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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This is the basic book for anyone who decides to keep a cow. Fully-illustrated chapters with accurate information on buying, behavior, nutrition, breeds, handling, feeding, milking, health care, calving, and growing feed crops. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Dirk Van Loon | | Paperback: | 272 pages | | Publisher: | Storey Publishing, LLC | | Publication Date: | January 03, 1976 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0882660667 | | Package Length: | 8.9 inches | | Package Width: | 5.9 inches | | Package Height: | 0.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 1.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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Must buy for sustainability farmers Aug 31, 2010
After owning my first cow without knowing any of the basics, this book is invaluable to me. The information on how and what to feed my cow and calf helped me immensely. I wandered from feed store to feed store trying to obtain information on what to feed my dairy cow. The chapter on nutrition includes diagrams of the ruminant digestive system, which helped me understand why the right diet would protect my cow's health, and make her more productive over the years. There are great stories about how to choose your own family cow, and how to match the animal with your capabilities, farm and goals.
Consider this book a necessity for your farm library.
awesome way to start Feb 06, 2010
I feel like this book is a great start. I still don't have a cow, but i feel much more prepared now than I was before I bought this book. Great detail about vitamins and minerals and just an all-around great introduction.
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A valuable resource! Jun 17, 2009
This book is loaded with information! If you're even just thinking of keeping a cow then this is a book you'll want to have. I have to compare this book with Keeping The Family Cow by Joann S. Grohman and both books were very good. This one does have pictures and that's a plus but reading Joann S. Grohman's book was more interesting for me as she seemed to share her own personal experience with readers in a way that Dirk Van Loon did not. I gave them both five stars and recommend both books equally. Read them both!
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Great Reference Tool Feb 07, 2009
This book was not only inspiring and reassuring to read the first time for first time milkers, it has become a reference goldmine for all things milk cow. It was also an revealing look at the history, governmental diminishment, and eventual popular reemergence of the family milk cow.
Amply and simply illustrated no-nonsense text on everything from the raw vs. pasteurized debate to milking technique and milk product recipes. Lots of charts and graphs and anatomical renderings for thoroughly understanding the animal and the functions of milk production at home.
There isn't a question that's come up that I couldn't find the answer to in this book and we have a happy Family Cow because of it.
homesteader's classic Apr 04, 2008
If you like to get down on the farm, this is a great book on dairy cows.
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