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The Family Cow

Paperback , 272 pages
ISBN: 9780882660660 (0882660667)
Published by Storey Publishing
$16.95(US) $19.95(CAN)

Table Of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: How Now, (One Brown Cow)?

Chapter Two: A History of Cattle

Chapter Three: Behaving Herself

Chapter Four: Buying A Cow

Chapter Five: Handling and Grooming Cows

Chapter Six: Buildings, Staking, Fencing

Chapter Seven: The Plants Cows Eat

Chapter Eight: Taking It All In

Chapter Nine: A Choice of Foods

Chapter Ten: Measuring Feed Ingredients

Chapter Eleven: Grass/Hay and Concentrates -- A Basic Diet

Chapter Twelve: Shaving the Food Budget

Chapter Thirteen: Milk and Milking

Chapter Fourteen: Milk and the Home Dairy

Chapter Fifteen: Breeding and Heat Periods

Chapter Sixteen: Calving and Calf-Feed -- Care of Young Stock

Chapter Seventeen: Health

Chapter Eighteen: Keeping the Land

Chapter Nineteen: Making and Storing Hay and Roots

One More Thing

Glossary

Other Books and Places

Appendix

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