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All pig raisers will welcome the guidance and helpful tips of experienced rancher Arie B. McFarlen, PhD on the many aspects of raising and tending a small herd of pigs on a hobby farm. From selecting and purchasing the best pigs for a small farm to feeding, housing, and handling, Hobby Farms Pigs is a full-color comprehensive guide that is both practical and entertaining. The author has gathered advice from expert pig farmers from around the country on various topics, and the chapters on keeping pigs healthy and breeding and raising healthy piglets will prove especially helpful to experienced pig farmers as well as neophytes. Resources include an appendix of swine diseases, a glossary of relevant terms, listing of useful associations, books, periodicals, and websites. Fully indexed.

Small-scale Outdoor Pig Breeding is a comprehensive guide to breeding and rearing pigs in natural conditions without compromising their well-being. The book provides support for novice pig-keepers hoping to breed their own pigs. Moreover, it also acts as a valuable reference for more experienced breeders and offers information about different breeds of pigs and their respective needs. Topics covered include: choosing a breed; selecting a boar; hogging and mating; gestation care; farrowing; and hand rearing. This invaluable reference guide to breeding and rearing pigs is aimed at all pig-keepers, whether novice or more experienced, and also smallholders, farmers and rare breed enthusiasts. Fully illustrated with 77 colour photographs and diagrams.

Practical Quail-keeping is a comprehensive guide for anyone who keeps quail or who is thinking about starting out. It covers all key aspects of responsible quail husbandry, and explains how to set up and equip your quail house and pens, how to care for your birds, and how to breed and raise young hatchlings through to healthy adulthood. The authors draw on their extensive experience as quail breeders to provide a unique insight into keeping these fascinating little birds. Topics covered include:Legal aspects of poultry-keeping; Feeding and watering; Protecting quail from vermin and disease; Breeding and hatching; Quail recipes. A comprehensive guide to quail-keeping that gives a unique insight into keeping these fascinating little birds, aimed at smallholders and poultry-keepers. Superbly illustrated with 140 colour photographs. Sarah and Martin Barratt are quail breeders with extensive experience.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificacion y dinamizacion del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificacion y dinamizacion del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición de certificados de profesionalidad. Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificacion y dinamizacion del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.

Pertenece al Certificado de Profesionalidad (AGAX0108) - Actividades auxiliares en ganadería. Corresponde al módulo MF0715_1: Operaciones auxiliares de mantenimiento de instalaciones y manejo de maquinaria y equipos en explotaciones ganaderas.Una vez finalizado el Modulo el alumno sera capaz de realizar operaciones auxiliares de mantenimiento de instalaciones y manejo de la maquinaria y equipos en explotaciones ganaderas.Se indicaran los equipos necesarios para el acondicionamiento de las instalaciones ganaderas y ejecutar las operaciones de limpieza y desinfeccion necesarias para mantener y/o preparar dichas instalaciones segun las instrucciones recibidas.Se describira las operaciones de mantenimiento basico en instalaciones, maquinaria, equipos, utiles y herramientas y realizarlas, de acuerdo a su nivel, de forma limpia y segura.Se indicara que equipos, utiles y/o herramientas son necesarios para efectuar los trabajos de mantenimiento de las instalaciones y manejar dentro de la explotacion y de acuerdo a su nivel, la maquinaria propia de la misma.

Whether you need a fence that will protect large livestock such as cattle and horses, or an enclosure for a few chickens, or any size of stock enclosure in between, A Guide to Stock Fencing contains a wealth of practical information and advice.Topics covered include: guidance on purchasing the correct materials and tools, and the best retailers to do business with; the basic post-and-rail fence, including the ideal equestrian enclosure; specialist fences for different livestock; dealing with variations in local topography, including fencing on slopes and crossing rivers and streams; adding stiles to gates to a fence; and finally, advanced fencing techniques including how to secure posts in shallow or soft ground.This practical guide contains a wealth of information and advice needed to produce an effective, durable fence for whatever stock you wish to contain. Highly illustrated with 130 black & white photographs.

