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Sheep Farming - With Information on Breeds, Rearing, Fattening and Wool (Paperback): Various Sheep Farming - With Information on Breeds, Rearing, Fattening and Wool (Paperback)
Various
R820 Discovery Miles 8 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This early work on sheep farming is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains information on breed varieties, rearing, fattening and wool production. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in livestock management. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats (Paperback): George W. Van Der Noot Dairy Goats - With Information on the Breeds, Breeding and Management of Dairy Goats (Paperback)
George W. Van Der Noot
R405 Discovery Miles 4 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Livestock - With Information for Farmers on the Symptoms and Treatments of Diseases... Contagious and Infectious Diseases of Livestock - With Information for Farmers on the Symptoms and Treatments of Diseases (Paperback)
Nelson S. Mayo
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Breeds of Milk Goats - With Information on Nubian, Murciene, Toggenburg and Other Goat Breeds (Paperback): Various Breeds of Milk Goats - With Information on Nubian, Murciene, Toggenburg and Other Goat Breeds (Paperback)
Various
R687 Discovery Miles 6 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "Breeds of Milk Goats" contains information on the Nubian, Murciene, Toggenburg and many more. It is intended to illustrate the main goat breeds and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork

The Health of Goats - With Information on Diagnosis, Treatment and General Care of Goats (Paperback): Various The Health of Goats - With Information on Diagnosis, Treatment and General Care of Goats (Paperback)
Various
R384 Discovery Miles 3 840 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Each publication has been professionally curated and includes all details on the original source material. This particular instalment, "The Health of Goats" contains information on the diagnosis and treatment of goat ailments. It is intended to illustrate aspects of goat health and serves as a guide for anyone wishing to obtain a general knowledge of the subject and understand the field in its historical context. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Swine Production - With Information on the Breeding, Care and Management of Pigs (Paperback): W. C. Skelley Swine Production - With Information on the Breeding, Care and Management of Pigs (Paperback)
W. C. Skelley
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This early work on pig farming is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains information on breeding, care, swine selection and much more. This is a fascinating work and is thoroughly recommended for anyone interested in livestock management. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Standard Poland-China Record V10, Part 2 (1919) (Paperback): Poland-China Record Association The Standard Poland-China Record V10, Part 2 (1919) (Paperback)
Poland-China Record Association
R1,403 Discovery Miles 14 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cattle - Types and Breeds - With Information on Shorthorns, The Hereford, The Galloway and Other Breeds (Paperback): Various Cattle - Types and Breeds - With Information on Shorthorns, The Hereford, The Galloway and Other Breeds (Paperback)
Various
R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mule a Treatise on the Breeding Training and Uses to Which He May Be Put (Paperback): Harvey Riley The Mule a Treatise on the Breeding Training and Uses to Which He May Be Put (Paperback)
Harvey Riley
R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

Small Stock Management (Paperback): Johan Oberholster Small Stock Management (Paperback)
Johan Oberholster
R590 R533 Discovery Miles 5 330 Save R57 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Buckets of Honey from Boxes of Bees (Paperback): Ken Pickles Buckets of Honey from Boxes of Bees (Paperback)
Ken Pickles
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Modern Cowboy (Paperback, Second Edition): John R Erickson The Modern Cowboy (Paperback, Second Edition)
John R Erickson; Photographs by Kristine C. Erickson
R474 Discovery Miles 4 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The American cowboy is a mythical character who refuses to die," says author John R. Erickson. On the one hand he is a common man: a laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his lonely struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes larger than life. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from and where is he today? Erickson addresses these questions based on firsthand observation and experience in Texas and Oklahoma. And in the process of describing and defining the modern working cowboy-his work, his tools and equipment, his horse, his roping technique, his style of dress, his relationships with his wife and his employer-Erickson gives a thorough description of modern ranching, the economic milieu in which the cowboy operates. The first edition of this book was published in 1981. For this second edition Erickson has thoroughly revised and expanded the book to discuss recent developments in cowboy culture, making The Modern Cowboy the most up-to-date source on cowboy and ranch life today. "We meet the modern cowboy (his dress depends on weather, chores, and vanity) and follow him through the year: spring roundup, branding and 'working' the calves; spotting problem animals and cutting them from the herd; repairing windmills and mending fences; fall roundup, and feeding animals in winter. . . . This is a lively portrait, sure to appeal to all Western buffs."- Publishers Weekly "For a straightforward, highly readable account of today's cowboy, you can't do better. . . . Informative, engaging, and clearly the real thing."- Kirkus Reviews "Erickson has caught the ambience of the working cowboy, what he loves to do, and what he must do to keep a ranch operating day-to-day and season-to-season. In doing this, he actually provides an account of how much cowboying has changed in the hundred or so years of its existence."- Western American Literature

