stock raising

the breeding and raising of livestock.

Origin of stock raising

First recorded in 1790–1800

stock raiser, noun

Stock-raising, mining, and manufacturing were also extensively carried on.

A History of Spain |Charles E. Chapman
Frank is in the stock-raising business at present, and carries a side line of blue-blooded dogs.

Fore! |Charles Emmett Van Loan
Apart from agriculture, stock-raising and mining, its commerce and industries are unimportant.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 4 |Various
Mining and stock-raising were the principal and by no means inconsiderable industries in both districts.

The Colonization of North America |Herbert Eugene Bolton

As compared with other branches of stock-raising, there is less risk in this than in almost any other branch of farm stock.

Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 |Various