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Keeping a family cow / by Joann S. Grohman ; foreword by Jack Lazor.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: White River Junction, VT : Chelsea Green Pub., 2013.Edition: Rev. and updated edDescription: p. cmISBN:
  • 9781603584784 (pbk.)
  • 9781603584791 (ebook)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 636.2/142 23
LOC classification:
  • SF239 .G76 2013
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.A Brief History of Dairying -- 2.What Makes Cows So Important? -- 3.Milking Your Cow -- 4.Making Butter, Yogurt, and Cheese -- 5.Drying Off and Milk Fever Prevention Diet -- 6.Calving -- 7.The Calf -- 8.Breeding -- 9.Feeding Your Cow -- 10.Your Organic Cow -- 11.Fencing -- 12.Making Hay -- 13.Pasture Management -- 14.Housing, Water Systems, and Supplies -- 15.Treating Milk Fever -- 16.Diseases and Disorders -- 17.Safety around Your Cow -- 18.Cattle Breeds -- 19.Your Cow Economy.
Summary: The cow is the most productive, efficient creature on earth. She will give you fresh milk, cream, butter, and cheese, build human health and happiness, and even turn a profit for homesteaders and small farmers who seek to offer her bounty to the local market or neighborhood. She will provide rich manure for your garden or land, and will enrich the quality of your life as you benefit from the resources of the natural world. Quite simply, the family that keeps a cow is a healthy family.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Pop-Up Library Non-Fiction Non Fiction 636.2142 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available a00642207

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.A Brief History of Dairying -- 2.What Makes Cows So Important? -- 3.Milking Your Cow -- 4.Making Butter, Yogurt, and Cheese -- 5.Drying Off and Milk Fever Prevention Diet -- 6.Calving -- 7.The Calf -- 8.Breeding -- 9.Feeding Your Cow -- 10.Your Organic Cow -- 11.Fencing -- 12.Making Hay -- 13.Pasture Management -- 14.Housing, Water Systems, and Supplies -- 15.Treating Milk Fever -- 16.Diseases and Disorders -- 17.Safety around Your Cow -- 18.Cattle Breeds -- 19.Your Cow Economy.

The cow is the most productive, efficient creature on earth. She will give you fresh milk, cream, butter, and cheese, build human health and happiness, and even turn a profit for homesteaders and small farmers who seek to offer her bounty to the local market or neighborhood. She will provide rich manure for your garden or land, and will enrich the quality of your life as you benefit from the resources of the natural world. Quite simply, the family that keeps a cow is a healthy family.

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