Getting started with beef & diary cattle
A guide to raising beef and dairy cattle that explains how to pick the best cattle, with an overview of specific breed attributes and information on how size, color, body shape, hair length, and milking abilities make each more or less suitable to various needs
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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North Adams, Massachusetts :
Storey Publication ,
c2005
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Publisher description |
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| 008 | 120226s2005 mau eng | ||
| 020 | |a 1580175961 (paperback : alk. paper) | ||
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| 020 | |a 9781580176040 (hardback : alk. paper) | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Thomas, Heather Smith , |d 1944- , |e author | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Getting started with beef & diary cattle |c Heather Smith Thomas; illustrations by James Robins |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Getting started with beef and diary cattle |
| 260 | |a North Adams, Massachusetts : |b Storey Publication , |c c2005 | ||
| 300 | |a vi, 281 p. : |b col. ill. ; |c 23 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252) and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 1. What do I need? -- 2. Nutrition -- 3. Maintaining healthy cattle -- 4. Choosing a beef breed -- 5. Selecting and transporting beef cattle -- 6. Care and handling of beef cattle -- 7. Natural, organic, and grass-fed beef -- 8. Raising beef heifers -- 9. Breeding and calving the beef heifer -- 10. Beef herd management -- 11. Selecting dairy heifer -- 12. Care of the dairy heifer -- 13. Breeding and calving the dairy heifer -- 14. Care of the dairy cow -- 15. A dairy of your own | |
| 520 | |a A guide to raising beef and dairy cattle that explains how to pick the best cattle, with an overview of specific breed attributes and information on how size, color, body shape, hair length, and milking abilities make each more or less suitable to various needs | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Beef cattle | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Dairy cattle | |
| 856 | 4 | 1 | |3 Table of contents |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005009458.html |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2005009458-d.html |
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