This guide offers comprehensive insights into the world of smallholder cattle keeping, ideal for individuals seeking to integrate cattle into their property management and food production. It focuses on selecting the most suitable breeds for diverse circumstances, covering practical advice on land, housing, fencing, and the choice between beef and dairy cows. The manual also provides essential tips on acquiring, relocating, and handling livestock, alongside guidance on feeding and breeding practices, making it an invaluable resource for aspiring and current cattle owners.
The scope of this illustrated guide extends to detailed profiles of sixty of the most recognized cattle breeds globally. Each profile features engaging text that explores the breed's history, key characteristics, and care requirements, all enhanced by beautiful author illustrations. Introductory sections offer practical advice on rearing calves and managing cattle, ensuring readers are well-equipped to make informed decisions and provide optimal care for their animals, fostering a rewarding and sustainable cattle-keeping enterprise.
Keeping cattle as a smallholder can be a rewarding enterprise, supplying you with food and milk and helping with the management of grassland on your property. This delightfully illustrated and informative ebook is ideal for anyone interested in keeping a cow or two, who would like to choose the best breed for their circumstances.
The Illustrated Guide to Cows covers the 60 most familiar breeds of cattle worldwide. Breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history of each breed, its main characteristics and how to look after them, and each one has been beautifully illustrated by the author.
Introductory sections contain practical advice on all elements of rearing calves and keeping cattle, including what to consider about land, housing and fencing, whether to choose beef or dairy cows, tips on buying, moving and handling your stock, and guidance on feeding and breeding.
Author: Lewis, Celia
Publisher: Bloomsbury Natural History
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Illustrated Guide to Cows: How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them
Pages: 00160 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2014-12-18
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781408181355
Category: Nature : Animals - Mammals
Keeping cattle as a smallholder can be a rewarding enterprise, supplying you with food and milk and helping with the management of grassland on your property. This delightfully illustrated and informative ebook is ideal for anyone interested in keeping a cow or two, who would like to choose the best breed for their circumstances.
The Illustrated Guide to Cows covers the 60 most familiar breeds of cattle worldwide. Breed profiles are written in engaging text that covers the history of each breed, its main characteristics and how to look after them, and each one has been beautifully illustrated by the author.
Introductory sections contain practical advice on all elements of rearing calves and keeping cattle, including what to consider about land, housing and fencing, whether to choose beef or dairy cows, tips on buying, moving and handling your stock, and guidance on feeding and breeding.
Author: Lewis, Celia
Publisher: Bloomsbury Natural History
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Illustrated Guide to Cows: How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them
Pages: 00160 (Encrypted EPUB)
On Sale: 2014-12-18
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781408181355
Category: Nature : Animals - Mammals
