Agriculture Animal Husbandry category: 3344 books
Rabbit Breeds
The Pocket Guide to 49 Essential Breeds
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Rabbits are the third-most popular pet in the United States and have also earned significant farming and commercial followings: fiber enthusiasts love angora for its light-weight warmth, and chefs are serving up increasing amounts of their high-protein, low-fat meat. In Rabbit Breeds, photographer...
by Monte Burch
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Build your own outbuildings and enjoy the space to do more of what you love. From simple toolsheds and animal shelters to smokehouses and low-cost barns, Monte Burch guides you through everything you need to know to make your small building projects a reality. Detailed blueprints, easy-to-follow instructions,...
Raising Animals by the Moon
Practical Advice on Breeding, Birthing, Weaning, and Raising Animals in Harmony with Nature
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2012
Louise Riotte has taught thousands of gardeners how to plant and harvest in harmony with the astrological calendar. Now she offers her expertise to help improve the health and well-being of your domestic and farm animals. In her endearing style, Riotte provides practical animal-care advice as she...
The Chicken Health Handbook, 2nd Edition
A Complete Guide to Maximizing Flock Health and Dealing with Disease
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Healthy chickens are happy chickens. This one-of-a-kind reference book covers the health problems that plague chickens of all breeds and ages. Practical charts identify common symptoms and causes of infection, while an alphabetic listing of diseases provides advice on treatment. You’ll find helpful...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2012
This important report on the feasibility of a billion-ton annual supply of biomass for bioenergy and bioproducts, updated for 2011, has been converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction.
Contents: Introduction * Biomass In Current and Projected Energy Consumption * Forest Biomass...
The Whole Goat Handbook
Recipes, Cheese, Soap, Crafts & More
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Goats are the hottest animal today to raise for hobby farmers, commercial farmers, and members of both 4-H and FFA. But using the producst from a goat requires special skills, handling, and recipes. Here’s The Whole Goat Handbook, chock full of recipes, crafting projects, advice, and more.
Cooking...
by H. Pegler
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
The Book of the Goat in its original edition was the first work devoted to the subject printed in the English language. First published in London in the 1880s, it is now a very scarce and desirable book in any early edition. We have now re-published the 1917 edition incorporating the original text...
by Heather Smith Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2009
In this practical guide, Heather Smith Thomas provides easy-to-execute solutions for a variety of common medical situations that can afflict your animals, including bacterial diseases, parasites, and nutritional deficiencies.
by David Rees
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2004
Insect infestations in grains and other stored food and fibre products cause annual losses worth many millions of dollars worldwide. This illustrated guide enables specialists and non-specialists to distinguish the major pests of durable stored products found throughout the world. It describes how to...
Bioenergy Production by Anaerobic Digestion
Using Agricultural Biomass and Organic Wastes
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Interest in anaerobic digestion (AD), the process of energy production through the production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. Agricultural and other organic waste are important substrates that can be treated by AD.
This book is one of the first to provide a broad introduction...
Feedlotting Lambs
A Producer's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2003
Lambs need high energy and protein levels and optimum conditions in which to grow rapidly. Now, with the increasing need to supply lambs all year round to meet market expectations, producers are more often turning to feedlotting lambs. This guide offers realistic advice for producers who are considering...
Tigers of the World
The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Tigers of the World, Second Edition explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not...
by Kirk J Havens, Edward J. Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
Thermal Imaging Techniques to Survey and Monitor Animals in the Wild: A Methodology provides a manual for anyone interested in understanding thermal imaging and its usefulness in solving a wide range of problems regarding the observation of wildlife.
In the last decade, the cost of thermal...
by Collectif
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2017
Over the ten-year Outlook period, agricultural markets are projected to remain weak, with growth in China weakening and biofuel policies having less impact on markets than in the past. Future growth in crop production will be attained mostly by increasing yields, and growth in meat and dairy production...