Phosphorus and Calcium Utilization and Requirements in Farm Animals (Hardcover): Mauro Bueno Phosphorus and Calcium Utilization and Requirements in Farm Animals (Hardcover)
Mauro Bueno; Edited by Dorinha Vitti; Contributions by Ives Da Silva Bueno; Edited by Ermias Kebreab; Contributions by Jose Da Silva Filho, …
R3,505 Discovery Miles 35 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mineral nutrition of livestock is an area of significant importance due to its contribution to farm animal economics and health. With a focus on macromineral utilization in farm animals, this book brings together quantitative aspects of phosphorus and calcium metabolism in farm animals in chapters written by leading researchers worldwide. It covers isotope dilution technique, phosphorus and calcium utilization in ruminants (sheep, goats and cattle) and non-ruminants (swine, horses) and recommended value of phosphorus and calcium inclusion in feed. It is an essential resource for researchers and students in animal sciences and nutrition.

Fine Wool - Sheep Husbandry (1863) (Hardcover): Henry S. Randall Fine Wool - Sheep Husbandry (1863) (Hardcover)
Henry S. Randall
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Healing the Herds - Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine (Paperback): Karen Brown, Daniel... Healing the Herds - Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine (Paperback)
Karen Brown, Daniel Gilfoyle
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Healing the Herds: Disease, Livestock Economies, and the Globalization of Veterinary Medicine" offers a new and exciting
comparative approach to the complex interrelationships of microbes, markets, and medicine in the global economy. It draws upon fourteen case studies from the Americas, western Europe, and the European and Japanese colonies to illustrate how the rapid growth of the international trade in animals through the nineteenth century engendered the spread of infectious diseases, sometimes with devastating consequences for indigenous pastoral societies.
At different times and across much of the globe, livestock epidemics have challenged social order and provoked state interventions, which were sometimes opposed by pastoralists. The intensification of agriculture has transformed environments, with consequences for animal and human health. But the last two centuries have also witnessed major changes in the way societies have conceptualized diseases and sought to control them. The rise of germ theories and the discovery of vaccines against some infections made it possible to move beyond the blunt tools of animal culls and restrictive quarantines of the past. Nevertheless, these older methods have remained important to strategies of control and prevention, as demonstrated during the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Britain in 2001.
From the late nineteenth century, advances in veterinary technologies afforded veterinary scientists a new professional status and allowed them to wield greater political influence. In the European and Japanese colonies, state support for biomedical veterinary science often led to coercive policies for managing the livestock economies of the colonized peoples. In western Europe and North America, public responses to veterinary interventions were often unenthusiastic and reflected a latent distrust of outside interference and state regulation. Politics, economics, and science inform these essays on the history of animal diseases and the expansion in veterinary medicine.

