sheep-farm

“Took a sheep-farm there, sir, made a fortune — better thing than law or soldiering,” Warrington said.

The History of Pendennis 2006

The place becomes in the course of a few years a sheep-farm, as these animals thrive on such herbage.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

All buy, borrow, or steal wives when they decide to settle down upon a gold-mine or a sheep-farm.

The Giant Indians of Tierra Del Fuego 1996

This was true wilderness, except for the occasional sheep-farm, and by the rocky condition of the hillsides, he wasn't too surprised.

The Robin And The Kestrel Lackey, Mercedes 1993

In the hope of procuring a situation as an overseer of some extensive sheep-farm, he made several excursions into the northern Highlands, waiting upon many influential persons, to whom he had letters of recommendation.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

The fox replied: "If you don't want to be killed, when the king passes and asks you whose is this sheep-farm, you must tell him: 'Don Joseph Pear's,' for Don Joseph Pear is his son-in-law, and he will reward you."

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

Deprived of both his parents early in life, he was brought to the house of his paternal uncle, who rented a sheep-farm in the vicinity of Peebles.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

The cavalcade passed by, and the king asked the boy: "Whose is this sheep-farm?"

Italian Popular Tales Thomas Frederick Crane

William Hogg had rented the sheep-farm of Ettrick-house, and afforded shelter and support to his aged and indigent parents.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

Scott to appoint him to the charge of his small sheep-farm at Ashestiel, he was led to indulge in the scheme of settling in the island of Harris.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various