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Calving the Cow and Care of the Calf
By Eddie Straiton
Essentially a veterinary surgeon, the author 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. ...
Cattle Ailments: Recognition and Treatment
By Eddie Straiton
This book provides information on recognising the ailments in cattle, and their treatments.
Featuring a clear, concise text, built around a range of specially taken colour photographs.
Pig Ailments: Recognition and Treatment
By Mark White
This clearly written, non-technical book is essential reading for all those who own, or care for pigs.
It covers all the principal diseases and abnormalities that occur in pigs. Written by an experienced
veterinary surgeon and acknowledged spe...
Pot Bellies and Other Miniature Pigs: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual
By Pat Storer
This book traces the history of miniature pigs, discusses their care requirements,
and includes information on training and common health concerns.
Filled with colour photographs and drawings.
Practical Pig Keeping
By Paul Smith
This fully illustrated manual provides up-to-date information for successful pig keeping.
Sheep Ailments: Recognition and Treatment
By Eddie Straiton
This book covers all the essential information that a flock owner, shepherd or student needs to know.
It features a concise, clear text built around a large number of specially taken photographs, mostly in full colour.
Successful Smallholding: Planning, Starting and Managing Your Enterprise
By J.C.Jeremy Hobson and Phil Rant.
Downshifting has become synonymous with selling up, starting a smallholding and escaping the rat race.
Some people are lucky enough to purchase a property large enough to ensure that the whole family is self-
sufficient, but for most only enoug...
Practical Goat Keeping
By Alan Mowlem
There are well over 200 identifiable breeds of goat in the world with some 13 in the UK as well as many
cross-breeds. Distinctive cheese and yoghurt, prime lean meat and highly prized cashmere and mohair
fibre are all products of this unique s...
Little Bit O'nonsense About Sheep
By Henry Brewis
Cartoons, snippets and verses in a darkly humourous vein, all about sheep and their shepherds. Compiled from
previously published books and in a handy, pocket-sized format, this is a fresh look at Henry Brewis's fondest
enemy: The Mule Yow (or...
Know your Cattle
By Jack Byard
Presenting... 44 breeds of cattle. You will recognise some and there are also unfamiliar faces - but all can be seen
grazing Britain's farms today. They are a mixture of traditional breeds and imported stock, from Ayrshire to Wagyu,
and for ea...
Know your Pigs
By Jack Byard
Presenting... 28 breeds of pig in every shape & size. This selection covers those that you can see widely and a few that you will have to look hard to spot. Some are old favourites such as the Berkshire, one of which, the fictional Empress of Blan...
Know your Sheep
By Jack Byard
From Downland to Longwool, from Dartmoor to Swaledale, the diverse breeds of sheep in Britain reflect local
characteristics and geography. In this book Jack Byard takes us alphabetically through 41 of the breeds which are
the most likely to be s...
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