A Brief History of Milk Production details the history of milk farming in England from the earliest days to the modern problems that dairy farmers face. Having spent a lifetime in the dairy business, Bert Collacott, son of a Devon dairy farmer, has a wide knowledge on how the industry has changed in the past century. He was involved in improving milk quality, cattle breeding, and the marketing of milk, and he was the former dairy columnist of the Farmers Guide. His book covers one of the most important sectors of the agricultural industry during its massive transformation from being based on small units to modern, complex processing plants. It includes: *The set-up of the Milk Marketing Board *The Boards role in improving milk collections *Humorous anecdotes gleaned from the authors own experience *The sad demise of an operation that Bert considered to have been the lifeline of the industry for over 60 years *And more! The book also looks at the regulations that were brought in over the years to remove the health hazards from drinking milk, and it details the arrival of artificial insemination, including some of the risque stories and poems told about the AI men. With illustrations, photographs of milking machines and processing plants, and case studies, A Brief History of Milk Production will appeal to farmersparticularly dairy farmersand those with a general interest in the history of farming.

Eggs, meat, milk, wool, fur, feathers, and some priceless bucolic bliss. No hobby farm is complete without critterspossibly a small herd peppering the field or a microflock flapping around the hen house or pond. A single information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs to know about farm animals, this new comprehensive manual to selecting, caring for, and breeding livestock brings forth the expertise of five hobby farmers, each of whom has real-life on-the-farm experience with the animals she discusses. Whether youre contemplating adding a small herd of sheep or goats to your existing hobby farm or youve always wondered about the benefits of raising angora rabbits or Muscovy ducks, Livestock for Your Hobby Farm provides the kind of guidance you need to begin a herd or flock and expand your pens and fencing. With exhaustive detail, the authors offer complete coverage of chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and rabbits, including the housing, health-care, special needs, advantages and challenges of each. -Extensive sections devoted to the seven major farm animals, including profiles of the most popular breeds and varieties -Detailed how-to chapters on the care, handling, feeding, health, and safety of each animal -Special chapters devoted to the breeding and raising of young animals -Recommendations for ways of capitalizing on your livestocks output, from selling eggs, milk, fiber, and so forth -Tips for troubleshooting potential problems and warding off diseases, parasites, and predators

Rabbit raisers will keep their rabbitries hopping and happy with the advice found in Rabbits, a Hobby Farm book. Rabbit breeder and exhibitor Chris McLaughlin offers years of experience and guidance on the many aspects of raising rabbits on a hobby farm, a livestock choice she considers perfect due to the limited space rabbits need to thrive. Whether the reader is raising rabbits for pets, fiber, or meat, there is much solid information and useful advice to be found in the pages of Rabbits. From the natural and cultural history of rabbits to selecting and purchasing of the right rabbits for a small farm, this book is both practical and enlightening. Individual chapters focusing on housing and feeding, behavior and handling, health care, and breeding and raising young make this an indispensable choice for all rabbit keepers. Handsomely designed with color photographs throughout, Rabbits also offers sidebars of helpful tips, fun anecdotes, and quotes from hobby farmers that prove entertaining and edifying. The final chapter of the book, "Making Money with Rabbits" discusses how to turn the rabbit-raising business profitable through producing show and pet rabbits, wool/fiber rabbits, rabbit manure, and rabbit meat. Resources include a glossary of terms and a catalog of associations, books, periodicals, and websites. Fully indexed.

Theres never been a better time to add donkeys to a small-scale farm. Friendly, dependable, intelligent, and easy to care for, donkeys are increasingly prized by small-scale farmers. As with tending any livestock, it is always best for the keeper to be prepared. Whether youre an experienced breeder or a new hobby farmer, this book provides information about the ins-and-outs of buying, caring for, and enjoying these terrific stable companions. Every donkey keeper will gather a bushel of essential information on keeping these remarkable creatures from this colorful new addition to the Hobby Farms series.

