| 单词 | factory farmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfactory farmer factory farmer n. originally U.S. a farmer engaged in factory farming.Quot. 1876 refers to a class of vassals in an imaginary society. ΚΠ 1876 T. W. Collens Eden of Labor 144 Tributary Factory-Farmers, those who did not own, but paid rent for the whole or part of the factories they carried on, or for the machines they used.] 1895 9th Ann. Rep. State Dairy Commissisoner to Governor of Iowa 105 (table) Factory Farmers' Co-op. 1904 J. W. Streeter Fat of Land xxi. 128 It is not easy to overestimate the value of swine to the general farmer; but to the factory farmer they are indispensable. 1952 Economist 7 June 657/1 This so-called ‘160-acre limitation’..is still applied when new lands are irrigated, but factory farmers, particularly in Texas and California, have been trying..to get Congress to repeal it. 2012 L. Kemmerer Animals & World Relig. 300 Hens who die during forced molt are considered no loss whatsoever to the industry.., and factory farmers will quickly rid themselves of such birds in any case. < as lemmas |
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