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stump ranch B.C., Slang 
an undeloped bush ranch, having the trees logged off and, often, having grass sown between the stumps for grazing cattle.
See also: bush ranch stump farm
- 1919 They imagine we are going to divide up their old stump ranches they have lived on for many years, which are all mortgaged to some bank or trust company.
- 1958 The lads . . . were raised on . . . threadbare stump ranches.
- 1961 Somewhere he has a stump ranch, a little mining claim, a few range cows or a bit of timber he can hand-log.
- 1919 They imagine we are going to divide up their old stump ranches they have lived on for many years, which are all mortgaged to some bank or trust company.