But by the late 1880s, with the decline of the range cattle industry, settlers moved in and fenced the Great Plains into family farms.

但到了19世纪80年代，随着畜牧业的缩减，定居者搬进了大平原并且圈地为家族农场。

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He grazed his cattle on the open range.

他在开阔的大牧场上放牧他的牛群。

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Choose grass-fed, organically raised cattle and free-range, organic chicken and eggs to avoid hormones.

选择用牧草喂养长大的牛，以及自由放养的鸡和鸡蛋来避免摄入激素。

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Authentic ranch is framed by the Snowy Range Mountains, pasturelands with real cattle, and cabins dotting the shore along the Little Laramie River.

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Their guest ranches range from rustic outposts where visitors herd cattle, to refined enclaves that could be displaced English manors.

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For fund investors, good bets are the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO), whose top holdings include ag biotech giants Monsanto and Syngenta and tractormaker Deere, and the Invesco Powershares Agricultural ETF (DBA), which invests in a range of commodities futures, from Kansas wheat to feeder cattle to soybeans, cocoa and corn.

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