Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - husbandman

 noun  Date: 14th century  1. one that plows and cultivates land ; farmer  2. a specialist in a branch of farm husbandry HUSBANDRY  noun  Date: 14th century  1. archaic the care of a household  2. the control or judicious use of resources ; conservation  3.  a. the cultivation or production of plants or animals ; agriculture  b. the scientific control and management of a branch of farming and especially of domestic animals