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Summary: Small scale beef breeder guide
Review: Excellent book for novice breeder. Covers genetics, breeding, maintaining healthy stock. Detailed, accurate information. Excellent reference for beginner breeder.
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Summary: A practical, insightful, Bible for profitable beef.
Review: Heather Smith Thomas has achieved the unachievable - a comprehensive text for aspiring cowboys!If you've ever visited a friend or family member who is trying to make a living on a small farm you have probably been asked to pitch in. And, if you have tried helping, you probably have felt you could have been more help picking ticks off a dead cow than trying to rustle the calf into its corral. At least I felt so many years ago. Don't get me wrong, I don't yet feel I am competent with the critters. I merely feel I am no longer the city slicker asking dumb questions! After reading this excellent book I am excited to start raising beef cattle for profit. I can do this on a small scale without harming the environment and without millions of dollars and without using techniques that alienate me from my animal rights' activist friends, because of common sense advice from Heather Smith Thomas. Okay, I probably will aggravate my more radical friends and will irritate my vegetarian niece, but, you haven't lived until you've eaten beef! Buy this book. Read it thoroughly BEFORE you buy those calves. Then keep it handy for frequent reference!
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Summary: raising beef cattle
Review: I found this book to be very informative, and very educational. Even for the novice person who might not know much information of cattle this book would be very helpful.
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Summary: raising beef cattle
Review: I have read this book cover to cover more than once now and find that it answers every question I have for near every situation. It is the most useful book I have in my cattle library. Whether you are an experienced cowboy or just getting started, this book will help you with keeping your livestock healthy and you a happy producer. Well written and easy to read!
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Summary: Amazing book
Review: If you've read all the other books on how to raise cattle and still have a million questions, reading this book will answer them! I'm so overloaded with information I can't think of any more questions to ask. This book will take weeks of rereading to get half the information to sink in. Very impressive work. Incredible illustrations and photographs. If you've ever wondered exactly where your hand should be to check a cow's uterus for conception, you'll know after examining the illustrations. If you want to know every detail for visually evaluating a bull for fertility, it's in there. Want to know how to reinforce a fence corner? It's in there. Want to see an excellent corral design? It's in there. Great book to own, not borrow, because you will be referring to it for years to come.
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Summary: Amazing book
Review: If you've read all the other books on how to raise cattle and still have a million questions, reading this book will answer them! I'm so overloaded with information I can't think of any more questions to ask. This book will take weeks of rereading to get half the information to sink in. Very impressive work. Incredible illustrations and photographs. If you've ever wondered exactly where your hand should be to check a cow's uterus for conception, you'll know after examining the illustrations. If you want to know every detail for visually evaluating a bull for fertility, it's in there. Want to know how to reinforce a fence corner? It's in there. Want to see an excellent corral design? It's in there. Great book to own, not borrow, because you will be referring to it for years to come.
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Summary: A must for Raising Beef....just awesome!
Review: This book covers all areas of raising a beef cow, plus has all the information needed to enjoy raising and breeding cows for the small farm adventure. It's absolutely chock full of excellent advice to the reader...you just can't go wrong here!
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Summary: The Perfect Cattle Farming Reference Book
Review: This book covers every aspect involved in a cattle operation. The material is laid out in a user-friendly, clear, concise format, complete with useful graphics. I was looking for a "Cow Encyclopedia" for my husband, and this was it.
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Summary: The Perfect Cattle Farming Reference Book
Review: This book covers every aspect involved in a cattle operation. The material is laid out in a user-friendly, clear, concise format, complete with useful graphics. I was looking for a "Cow Encyclopedia" for my husband, and this was it.
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Summary: Wonderful, Informative, Great for the beginner/Novice
Review: This book will help the beginner make informative decisions and understand which questions to ask. A calf is more than a pet. Ms. Thomas has covered everything except the butchering. She explains terms in language easily understood. This book helped me understand not only what the cows need, but the area I will be raising them in also. She explains breeds, cross breeds, and the benefits of both.
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