Definition of "beefarming"

In May uext[sic] I intend to visit the South Sea Islands (some of them) with the object of spying out the land for beefarming.

1896, The Australian Bee Bulletin, volume 4, E. Tipper., page 311

As it is a very low place it is not the easiest of beefarming to winter [?] apiary without losing at least 50 per cent. of them.

1915, The Australasian Beekeeper, Pender Bros., page 231

For the purposes of valuation the primary and manufacturing industries are divided into six groups as follows:—(i) Agriculture; (ii) Pastoral; (iii) Dairy, Poultry, and Beefarming; (iv) Forestry and Fisheries; (v) Mining; (vi) Manufacturing.

1928, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, page 586

This is a book that all progressive beeke[epers] […] have been awaiting for many years. I […] scribes methods of management and is […] of many valuable details that have grow[n] […] of practical experiments connected with […] business side of beefarming.

1946, Horticultural Society of New York, Monthly Bulletin, page 12

Where a beefarmer with at least fifty hives of bees in a registered apiary has carried out work to improve it as a site for beefarming, the apiary may be registered as a protected apiary.

1950, New South Wales. Bureau of Statistics and Economics, The Official Year Book of New South Wales, volume 54, page 866

A shrubby species suitable for beefarming, as it flowers profusely from November-January, and yields both pollen and nectar.

1965, William Faris Blakely, A Key to the Eucalypts: With Descriptions of 522 Species and 150 Varieties, Forestry and Timber Bureau, page 180

Beefarming Statistics / Crops / Fruit Statistics

1969, The Pocket Year Book of Tasmania, Government Printer, South Africa, page 208

Rural holdings classified by type of activity: number, areas and area used for various purposes / Beefarming / Fisheries / State and private forests: area of reserves, plantings, production

1973, South Australia. Parliament, Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, page 114