The Family Cow
The Family Cow
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Book Description
This is the basic book for anyone who decides to keep a cow. Fully-illustrated chapters with accurate information on buying, behavior, nutrition, breeds, handling, feeding, milking, health care, calving, and growing feed crops.
About the Author
Author Dirk van Loon has written two Storey books, The Family Cow and Small-Scale Pig Raising. He publishes a monthly newspaper for small-scale rural producers called Rural Delivery. Dirk is a graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell University and now lives in Nova Scotia.
The Family Cow (A Garden Way Publishing Book),Dirk Van Loon,Storey Publishing, LLC,0882660667,Agriculture - General,Cows,Dairy cattle,Dairying,Science/Mathematics,Technology,Technology & Industrial Arts,Agriculture & Farming,Mathematics and Science,Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry
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