CATTLE Books &

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Alternative Foraging for Ruminants Laane & Wilkinson Chalcombe Pb 151pp     
An up to date practical review of a wide range of forage crops including legumes, maize, whole-crop cereals, fodder beet and kale. Contributors discuss aspects of production, utilisation and the economic issues involved in alternative forages. Essential for all involved in producing and using forages

£13.50

British Cattle Porter Shire Pb 40pp

£ 4.50

Cattle Ailments Straiton Crowood Hb 182pp  
Eddie Straiton is the world’s outstanding communicator of veterinary procedures and animal care. He earned the title ‘TV Vet’ from the long series of television programmes in which he brilliantly demonstrated animal husbandry to a wide audience.
Following on from television Eddie Straiton became a prolific author, and more than half a million copies of his books have been sold around the world in many languages. Now in its seventh edition, Cattle Ailments – Recognition and Treatment features a concise, clear text built around a large number of specially taken colour photographs.
Comprehensive yet easily accessible, this is an invaluable handbook for anybody who keeps cattle.

£16.99

Calf Rearing: Thickett, Mitchell & Hallow : FP Hb 170pp
 
For specialist calf rearers and farmers rearing dairy replacements, this book offers practical guidance on modern practice. It gives full details on :The four housed rearing systems, The general management of calves from birth, The basis of calf physiology and nutrition and How best to ensure calf health.

£14.95

Calving the Cow & Care of the Calf Straiton Crowood Hb 152pp  
Essentially a veterinary surgeon, Eddie Straiton has always specialized in obstetrics. Appalled at the damage done by existing ‘brute force’ calving methods, he pioneered caesarean section in 1945 – a technique now practised throughout the world. He followed this up with a study of natural bovine birth – about which little or no information existed. The results of this study and the techniques evolved from it form the basis of this book.

Now in its fifth edition, Calving the Cow & Care of the Calf features a concise, clear text built around a large number of specially taken photographs.
CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT

£18.99

Indoor Beef Production: Hardy Meadowcroft FP Hb 155pp

£13.75

Raising A Calf For Beef: Hobson, Garden Way Pb 129pp

£ 8.99

Rationing Beef Cattle: Allen Chalcombe Pb 79pp  
Practical guide to the nutritional requirements of beef cattle by an international authority on the subject. Also included are guidelines to help improve performance and efficiency on beef units together with an easy to use method for calculating rations. Valuable for farmers, advisers, teachers and students.     (no image available)

£ 9.95

Suckled Calf Production StainsfieldChalcombe Pb 105pp  
Best seller on how to manage suckler cows and their calves. Based on the practical experience of the author, the book covers breeding, calving, grazing, herd sires, nutrition of cows and bulls and keeping the calves healthy. A vital book if you want to know how to produce suckled calves successfully

£16.95

The Family Cow Van Loon Storey Pb 202pp  
Covering everything from choosing your cow to feeding, caring for, and milking it, this book provides all the basics for the family that has decided to keep a cow

£12.99

The Secret Life of Cows: Young FBV Pb 121 pp  

Cows can love, play games, bond and form strong life long friendships. They can sulk, they can hold grudges, they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and more have been observed, documented, interpreted and retold by Rosamund Young based on her experiences looking after the family's herd on Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire. A farm that has long been regarded as a trail blazer of the organic movement worldwide and inspiring many, including HRH Prince Charles, to take up the organic cause.

£ 7.95

The Secret Life of Cows: Young FBV Hb 121 pp  
The hardback collector's edition.

£14.99

Raising Beef Cattle: Smith Thomas Pb 343pp

£12.95

The Field Guide to Cattle Porter VP Hb 144pp

Profiles over 60 breeds of beef, dairy, draft cattle. This book offers information from practical tips for communicating with bulls and reading a cow's body language and the history and science behind cross-breeding and herd instincts, mooing, milking, and calving; and horns, bovine digestion, and the difference between dairy wedge and beef block.

£12.99

Lameness in Cattle Watson Crowood Hb 175pp

£16.99

Getting Started with Beef and Dairy Cattle Smith Thomas 288pp Pb

Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle encourages new and beginning farmers to start small, and start right. Thomas explains as simply as possible the basics of selecting and raising a calf, along with feeding, shelter, and care guidelines. She also covers breeding and calving, as well as tips for managing a herd throughout the seasons. There’s basic health care information for preventing disease and addressing common ailments. For those raising beef cattle, Thomas offers guidelines for butchering; for those raising dairy cattle, there are step-by-step guidelines on milking.

With a whole new generation returning to the farm who don’t have a family history of farming, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle is a much-needed resource. Heather Smith Thomas has devoted her life to passing on the knowledge, understanding, and attitude necessary to become a successful farmer.

 £12.99

 TBA