books about: livestock     books:       Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals6 reviews Temple Grandin Storey Publishing, LLC, 2008 Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals This is one of the best books on livestock handling to date. It has the hows and whys of livestock handling in a way that everybody can understand. It is well written and easy reading. I would highly recommend this book for anyone planning to build a cattle working facility. The plans are clear and easy to follow. These facilities are long term commitments and the plans that are outlined in ...             The Origins and Development of African Livestock: Archaeology, Genetics, Linguistics and Ethnography Routledge, 1999 This book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the origins of African livestock, placing Africa as one of the world centres for animal domestication. With sections on archaeology, genetics, linguistics and ethnography, this collection contains over twenty contributions from the field's foremost experts and provides fully illustrated, never before published data, and extensive bibliographies.             Backyard Livestock: Raising Good, Natural Food for Your Family, Third Edition8 reviews Steven Thomas, George P. Looby Countryman, 2007 This is the best of the best Anyone who would like to put a few animals in the backyard for eggs or meat or milk or everything altogether, will save hundreds of headaches, and probably hundreds of dollars, by buying this book and taking Steven Thomas's suggestions seriously. There are now dozens of these kinds of books out there, and I own a number of them (including "Barnyard In Your Backyard" which is nowhere near as good ...             Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm67 reviews Jeanne Marie Laskas Bantam, 2002 50 acres and a poodle I love this book! I had read it before and wanted to again, but it was not easily available from our library. I found it for sale on Amazon, used, and received it promptly and in very good condition, just as advertised.This is a very entertaining and informative biography of this woman's life in actually having her dream come true. I especially like her description of the difference between a ...             Storey's Guide to Raising Miniature Livestock2 reviews Sue Weaver Storey Publishing, LLC, 2010 Excellent guide If you are looking for the joy of animals with a lower feeding cost and space requirements, here is your guide. And what is cuter than a mini? This book is packed with useful and interesting information about miniature sheep, horses, donkeys, cows, goats, and pigs. You will know everything you need to about selecting, feeding, housing, vetting, and enjoying your small livestock. In addition, ...             Small Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit16 reviews Carol Ekarius Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999 One of the best grass-farming primers I've read. After digging through many farming books geared to raising conventional (i.e. grain-fed) livestock, I was extremely happy to find this book! Small-Scale Livestock Farming is definitely geared toward novice farmers who want to start out completely grass-fed and free-range; but it would also be helpful for more experienced farmers who want to switch from conventional monoculture methods. Ms. ...             Keeping Livestock Healthy: A Veterinary Guide to Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Goats & Sheep, 4th Edition1 review N. Bruce Haynes D.V.M. Storey Publishing, LLC, 2001 Vet student review This book has an overview of diseases for most domestic large animals. I found this text to be too general to be very helpful as a reference guide for folks needing all the details. It does have some decent rule out lists.             Livestock Guardians: Using Dogs, Donkeys, and Llamas to Protect Your Herd (Storey's Working Animals)3 reviews Jan Vorwald Dohner Storey Publishing, LLC, 2007 great book! The book starts out talking about the problem of predation, describing the range and hunting habits of predators. There are sections on lethal and non lethal methods of control, including a section on effective fencing. The book then goes on to talk about guardian animals, predominantly dogs. There is a section that describes 31 different breeds of livestock guardian dogs, giving some history, ...             Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game27 reviews John J. Mettler Storey Publishing, LLC, 1986 More Than Basic Butchering If you ever wanted to know about butchering, this is the book to get. It gives all information not only on butchering, but how to wrap the meat, how long to keep it, the best cuts of meat. This is such a great book.             Livestock Protection Dogs: Selection, Care, and Training14 reviews Orysia Dawydiak, David E. Sims Alpine Blue Ribbon Books, 2004 Helpful book I recently acquired a 2 yr old Great Pyrenees who was previously a goat guardian. I needed him to guard alpacas. This book helped me figure out a solution to all my questions.             