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  • noun Plural form of dairy.

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Examples

  • In certain English dairies the same result is obtained, where the cows are fed on cabbages, by the expensive process of heating the milk to a certain temperature and then adding saltpetre.

    A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States; With Remarks on Their Economy 1856

  • Holstein dairies in that state tried to convince me that blacks and whites shouldn’t associate with each other just as Holsteins and Jerseys didn’t mix when out in the pasture.

    Think Progress » “Dogs aren’t born mooing, and people aren’t born gay.” 2006

  • As for why the stock survived our screen, most exchange-listed companies described as dairies actually operate in fast-growth niches.

    Three-Point Value 2008

  • Bonita has already become some sort of a standard bearer, a type, a model of dairy, the kind of dairies which are being built with air conditioning, and many are being built for very high yield cows.

    FIDEL CASTRO SPEAKS TO GRADUATING TRACTOR OPERAT 1968

  • Concentrated sources of animal manure such as dairies, poultry operations, and feed lots can be brought under some control by fencing stock off from streams and by techniques of lagooning and later field spreading, which need much wider use in the Potomac Basin.

    The Nation's River A report on the Potomac from the U.S. Department of the Interior United States. Dept. of the Interior.

  • In an effort to make factory farming less appealing, they petitioned the EPA in September to force emissions from the manure at confined animals operations such as dairies to comply with the Clean Air Act. The clout amassed by the organization with a $157 million annual budget means it sometimes can score victories without mounting a fight.

    WCAX - Local News 2009

  • In an effort to make factory farming less appealing, they petitioned the EPA in September to force emissions from the manure at confined animals operations such as dairies to comply with the Clean Air Act. The clout amassed by the organization with a $157 million annual budget means it sometimes can score victories without mounting a fight.

    Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories 2009

  • In an effort to make factory farming less appealing, they petitioned the EPA in September to force emissions from the manure at confined animals operations such as dairies to comply with the Clean Air Act. The clout amassed by the organization with a $157 million annual budget means it sometimes can score victories without mounting a fight.

    The Herald | HeraldOnline.com - Front 2009

  • WASHINGTON (CN) - The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District must rewrite its plan for controlling volatile organic compound emissions from large confined animal facilities such as dairies, cattle feedlots, poultry and swine farms.

    Courthouse News Service 2009

  • WASHINGTON (CN) - The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District must rewrite its plan for controlling volatile organic compound emissions from large confined animal facilities such as dairies, cattle feedlots, poultry and swine farms.

    Courthouse News Service 2009

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