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The Family Cowby Dirk Van Loon
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher 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:
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. About the AuthorAuthor 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. Table of ContentsIntroduction 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 What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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