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.
