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| Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats |
| Jerry Belanger |
Book Description
Series: Storey's Guide | Publication Date: December 3, 2010
With minimal space and housing needs, dairy goats are a practical choice for the small or backyard dairy farmer. Dairy goats require a smaller investment than Cows and produce easily digested milk that is much in demand for making yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products.
The revised and updated fourth edition includes:
Updated information on disease diagnosis and treatment
Tips on choosing pygmy breeds
Expanded coverage of breeding, kidding, and raising kids
More information on milking, dairying, and cheesemaking
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| Your Goats |
| Gail Damerow |
Book Description
Our friendly and encouraging children's animal reference series features information on selection, housing, behavior, feeding, health, and showing in mature yet easy-to-understand language, for ages 9 and up.Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
If you have a goat, or are thinking about getting one, you probably have many questions about goats:
* What kind of goat should I raise?
* How can I help my goat stay healthy?
* What should I feed my goats?
* Can I breed more goats?
* How do I raise goats for milk or for fiber?
This book tells you practically everything that you will need to know, including how to choose, buy, raise, and show all types of goats, from pets to pack goats. Whether you want to bottle feed your kid goat or shear your fiber goat, Gail Damerow gives you friendly, experienced advice on just what to do. She has also included important charts and checklists, so you will know just what to do and when to do it to take the very best care of your goat.
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| Goats: Small-scale Herding for Pleasure and Profit |
| Hobby Farms |
Book Description
Series: Hobby Farms | Publication Date: May 5, 2006
The Hobby Farm series presents Goats
Jump from the bandwagon to the farm with one of the hottest-growing food sources in the country. Goats is an in-depth guide to small-scale goat keeping—for pleasure and profit! The author delivers essential information on choosing, breeding, and tending goats while also herding together some fascinating and fun facts about them. Comprehensive discussions, full-color photos, and easy-to-use charts will help to ensure the success of your goat-keeping ventures.
· From cashmere to milk and meat! · Select the right breed for your farm · Learn common goat herd behavior · Keep goats healthy with a nutritious diet · Spot symptoms of common goat disease · Breed, deliver, and care for does and bucks · Market and sell fresh goat milk · Explore goat resources and Web sites Plus many other helpful tips!
About the Hobby Farms™ series Whether you’re a weekend gardener or dedicated small farmer, you’ll gather a bushel of essential information from the Hobby Farms series. Hobby Farm and its companion editions will help both experienced and novice hobby farmers realize their own dreams of life on the farm—for pleasure or profit.
Look for other essential Hobby Farms titles, such as Hobby Farm™ Cattle, Chickens, Sheep, and many more to come!
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| The Three Billy Goats Gruff (Book and CD) |
| Roberta Arenson |
Book Description
Age Level: 2 and up | Series: Book & CD
The three billy goats gruff are hungry for the sweet green grass on the other side of the stream. To get there, they must pass the big hairy troll who lives underneath the bridge and wants to eat them for dinner. Will the billy goats reach the safe side before the hungry troll makes them his next meal? Brought playfully to life by the rich collage illustrations of Roberta Arenson, this lively retelling of a much loved fable will delight children as they cheer on three sprightly billy goats who refuse to let anything stand in their way.
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