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  2. Ranch-style house - Wikipedia

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    Smaller ranch-style house in West Jordan, Utah, with brick exterior and side drop gable roof. Ranch (also known as American ranch, California ranch, rambler, or rancher) is a domestic architectural style that originated in the United States. The ranch-style house is noted for its long, close-to-the-ground profile, and wide open layout.

  3. Boma (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    As a livestock enclosure, a boma is the equivalent of kraal. The former term is used in areas influenced by the Swahili language, and the latter is employed in areas influenced by Afrikaans. In the form of fortified villages or camps, bomas were commonplace in Central Africa in the 18th and 19th century.

  4. Shimōsa Kogane Nakano Pasture - Wikipedia

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    The Shimōsa Kogane Nakano ranch (下総小金中野牧跡, Shimōsa kogane nakano makiato) was a government-operated horse ranch during he Edo Period of Japan, which operated to supply cavalry mounts for the Tokugawa shogunate. It was located in what is now part of the city of Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan.

  5. Ranch - Wikipedia

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    A ranch (from Spanish: rancho/Mexican Spanish) is an area of land, including various structures, given primarily to ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle and sheep. It is a subtype of farm .

  6. Shimōsa Sakura Aburada Pasture - Wikipedia

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    The Shimōsa Sakura Aburada ranch (下総佐倉油田牧跡, Shimōsa Sakura Aburada maki ato) was a government-operated horse ranch during Edo Period of Japan, which operated to supply cavalry mounts for the Tokugawa shogunate. It was located in what is now part of the city of Katori, Chiba Prefecture in the Kantō region of Japan.

  7. Compound (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    In the United Kingdom, "compound" is not generally used in the sense of an unfortified enclosure, and not for homes. There, as in North American English, if used for a place, it is most likely to be taken to mean a fortified military compound. The unfortified enclosure usage was developed by the British Empire in Asia and Africa.

  8. Free range - Wikipedia

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    Free Range Egg & Poultry Australia (FREPA) standards provides a sliding scale for indoor density, with 10 birds per square metre allowed only in enclosures housing less than 1000 birds, and 6 birds per square metre the maximum for barns with over 4000 birds. Nothing is said in the standards about outdoor density, thus it is assumed that farmers ...

  9. Agricultural fencing - Wikipedia

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    Fladry lines, made of cloth, metal and/or other materials, are sometimes used on fences to discourage wolves from entering a livestock enclosure. Deer and many goats can easily jump an ordinary agricultural fence, and so special fencing is needed for farming goats or deer, or to keep wild deer out of farmland and gardens. Deer fence is often ...