Agriculture

— A person engaged in agriculture is engaged in raising cereals and stock. "Agriculture," in its general sense, is the cultivation of the ground for the purpose of procuring vegetables and fruits for the use of man and beast;

— or, the 1 Leake, Contr. 12. ' [Anson, Contr..3. s [Wain v. Warlters, 5 East, *17 (1804), EUenborough, C.J. « Packard v. Richardson, 17 Mass. 131 (1821), Parker, C.J. "Sage V. Wilcox, 6 Conn. 85-94 (1826), Hosmer, C. J. See also Packard v. Richardson, 17 Mass. 131-34 (1821); Marcy v. Marcy, 9 Allen, 10-U (1864), Bigelow, C. J.; Woodworth v. State, 20 Tex. Ap. 3S2 (18S6); 31 F. R. 249. act of preparing the soil, sowing and planting seeds, dressing the plants, and removing the crops. In this sense the word includes gardening or horticulture, and the raising or feeding of cattle and other stock. In a more common and appropriate sense — that species of cultivation which is intended to raise grain and other field crops for man and beast; " husbandry," as defined by "Webster.' A person who cultivates a one-acre lot and is also a butcher and a day laborer is not " engaged in agriculture," within the meaning of an exemption law.* A person is "actually engaged in the science of agriculture " when he derives the support of himself and family, in whole or in part, from the tillage and cultivation of fields. He must cultivate something more than a garden, though it may be less than a field. If the area cultivated can be called a field, the employment is "agriculture," as well in contemplation of law as by the etymology of the word. This condition being fulfilled, the uniting of other business not inconsistent with the pursuit of agriculture will not take away the protection of a law exempting one horse, harness, and a plow from levy and sale.'' See Crop; CuLTrvATioN; Horse; Implements; Tools.