stockmen

In our northern country we have "free grass"; that is, the stockmen rarely own more than small portions of the land over which their cattle range, the bulk of it being unsurveyed and still the property of the National Government—for the latter refuses to sell the soil except in small lots, acting on the wise principle of distributing it among as many owners as possible.

Out on the Range 1896

This matter attended to, he strolled over to the ranch blacksmith shop and searched through it until he found that which he sought -- a long, heavy pair of bolt-clippers such as stockmen use for dehorning young cattle.

The Pride of Palomar 1918

The last-named antidote is regarded as almost certain, and a great many people, such as stockmen, wood-cutters, farmers, and the like, carry in their pockets a hypodermic syringe, charged and ready for use.

The Land of the Kangaroo Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey through the Great Island Continent Thomas Wallace Knox 1865

In the foreground, two mounted stockmen watch a small herd of healthy Hereford cattle.

Archive 2009-03-01 2009

The States and Feds spent millions erradicating wolves and coyotes from the West over many years for the benefit of ranchers and stockmen.

Would you Report Illegal Wolf Kills? 2010

The States and Feds spent millions erradicating wolves and coyotes from the West over many years for the benefit of ranchers and stockmen.

Would you Report Illegal Wolf Kills? 2010

They were carefully overseen by skilled stockmen who knew that the best management for these magnificent creatures was to ensure that they had the space and freedom to utilize the land to their own advantage.

Andrew Gunther: Putting Bison on Feedlots: Unnatural, Unnecessary, Unsafe 2010

He understood the game too well, and was always a step ahead of everyone else, including the white stockmen.

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

But the Barkindji, whose forebears were once permitted in town only as servants and nursemaids, or who worked as stockmen in the outer regions, now own the public spaces.

Travel: Dickens down under Thomas Keneally 2010

They were carefully overseen by skilled stockmen who knew that the best management for these magnificent creatures was to ensure that they had the space and freedom to utilize the land to their own advantage.

Andrew Gunther: Putting Bison on Feedlots: Unnatural, Unnecessary, Unsafe 2010