Bats in Captivity, v. 1 - Biological and Medical Aspects (Paperback, New): Susan M. Barnard Bats in Captivity, v. 1 - Biological and Medical Aspects (Paperback, New)
Susan M. Barnard
R2,330 Discovery Miles 23 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A comprehensive book intended for anyone maintaining bats in captivity. It comprises 44 papers by 22 contributing authors. Bats in Captivity is the only book of its kind, detailing the care of captive bats worldwide. This volume, Biological and Medical Aspects, includes a drug formulary, information on public health, anatomy and physiology, controlling reproduction, parasitology, and veterinary medicine and surgery, plus many other related subjects.

Enhanced-growth feeding programs for dairy calves - Nutrition, Management (Paperback): Terre Marta Enhanced-growth feeding programs for dairy calves - Nutrition, Management (Paperback)
Terre Marta
R1,516 Discovery Miles 15 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In recent years, enhanced-growth feeding programs in dairy calves have been widely studied. It consists to feed calves high amounts of milk or milk replacer to achieve their potential growth. When calves are fed with an enhanced-growth feeding program grow around 800-1000 g/d in contrast to conventional feeding programs, that limits the offer of milk replacer to 500 g/d and calves only grow 450 g/d. Conventional feeding programs are conceived to stimulate starter consumption to improve rumen development and wean calves as soon as possible. This work consists on four studies that compare conventional and enhanced-growth feeding programs. In all the studies, conventional-fed calves consumed more starter during the preweaning period than enhanced-fed calves, but this difference was only maintained until one or two weeks after weaning. Although enhanced-fed calves maintained a numerical advantage in body weight compared with conventional-fed calves later in life, this advantage did neither reduce the age at breeding nor improve fertility at first breeding in enhanced-fed calves.

The Mule - A Treatise On The Breeding, Training And Uses, To Which He May Be Put (Paperback): Harvey Riley The Mule - A Treatise On The Breeding, Training And Uses, To Which He May Be Put (Paperback)
Harvey Riley
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

The Master Showmen of King Ranch - The Story of Beto and Librado Maldonado (Paperback): Betty Bailey Colley, Jane Clements... The Master Showmen of King Ranch - The Story of Beto and Librado Maldonado (Paperback)
Betty Bailey Colley, Jane Clements Monday, Beto Maldonado; Introduction by Stephen J. "Tio" Kleberg
R628 Discovery Miles 6 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Winner, San Antonio Conservation Society Citation, 2011 Texas's King Ranch has become legendary for a long list of innovations, the most enduring of which is the development of the first official cattle breed in the Americas, the Santa Gertrudis. Among those who played a crucial role in the breed's success were Librado and Alberto "Beto" Maldonado, master showmen of the King Ranch. A true "bull whisperer," Librado Maldonado developed a method for gentling and training cattle that allowed him and his son Beto to show the Santa Gertrudis to their best advantage at venues ranging from the famous King Ranch auctions to a Chicago television studio to the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. They even boarded a plane with the cattle en route to the International Fair in Casablanca, Morocco, where they introduced the Santa Gertrudis to the African continent. In The Master Showmen of King Ranch, Beto Maldonado recalls an eventful life of training and showing King Ranch Santa Gertrudis. He engagingly describes the process of teaching two-thousand-pound bulls to behave "like gentlemen" in the show ring, as well as the significant logistical challenges of transporting them to various high-profile venues around the world. His reminiscences, which span more than seventy years of King Ranch history, combine with quotes from other Maldonado family members, co-workers, and ranch owners to shed light on many aspects of ranch life, including day-to-day work routines, family relations, women's roles, annual celebrations, and the enduring ties between King Ranch owners and the vaquero families who worked on the ranch through several generations.