The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands to Conserve Native Biodiversity (Legal ...12 reviews Debra L. Donahue University of Oklahoma Press, 1999 Rachel Carson Redux After reading Debra Donahue's powerful book on the misuse and abuse of western grazing lands, I'm of the opinion that she might be as well remebered in the future as Rachel Carson is today. She has vividly pointed to a problem that has broad negative implications on everyone living in the U.S. today. Permit me to briefly tell you my story with respect to open range grazing. While vacationing at ...             How To Butcher Livestock and Game Paul Peacock Good Life Press, 2007 Butchering has been on the decline as a trade for the last 20 years as more and more have turned to pre-packaged, off the shelf meat. But alongside the increasing interest in self-sufficiency more and more people want to butcher their own food. In How to Butcher livestock and Game the author explains, in simple everyday language, the processes involved in butchering beef, lamb, pig, rabbit, chicken, game and fish. He is clear that the animal ...             Handbook of Livestock Management (4th Edition)3 reviews Richard A. Battaglia Prentice Hall, 2006 LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARY STUDENTS THIS BOOK IS PERHAPS THE BEST OVERALL PICTURE OF LARGE ANIMAL VETERINARY SCIENCE, INCLUDING RESTRAINT TECHNIQUES,DISEASES, AND JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LARGE ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. A MUST FOR THE SERIOUS STUDENT!             Marketing Grain and Livestock Gary F. Stasko Wiley-Blackwell, 2003 Marketing is an essential part of any business and the business of agriculture is no exception to this rule. Written by an experienced educator with expertise in futures markets, hedging, and technical price analysis, Marketing Grain & Livestock, 2nd Edition teaches the basics of commodities marketing by farmers, ranchers, grain elevators, packers, and processors. Building upon what made the first edition so appealing user-friendly, ...             Livestock Feeds and Feeding (6th Edition)5 reviews Richard O. Kellems, David C. Church Prentice Hall, 2009 Great Book well worth the buy. It has a lot of great information and the author did a great job writing it.             The Homesteader's Handbook to Raising Small Livestock Goats, Chickens, Sheep. Geese, Rabbits, Hogs, Turkeys, ...2 reviews Jerome D. Belanger Rodale Press, 1974 Raising Small Livestock The ideal handbook for those looking for information in a simple format that is complete in detail and content. It is apparent the author has written from first-hand experience on everything from birds to turkeys. A great reference book to have on the shelf when your daughter wants a cage or hutch for her new pet rabbit or you want to know how to tan that hide from your most recent hunting ...             Mineral Nutrition of Livestock (Cabi) Neville F Suttle CABI, 2010 The fourth edition of this important book covers the advances in livestock mineral nutrition, updated with more illustrations and additional material on the relationship between livestock and man. Recent developments are discussed, such as increasing the 'mineral value' of feeds by the use of additives and enhancing mineral availability through the use of organic sources of trace elements. The concept of the 'mineral footprint' of livestock ...             Raising Small Livestock: A Practical Handbook Jerome D. Belanger Dover Publications, 2005 For owners of rural properties who are considering raising small animals, this clearly written guide provides valuable information. Explains how to get started, provides guidance along the way, and suggests what to do when problems occur, with specific information on caring for animals, available breeds, disease control, and mixing feed. 27 halftones; 23 line illustrations.             Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock : Western U.S.1 review Shirley A. Weathers Rosebud Press (UT), 1998 Poisonous or not? This book put my mind at ease when it helped me identify some very poisonous plants in my pastures. Photos would be more helpful than the illustrations but the detailed information on signs of poisoning and treatments is comforting to have close at hand.              search for books approach, archaeology, behavior, biodiversity, butchering, chickens, development, ethnography, facilities, grass-based, guardians, handbook, handling, healthier, homesteader, linguistics, livestock, management, marketing, miniature, nutrition, poisonous, practical, protection, revisited, selection, sustainability, training, understanding, veterinary books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Muscle Building for Beginners home  impressum - about us