The poem "Huswifery" describes Edward Taylor's longing to get closer to God while doing everything that is pleasant to the Puritan religion. The poem's title refers to the everyday duties that Puritan housewives were obliged to perform, such as spinning and weaving. These included tasks such as harvesting crops, slaughtering animals for meat, cleaning out animal sheds, and taking care of the household's other needs. Husbandry means the management of livestock, especially breeding and feeding them over a long period in order to obtain maximum production from them. It is also a term used by farmers for the management of farmland, including irrigation, fertilization, and pest control. In agriculture, husbandry is the art or science of farming. In this context, it includes animal breeding, the selection of breeds within species, and cross-breeding to produce hybrids who are more productive or adaptable than pure strains. In zoology, husbandry is the care and treatment of animals for the purpose of enhancing their usefulness or pleasureability. In forestry, husbandry is the practice of caring for trees with the aim of improving their quality and longevity. This may include planting trees, common practices today but which became popular only recently, such as tree pits or woodland gardens where each plant is cared for individually about its own size so that none will dominate the others.