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9780882660660
This is the basic book -- yet with all the essential details -- for the family that decides to keep a cow for all the benefits she can provide. Learn first the costs, the gains, what she gives and takes. There are practical, fully-illustrated chapters that include: The history and behavior of the cow. Nutritional needs, from grass to milk. Buying a cow -- the sources, breeds and factors to consider. Handling techniques, housing and fencing. Feeds and feeding -- cow and calf. Milking and uses of milk. Health and diseases, breeding and calving. Growing feed crops, use of manure.Van Loon, Dirk is the author of 'Family Cow' with ISBN 9780882660660 and ISBN 0882660667.
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