Small-scale sheep keeping is one of the major growth areas of livestock breeding. The success of rare breeds and their proven commercial qualities has encouraged intense interest in minority sheep but whether you keep ten or a hundred ewes the same strict principles of management must be followed if success is to be achieved. This book aims to inform, encourage, advise and even entertain its readers. Sheep keeping can be a most enjoyable hobby but small flock owners all too often find it difficult to related to books aimed at the commercial producer. Sound, practical advice which is easily understood and efficiently put into practice is what this book offers.

Óscar Caso, veterinario y ganadero, presenta en este libro una reflexión y una defensa necesaria de un sector que existe desde hace miles de años, la ganadería, cuya imagen ha sido mortalmente atacada, lo que agrava el problema de la despoblacion del mundo rural y genera otros muchos e importantes daños.Durante estos 20 años se ha producido una evolucion en la mentalidad de la poblacion urbana de la idea que hasta ahora se tenia del sector ganadero. Lenta pero inexorablemente ha ido pasando de ser considerado un sector esencial a uno prescindible. La desconexion de la sociedad urbana con el mundo rural se ha traducido fundamentalmente en dos fenomenos sociales: el animalismo, o la consideracion de los animales como seres con los mismos derechos que un ser humano; y el veganismo, que aboga por prescindir de todos los productos de origen animal alegando motivos eticos, de salud y sostenibilidad.Asi, la ganaderia es acusada de ser una de las principales causas del cambio climatico y del efecto invernadero. Oscar comparte su opinion respecto a todas estas cuestiones, que son abordadas en los medios desde la superficialidad y la ignorancia, basandose en su conocimiento y experiencia, en una llamada a la responsabilidad y la sensatez.

Roger Evans, everyones favourite dairy farmer, is back with his daily account of rural life, full of laughter, grumbles and witty observations about what makes life tick in the real countryside. From his own farmyard, or looking down on his village from his tractor or on a stool in the local bar, Roger tells it like it is.

This beautiful book offers an intimate look at life on a hobby farm. From finding a farm to creating a business, to choosing what to plant to canning fruits, Hobby Farm will teach readers how to reap the benefits of rustic life with sound guidance.

Cunicultura en condiciones tropicales es el nuevo libro que edita la Sociedad Cubana de Cunicultores y Cuycultores de la Asociación Cubana de Producción Animal. El desarrollo y la experiencia alcanzada a partir del texto "Manejo y explotacion del conejo", permitio la incorporacion de resultados valiosos obtenidos por productores lideres, tecnicos y especialistas del sector, que hacen de este una obra mas acabada, dirigida a divulgar las tecnologias de produccion mas eficientes, facilitar su adopcion e incrementar el acervo tecnico y cultural de las personas que producen y conservan el medio ambiente.

Whether you hope to produce eggs and poultry meat for local sale, or simply relish the joy of eating your own freshly collected free-range eggs, this new addition gives invaluable advice on the type of poultry to choose, housing, feeding, breeding and general management.

Roger Evans, everyones favourite dairy and poultry farmer, is back with his daily account of rural life, full of laughter, grumbles and witty observations about what makes life tick in the real countryside. From his own farmyard, or looking down on his village from his tractor, or on a stool in the local pub, Roger tells it like it is.

Este libro analiza la evolución de la especialización ganadera y del sector lácteo en diferentes territorios de la Europa atlántica desde finales del siglo XIX hasta un presente marcado por los retos de la sostenibilidad ambiental, socioeconomica y cultural de la produccion y del consumo de leche. Los lectores podran encontrar en el aproximaciones clasicas al tema (la innovacion tecnologica, la industria lactea, el marco institucional o el mercado), asi como lineas de investigacion aun recientes en nuestra historiografia (practicas higienico-sanitarias, nutricion y salud publica) pero con un mas que prometedor horizonte. Sin embargo, el principal objetivo de los editores de esta monografia es hacer una reflexion sobre los posibles pasados alternativos para la especializacion lechera que la Revolucion Verde cerceno. Reconsiderar estas vias historicas cegadas e introducir en el analisis del sector los factores politicos, en sentido amplio, sociales y culturales es nuestra propuesta colectiva a la discusion de soluciones en presente para la insostenibilidad ambiental, pero tambien cultural, del modelo actual.