer Ranch [<engl. ranch „(Vieh )Farm“] … Universal-Lexikon
RANCHING — a term of Spanish derivation applied to the business of rearing cattle, as carried on in the southern and western States of America; vast herds of cattle in a half wild condition are raised on the wide stretches of prairie land, and are tended … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
