Getting started with beef & dairy cattle /
Thomas, Heather Smith, 1944-
Getting started with beef & dairy cattle / Getting started with beef and dairy cattle Heather Smith Thomas. - North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2005. - vi, 281 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252) and index.
What Do I Need? Nutrition Maintaining Healthy Cattle Choosing a Beef Breed Selecting and Transporting Beef Cattle Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Natural, Organic, and Grass-Fed Beef Raising Beef Heifers Breeding and Calving the Beef Heifer Beef Herd Management Selecting Dairy Cattle Care of the Dairy Heifer Breeding and Calving the Dairy Heifer Care of the Dairy Cow A Dairy of Your Own Gallery of Breeds 1 4 -- 2 24 -- 3 32 -- 4 64 -- 5 74 -- 6 82 -- 7 93 -- 8 104 -- 9 117 -- 10 142 -- 11 160 -- 12 174 -- 13 195 -- 14 205 -- 15 215 -- 235.
A guide to raising beef and dairy cattle that explains how to pick the best cattle, with an overview of specific breed attributes and information on how size, color, body shape, hair length, and milking abilities make each more or less suitable to various needs.
1580176046 : HRD $26.95
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 708 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10003, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2005009458
Beef cattle.
Dairy cattle.
SF207 / .T46 2005
636.2/1
Getting started with beef & dairy cattle / Getting started with beef and dairy cattle Heather Smith Thomas. - North Adams, MA : Storey Pub., c2005. - vi, 281 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-252) and index.
What Do I Need? Nutrition Maintaining Healthy Cattle Choosing a Beef Breed Selecting and Transporting Beef Cattle Care and Handling of Beef Cattle Natural, Organic, and Grass-Fed Beef Raising Beef Heifers Breeding and Calving the Beef Heifer Beef Herd Management Selecting Dairy Cattle Care of the Dairy Heifer Breeding and Calving the Dairy Heifer Care of the Dairy Cow A Dairy of Your Own Gallery of Breeds 1 4 -- 2 24 -- 3 32 -- 4 64 -- 5 74 -- 6 82 -- 7 93 -- 8 104 -- 9 117 -- 10 142 -- 11 160 -- 12 174 -- 13 195 -- 14 205 -- 15 215 -- 235.
A guide to raising beef and dairy cattle that explains how to pick the best cattle, with an overview of specific breed attributes and information on how size, color, body shape, hair length, and milking abilities make each more or less suitable to various needs.
1580176046 : HRD $26.95
Workman Pub Co, Attn: Mary Beth 708 Broadway, New York, NY, USA, 10003, (212)2545900 SAN 203-2821
2005009458
Beef cattle.
Dairy cattle.
SF207 / .T46 2005
636.2/1