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The Family Cow
by Dirk Van Loon

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Publisher Comments:

This is the basic book — yet with all the essential details — for the family that decides to keep a cow for all the benefits she can provide. Learn first the costs, the gains, what she gives and takes. There are practical, fully-illustrated chapters that include:

The history and behavior of the cow.

Nutritional needs, from grass to milk.

Buying a cow — the sources, breeds and factors to consider.

Handling techniques, housing and fencing.

Feeds and feeding — cow and calf.

Milking and uses of milk.

Health and diseases, breeding and calving.

Growing feed crops, use of manure.

Synopsis:

This is the basic book for anyone who decides to keep a cow. Fully-illustrated chapters with accurate information on buying, behavior, nutrition, breeds, handling, feeding, milking, health care, calving, and growing feed crops.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-248) and index.
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About the Author

Author Dirk van Loon has written two Storey books, The Family Cow and Small-Scale Pig Raising. He publishes a monthly newspaper for small-scale rural producers called Rural Delivery. Dirk is a graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University and now lives in Nova Scotia.
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: How Now, (One Brown Cow)?

Chapter Two: A History of Cattle

Chapter Three: Behaving Herself

Chapter Four: Buying A Cow

Chapter Five: Handling and Grooming Cows

Chapter Six: Buildings, Staking, Fencing

Chapter Seven: The Plants Cows Eat

Chapter Eight: Taking It All In

Chapter Nine: A Choice of Foods

Chapter Ten: Measuring Feed Ingredients

Chapter Eleven: Grass/Hay and Concentrates — A Basic Diet

Chapter Twelve: Shaving the Food Budget

Chapter Thirteen: Milk and Milking

Chapter Fourteen: Milk and the Home Dairy

Chapter Fifteen: Breeding and Heat Periods

Chapter Sixteen: Calving and Calf-Feed — Care of Young Stock

Chapter Seventeen: Health

Chapter Eighteen: Keeping the Land

Chapter Nineteen: Making and Storing Hay and Roots

One More Thing

Glossary

Other Books and Places

Appendix

IndeX

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780882660660
Author:
Van Loon, Dirk
Publisher:
Garden Way Pub. Co.
Author:
Dirk Van Loon
Location:
Pownall, Vt. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
Subject:
Vocational education and industrial arts
Subject:
Dairying
Subject:
Cows
Subject:
Dairy cattle
Subject:
Agriculture & Animal Husbandry - General
Subject:
Agriculture - General
Copyright:
1976
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series Volume:
7.70
Publication Date:
January 1976
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
6 x 9
Pages:
272
Dimensions:
9.00x6.01x.84 in. .86 lbs.
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