A Few Words About This Book
Introduction
Part One: Basic Cattle Care
1 Finances
2 Housing, Facilities, and Equipment
3 Nutrition
4 Keeping Your Calf Healthy
Part Two: Raising a Beef Calf
5 Choosing a Beef Breed
6 Selecting a Beef Calf and Bringing Him Home
7 Caring for Your New Beef Calf
8 Feeding Your Beef Calf
9 Training, Fitting, and Showing Your Beef Calf
10 Raising a Beef Heifer
11 Breeding and Calving
12 Managing Your Own Herd
Part Three: Raising a Dairy Heifer
13 Selecting and Buying a Dairy Calf
14 Care of the Young Dairy Calf
15 Weaning Through Yearling Year
16 Breeding and Calving the Dairy Heifer
17 Care of the Dairy Cow
Helpful Sources
Glossary
Index
