Whether your goal is to raise one cow or to own a larger herd of dairy or beef cattle, the expert advice in this hands-on guidebook will tell you all you need to know. How to Raise Cattle guides readers through beef and dairy operations from beginning to end, sharing valuable information about facilities, enclosures, breeds, production systems, stocking guidelines, feeding, reproduction, nutrient management, husbandry, marketing, milk, and exit strategies....

The author distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animals.

Baby Calf stands for the first time, nurses from his mother, and then begins to explore the world around him.

While the cowboy of he sage and mesquite has received his well deserved plaudits from American admirers and historians, the Florida cowman has been all but overlooked. Perhaps nothingis more satisfying than telling a story somehow overlooked, particularly when the characters are richly colored and the events are highly dramatic, Although this short monograph presents no more than a surface look at the real Florida cowman, it is hoped that is will...

"Did you know that a cow has 32 teeth, but no front teeth? Learn more about these fascinating farm animals in Cattle, a Farm Animals book"--

"Matthew Garth undertakes a desperate cattle drive from Texas to Dodge City, dealing with threats from storms, rustlers, and even his own family"--

Story of how we've changed the cow and how the cow has changed us, forever. Human history, biology, agriculture and economics have all been affected by this most influental animal. Societies which learned to domesticate the cow prospered, while those that did not were left behind.

Dan Killoe--over six feet of tough, raw, lightning fast man. He had a trail heard and a mass of settlers to get across unknown territory to a new land. Then he gave shelter to a stranger being hunted by Felipe Soto, scar-faced leader of the renegade Comancheros. This time Killoe was borrowing more trouble than he wanted to handle.