Example Sentences

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The ambition of his mother was that he should become a farmer and stock-raiser.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists by Hubbard, Elbert

"Huh! wolves again!" exclaimed the stock-raiser, with a frown.

From The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave by Carson, James

It was considered the home of the fur-trader and the hunter more than that of the farmer or the stock-raiser.

From Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police by MacBeth, R. G. (Roderick George)

It had a long barn and cattle sheds, for Madison Clay was a "great" stock-raiser and the owner of a "quarter section."

From Stories in Light and Shadow by Harte, Bret

By carefully availing himself of the controlling power given him by a knowledge of this fact, the stock-raiser is enabled to produce almost any required quality in his young animals.

From Plain Facts for Old and Young by Kellogg, John Harvey