Agriculture, Farming, and Farm Definitions Explained
1. Four years' worth of research summarized by a few basic definitions?
Agriculture: The science or art of farming.
Farming: The job or business of running a farm.
Farm: A tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes; A district or division of a location
leased out for the collection of government revenues; An area containing a number of similar
structures or objects (i.e. storage containers/tanks).
Sellersville: A small town in southeastern Pennsylvania that was once home to the largest
radium-producing plant in the world.
Yellowcake: Uranium oxide; A waste product of radium production.
Mews: A place for hiding.
Wyck: Village.
Ford: Crossing over a stream/creek.
Commons: Land or resources under shared ownership between two or more parties.