The Sheep Book for Smallholders - Hardcover

Tim Tyne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 190487164X ISBN 13: 9781904871644

Publisher: The Good Life Press, 2009

Synopsis

The book is the most comprehensive title on keeping sheep on a smallscale published and is widely considered as the bible for sheepkeepers. Whether the reader keeps sheep for pleasure or profit this key text covers all the essential information needed to care for their flock. Split into sections and logically divided into the seasons - to reflect the shepherd's year it includes selecting the breed fit for the job, housing, feeding, grass management, obstetrics, laming, ailments, slaughter, butchering as well as sheepdog training. It has chapters devoted to the processing of the fleece including wool, spinning and weaving and dairy products. Combined with an invaluable and large resource section and appendices which cover statutory requirements, notifiable diseases, gestation and conversion tables this book is the ultimate shepherds companion and ideal for both the novice and more experienced sheepkeeper.

About this title

About the Author

Tim Tyne was brought up on a productive smallholding in North East Essex, where his family consistently achieved a high level of self sufficiency. Having gained additional valuable practical experience on a number of other farms and smallholdings in East Anglia, he then went on to study at the Welsh Agricultural College. At the end of his studies he moved to the small offshore island of Bardsey, North West Wales. Now living back on the main land but still in North Wales, Tim and his family live on their own smallholding and are as self-sufficient as possible. Tim is a regular contributor to Country Smallholding Magazine and runs courses on shepherding and self-sufficeincy from his smallholding in Wales.

Edition details

• Publisher: The Good Life Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190487164X
• ISBN 13: 9781904871644
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320