agriculture
agriculture. The science or art of cultivating soil, harvesting crops, and raising livestock. [Cases: Agriculture 3. 1.] “ ‘Agriculture’ is broader in meaning than ‘farming’; and while it includes the preparation of soil, the planting of seeds, the raising and harvesting of crops, and all their incidents, it also includes gardening, horticulture, viticulture, dairying, poultry, […]