A family cow can provide an endless supply of delicious fresh milk, but also requires a large investment of time and money. In this practical guide, Dirk van Loon provides detailed information on choosing an appropriate breed for your needs, nutrition, milking, health care, and bovine behavior. With expert advice on everything you need to know keep your animal healthy, happy, and productive, you’ll soon be enjoying all the benefits a family cow can bring.

The Family Cow (Garden Way Publishing Book)

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Van Loon, Dirk

Cooking by Ingredient

Storey Publishing, LLC.

Features information on penning and handling, health and nutrition, commercial feeds, breeding, physiology, and butchering. 116,000 copies in print.

Small-Scale Pig Raising

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Do you dream of raising a feeder animal but have limited land, time, and money? Dirk van Loon has a solution for you! Covering everything from buying your pig to smoking your own bacon, Small-Scale Pig Raising will show you how to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money.  This volume covers the essentials, including:  Housing & equipment Penning & handling Commercial feeds Alternative feeds Pig digestion & physiology Breeding & farrowing Management techniques Butchering   Small-Scale Pig Raising includes in-depth detail on home butchering with step-by-step instructions and photos that break down the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer. This book covers everything a beginner needs to know.

Echo Point Books & Media

Do you dream of raising a feeder animal but have limited land, time, and money? Dirk van Loon has a solution for you! Covering everything from buying your pig to smoking your own bacon, Small-Scale Pig Raising will show you how to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money in a healthy and stress-free environment. This volume covers the essentials, including: 
<ul>
<li>Housing &amp; equipment</li> <li>Penning &amp; handling</li> <li>Commercial feeds</li> <li>Alternative feeds</li> <li>Pig digestion &amp; physiology</li> <li>Breeding &amp; farrowing</li> <li>Management techniques</li> <li>Butchering</li>
</ul>
Small-Scale Pig Raising includes in-depth detail on home butchering with step-by-step instructions and photos that break down the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer. This book covers everything a beginner needs to know.

Do you dream of raising a feeder animal but have limited land, time, and money? Dirk van Loon has a solution for you! Covering everything from buying your pig to smoking your own bacon, Small-Scale Pig Raising will show you how to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money in a healthy and stress-free environment. This volume covers the essentials, including: 
<ul>
<li>Housing &amp; equipment</li> <li>Penning &amp; handling</li> <li>Commercial feeds</li> <li>Alternative feeds</li> <li>Pig digestion &amp; physiology</li> <li>Breeding &amp; farrowing</li> <li>Management techniques</li> <li>Butchering</li>
</ul>
Small-Scale Pig Raising includes in-depth detail on home butchering with step-by-step instructions and photos that break down the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer. This book covers everything a beginner needs to know.

Do you dream of raising a feeder animal but have limited land, time, and money? Dirk van Loon has a solution for you! Covering everything from buying your pig to smoking your own bacon, Small-Scale Pig Raising will show you how to produce the most meat for the smallest investment of time and money. This volume covers the essentials, including: <ul>
<li>Housing &amp; equipment </li>
<li>Penning &amp; handling </li>
<li>Commercial feeds </li>
<li>Alternative feeds </li>
<li>Pig digestion &amp; physiology </li>
<li>Breeding &amp; farrowing </li>
<li>Management techniques </li>
<li>Butchering </li>
</ul>
Small-Scale Pig Raising includes in-depth detail on home butchering with step-by-step instructions and photos that break down the entire process from slaughtering to portioning meat for the freezer. This book covers everything a beginner needs to know. Dirk van Loon, a graduate of the College of Agriculture at Cornell, publishes Rural Delivery, a monthly magazine for small-scale farmers, and raises food for his table in Nova Scotia. Readers interested in related titles from Dirk Van Loon will also want to see: Small-Scale Pig Raising Updated 2nd Edition (ISBN: 9781626545533 ).

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The Family Cow (Garden Way Publishing Book)

Small-Scale Pig Raising

Small-Scale Pig Raising

Small-Scale Pig Raising

Small-Scale Pig Raising

Small-Scale Pig Raising