Fine Wool - Sheep Husbandry (1863) (Paperback): Henry S. Randall Fine Wool - Sheep Husbandry (1863) (Paperback)
Henry S. Randall
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cottage Economy - Containing Information Relative To The Brewing Of Beer, Etc.; To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend;... Cottage Economy - Containing Information Relative To The Brewing Of Beer, Etc.; To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend; Or A Defense Of The Rights Of Those Who Do The Work And Fight The Battles (1833) (Paperback)
William Cobbett
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A son of humble circumstance (his father was an innkeeper), a champion of the working class, and an early anti-corporate activist, William Cobbett was most vociferous in his ideas about what makes for a happy and productive peasant. In this 1821 classic of self-reliance and the efficient usage and management of the small farm, Corbett shares his instructions and philosophies regarding . the brewing of beer (and why the notorious tea is not an acceptable substitute) . the making of bread (and why the modern custom of using potatoes to serve the same dietary purpose is deplorable) . the keeping of cows, pigs, bees, geese, and other useful creatures . the growing of straw for making hats and bonnets . the building of an ice house . and much more. British journalist and radical WILLIAM COBBETT (1762-1835) published the weekly newsletter Political Register and is also the author of Advice to Young Men (1829), The Progress of a Ploughboy to a Seat in Parliament (1830), and Rural Rides (1830).

Horses And Heroes - The Story Of The Horse In America For 450 Years (Hardcover): Frazier Hunt, Robert Hunt Horses And Heroes - The Story Of The Horse In America For 450 Years (Hardcover)
Frazier Hunt, Robert Hunt
R1,258 Discovery Miles 12 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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Modern Pig Keeping (Paperback): H. P Jaques Modern Pig Keeping (Paperback)
H. P Jaques
R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in 1924 and regularly revised since then, this book is an exhaustive study of the craft of pig-keeping. Full of detailed instructions from a more natural era of farming, this book tels all that you need to now to successfully rear pigs, and is still of great practical use today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: What's Wrong? The Danish System The Open-Air System The Breeds The Breeding Herd Farrowing and Weaning The Foods Feeding Registration and Identification Marks Vitamins The Absorption of Foods Balanced Rations Rations For In-Pig Sows and Gilts Rations For Sows With Young Rations For Young Pigs Rations For Pigs From 3 to 6 Months Old Rations For Fattening Pigs Weighing Diseases Short Notes The Outlook Imports of Bacon, Hams, Pork and Lard Pig Societies Breeders' Tables Memoranda

Fresh-Air Poultry Houses - The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry (Paperback): Prince T Woods Fresh-Air Poultry Houses - The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry (Paperback)
Prince T Woods; Foreword by Robert Plamondon
R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Fresh Air or Bust To stay healthy, your chickens need plenty of ventilation probably more than they re getting today. This was discovered over 100 years ago, but has been largely forgotten. Today s small-flock housing tends to be dank, dark, and smelly. Chickens, like miners canaries, are easily harmed by poor air quality. Wet litter breeds disease. Darkness forces chickens, like parrots, to be artificially inactive. Dank, dark, and smelly is a deadly combination Closed chicken houses are so harmful that knocking out a wall can cause an immediate improvement, even in winter. Chickens, after all, have a thick coat of feathers to keep them warm, but are vulnerable to poor air quality and pathogens in the litter; and their unwillingness to eat in the dark means they can starve in the midst of plenty. Fresh-Air Poultry Houses was written by Dr. Prince T. Woods, a noted poultry health expert. Dr. Woods describes not only his own poultry houses, but those of many of his clients, giving the book a breadth of experience that makes it a unique resource. This 1924 book is old-fashioned and a little eccentric, but in a good way. Fresh-Air Poultry Houses is a good example of the Norton Creek Press motto: Most of the best books are out of print and forgotten, but we can fix that See our Web site at http: //www.nortoncreekpress.com

The Story Of The Herefords - An Account Of The Origin And Development Of The Breed In Herefordshire V1 (1914) (Paperback):... The Story Of The Herefords - An Account Of The Origin And Development Of The Breed In Herefordshire V1 (1914) (Paperback)
Alvin Howard Sanders
R1,262 Discovery Miles 12 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A Sketch Of Its Early Introduction Into The United States And Canada, And Subsequent Rise To Popularity In The Western Cattle Trade, With Sundry Notes On The Management Of Breeding Herds.

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