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The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller. As seen on Channel 5's Our
Yorkshire Farm. 'With its fizzing energy and celebration of nature
and community, this is perfect comfort reading for uncertain times'
Daily Mail ______________________________ Amanda Owen loves her
traditional life on her hill farm alongside her nine children and
husband Clive. And, as readers of her previous bestsellers will
know, every day at Ravenseat brings surprises. In Adventures of the
Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda takes us from her family's desperate
race to save a missing calf to finding her bra has been repurposed
as a house martin's nest, and from wild swimming to the brutal
winter that almost brought her to her knees. As busy as she is with
her family and flock though, an exciting new project soon catches
her eye . . . Ravenseat is a tenant farm and may not stay in the
family, so when Amanda discovers a nearby farmhouse up for sale,
she knows it is her chance to create roots for her children. The
old house needs a lot of renovation and money is tight, so Amanda
sets about the work herself, with some help from a travelling monk,
a visiting plumber and Clive. It's fair to say things do not go
according to plan! Funny, evocative and set in a remote and
beautiful landscape, this book will delight anyone who has hankered
after a new life in the country.
More and more people are deciding to raise small animals for meat.
This is the book that shows exactly how to handle the slaughter and
butchering of small livestock in a humane and sustainable way. With
step-by-step photographs of the farm to table process, it is
destined to be the bible on the topic. It begins with general
information about food safety, freezing and packaging, tools and
equipment, butchering methods, and pre-slaughter conditions before
moving into the specifics of slaughtering and butchering each type
of smaller animal - chicken and other poultry, rabbits, sheep,
pigs, and goats. It includes detailed descriptions of specialty
cuts and how to make them.
Proper nutrition is the most important contributor to equine
health and well-being. Responsible horsekeepers feed their animals
a healthful, nutritionally balanced diet portioned out in
quantities that suit the age, size, and activity level of each
horse. Thriving horses that stay healthy and strong into old age
are those whose nutritional needs are being met.
Leading equine nutritionist Melyni Worth explains the many ways
in which diet affects a horses health, temperament, and
performance, and then goes on to provide a detailed study of equine
nutritional requirements. Horse owners will understand the roles
played by fats, proteins, minerals, electrolytes, and vitamins and
will learn how to evaluate weight and overall well-being and plan a
corresponding diet. Year-by-year concerns are addressed here, as
well as the specific needs of brood mares, performance horses, and
other working animals. Worth also stresses the importance of giving
horses plenty of access to pasture and explains the benefits of
additives and herbal supplements.
Common health problems such as colic, cribbing, and ulcers can
often be corrected through a change in diet. Worth discusses
possible solutions and also helps owners of horses with more
complicated health needs. Challenges such as insulin resistance,
Cushings disease, metabolic bone disorder, and tying-up syndrome
can all be managed or improved by carefully monitoring the horses
feed.
Comprehensive and authoritative, yet easy to understand, "The
Horse Nutrition Handbook" is the essential reference for everyone
who owns or cares for a horse.
Outlining the core principles of the subject, this
introductory-level textbook covers the production of meat, its
structure and chemical composition, meat quality and hygiene, and
animal welfare, handling and slaughter. The new edition has been
updated to cover significant advances such as the process of
conditioning, leading to the tenderization of meat, and new
coverage of the use of molecular genetic techniques to try to
select animals for improved meat quality. It is an essential text
for students and professionals in food science and technology,
those working in the meat industry, meat inspectors, and vets.* New
larger format in two colors throughout* Fully revised and updated
including new coverage of genomics* Carefully selected references
and titles for further reading
Chickens, with their natural beauty and big personalities, are
beloved for the humor and wisdom they bring to daily life. Few are
better acquainted with chickens' charm than Melissa Caughey, who
has introduced the appeal of owning a flock and chronicled the
lives and personalities of her own backyard birds in her
best-selling books. In Chicken Wisdom Frame-Ups, she delivers that
charm for all to enjoy, anywhere a dose of inspiration might be
needed. Sage sentiments meet delightful chicken photography on 50
individual cards, and with a pull-out table-top frame included, you
can display your favorite card or easily swap it out for one that
fits the mood or suits the moment. It's an all-in-one package that
delivers the joy of keeping chickens -- without having to clean the
coop!
Presenting up-to-date information in a highly visual,
reader-friendly manner, THE SCIENCE OF ANIMAL AGRICULTURE, Fifth
Edition, provides a thorough introduction to basic science concepts
involved in the production of agricultural animals. By combining
scientific principles with practical applications, this proven
resource clearly demonstrates how science and agriculture are
integrally related. The text covers biological processes of
agricultural animals--including reproduction, growth and
development, and animal behavior--as well as concerns associated
with production, such as nutrition, disease, and even the latest in
animal biotechnology. The author also addresses key issues such as
animal welfare, consumer concerns, and environmental
considerations, offering students further insights into today's
agricultural industry.
This comprehensive book covers all aspects of sheep health,
husbandry, and disease throughout the annual breeding cycle.
Through extensive and detailed photographs it highlights the
disease and welfare issues that can arise within the great variety
of breeds and flock types. Written by two veterinary surgeons
closely involved in sheep health, it takes a veterinary view of
husbandry and emphasizes the importance of keeping diseases out of
a flock. From practical tasks such as how to check teeth, feet, and
udders, through to vaccination schedules, injection techniques, and
parasite control, it covers the whole life cycle of your flock.
Topics covered include routine procedures, selecting breeding
stock, internal and external parasites, tupping time, pregnancy and
lambing ewes, and lameness.
Considered a classic at the time of its publication in 1910, A
Shepherd's Life is a rare account of the lives of those who lived
on and worked the land in nineteenth-century rural Britain. A
masterful work of prose, W. H. Hudson focuses on the story of one
man, a Wiltshire shepherd named Caleb Bawcombe, whose tales of
sheep dogs, farmer's wives, poachers and local fairs become a
sublime account of a way of life that has largely disappeared from
these shores.
The meat on our plates kills the planet. With global mass
production of livestock reaching ever higher levels to feed an
exploding world population's demand, mankind's ecological hoofprint
reaches critical heights. The Ecological Hoofprint provides a
rigorous and eye-opening analysis of global livestock production.
Following his previous groundbreaking Zed book 'The Global Food
Economy', Tony Weis shows what this production means for the health
of the planet, how it contributes to worsening human inequality and
how it constitutes a profound but invisible aspect of the systemic
violence. This book explains how the phenomenal growth and
industrialization of livestock production is a central part of the
accelerating biophysical contradictions of industrial capitalist
agriculture and of ongoing and future food crises.
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