Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef & Dairy Cattle, Rabbits & Other Small Animals (Back to Basics Farming) - Softcover

Nelson, Melissa

 
9781601383754: Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef & Dairy Cattle, Rabbits & Other Small Animals (Back to Basics Farming)

Synopsis

This totally revised and updated book covers every aspect of raising farm animals. You will learn how to care for chickens, from choosing the right breed to raising them for egg production. You will learn how to handle geese and ducks, choosing the correct breeds, feeding, housing, breeding, and selecting the right ones for egg production. You will also learn about egg incubation, maintaining poultry health, and how to raise them for meat. Other animals you will learn how to care for include rabbits, goats, sheep, dairy cows, and beef cattle. Learn about how to purchase, house, feed, breed, record, and butcher animals of all types as well as how to gather milk, use goats and cows for maintaining your fields, and keep records of births and selling babies.

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About the Author

Dr. Melissa Nelson is a graduate of the University Of Minnesota College Of Veterinary Medicine. She currently resides on a beef cattle farm near Ortonville, Minn."

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9781620230091: The Complete Guide to Small Scale Farming Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef and Dairy Cattle, Rabbits, Ducks, and Other Small Animals ... Ducks & Other Small Animals (Back to Basics)

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ISBN 10:  1620230097 ISBN 13:  9781620230091
Publisher: Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., 2015
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