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Teach Yourself Beekeeping (Teach Yourself)
by Adrian Waring  Publisher Comments Catch the buzz on beekeeping This indispensable guide gives you everything you need to set up, maintain, and maximize honeybee colonies of all sizes--either in your suburban backyard or on your urban rooftop. With Teach Yourself Beekeeping, you will get...
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The Field Guide to Chickens
by Pam Percy Publisher Comments The story of the chicken traces the interactions of cultures around the globe. From Southeast Asia 8,000 years ago, chickens spread to ancient China and Japan, the Middle East, Europe during the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, and, from there, the...
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Fifty Years Among the Bees
by C C Miller Publisher Comments Long a classic within the beekeeping community, this book is one of the greatest works on the ancient art and science of beekeeping. A practical, yet endlessly charming handbook on all aspects of this romantic, arcane pursuit, it offers advice...
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Raising Sheep (Storey's Guides to Raising)
by Paula Simmons Publisher Comments The Small-Scale Sheep-Raiser's Bible Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is an invaluable resource for everyone who raises sheep. It contains the most comprehensive and current information available on: Breeds, including minor ones Feeding and housing...
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Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds
by Carol Ekarius Publisher Comments The definitive fish-cooking book, in glorious full-color, from the colorful salt-of-the-sea chef of New York City’ s famed restaurant Esca. Seafood genius Dave Pasternack achieved national fame in 2000, when he served his first plate of pristine...
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Pocketful of Poultry
by Carol Ekarius Publisher Comments 104 Fabulous FowlPecking, clucking, posing, preening. Whatever they happen to be doing, barnyard birds have a special knack for making us smile. Enjoy their charm and discover interesting facts about your favorite chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese in...
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Living with Sheep: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock
by Chuck Wooster Publisher Comments A unique guide to sheep, for would-be farmers and people who simply love animals and the outdoors....
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The Complete Chicken: An Entertaining History of Chickens
by Pam Percy Publisher Comments Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s just about the only question about chickens that isn’t answered in "The Complete Chicken", which pays tribute to the popular poultry. Pam Percy provides a colorful, egg-straordinarily...
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Traditional Feeding of Farm Animals
by F. W. Woll Publisher Comments The classic treatise--now back in print.<BR>...
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The Backyard Beekeeper
by Kim Flottum Publisher Comments This book isnÆt only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; itÆs both. No other book on the market provides an in-depth review of beekeeping and what honey is good for and how to use it. Beautifully illustrated, The Backyard Beekeeper is...
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Living with Pigs: Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Porkers (Living with)
by Chuck Wooster Publisher Comments Pigs are adorable, clean, friendly animals. So it’s no wonder that you’ve thought about raising them as companions. But if you also happen to love bacon, and don’t like the reports of pollution and cruelty in the pig pork industry, you...
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Small-Scale Sheep-Keeping
by Jeremy Hunt Publisher Comments Sound, practical advice for the growing number of people with small flocks of sheep, particularly rare breeds. The principles needed to produce success are fully explored, but in such a way as not to be too technical, unlike books for more commercial...
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Am I Pig Enough for You Yet?: Voices of the Barnyard
by Roy Blount Publisher Comments Am I pig Enough for you yet? The more I gorge, The more gorgeous I'll get. We have all gazed at sheep and cows in fields by the side of the road. And we have seen them gazing back. What are they thinking? And what about those funny looks we get from...
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Livestock Guardians
by Janet Vorwald Dohner Publisher Comments The number of hobby farmers in the United States is steadily rising. At the same time, predators are increasing in number and range. These predators pose a serious threat to both farm animals and the financial well-being of the farmers who raise them...
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The Exact Same Moon: Fifty Acres and a Family
by Jeanne Marie Laskas 
Publisher Comments In Fifty Acres and a Poodle, Jeanne Marie Laskas described how she survived her first hilariously tumultuous year at Sweetwater Farm. Now she returns with a funny, touching, and personal new memoir of what happens after your dream comes true... With a...
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Holy Cows and Hog Heaven: The Food Buyer's Guide to Farm Friendly Food
by Joel Salatin Publisher Comments "Holy Cows and Hog Heaven" is written by an honest-to-goodness-dirt-under-the-fingernails, optimistic clean good farmer. His goal is to: Empower food buyers to pursue positive alternatives to the industrialized food system.Bring clean food farmers and...
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Essential Guide to Calving
by Heather Smit Thomas Publisher Comments Every cattle farmer and#8212; from the keeper of a family milk cow to the rancher overseeing a large herd and#8212; will gain confidence and control by becoming more knowledgeable about calving. Healthy pregnancies, safe births, and thriving calves are...
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Essential Guide to Calving
by Heather Smith Thomas Publisher Comments Every cattle farmer and#8212; from the keeper of a family milk cow to the rancher overseeing a large herd and#8212; will gain confidence and control by becoming more knowledgeable about calving. Healthy pregnancies, safe births, and thriving calves are...
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Harvest: A Year in the Life of an Organic Farm
by Nicola Smith Publisher Comments If you’re interested in where our food comes from, read Harvest, an intimate portrait of a small Vermont farm. Jennifer Megyesi and Kyle Jones put everything on the line—their ideals alongside their savings—to start Fat Rooster Farm. By...
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Backyard Livestock: Raising Good, Natural Food for Your Family, Third Edition
by Steven Thomas Publisher Comments This popular and widely praised book describes everything you need to know about selecting and raising small livestock. Long the primary reference for anyone who keeps animals as a sustainable food source, this latest edition includes up-to-date...
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