The Sheep Farming Guide for Small and Not-so-small Flocks

Description

The Sheep Farming Guide is a book written for people with life-style blocks and farmers of small and not-so-small flocks who are keen to farm their sheep properly and make them pay their way. "It was written for people with mud on their boots. We want to see the book covered in sheep grease and mud," said Dr Dalton. The text is comprehensive, covering everything from establishing a flock, what records to keep and all aspects of routine husbandry, to managing diseases and preparing sheep for the works. To make it easy for busy farmers to access the information, it is presented in a style that is easy to follow, bullet-pointed and well indexed.

Table of contents

Part 1 Why keep a sheep?; what's in a name?; choosing a breed; starting a breeding flock; alternative husbandry methods; fencing and handling; legal responsibilities of livestock owners. Part 2 Basic care: the New Zealand sheep farming calendar; how much sheep eat; what sheep eat; identification, weighing and record-keeping; mating; lambing.

Stock Information

General Fields

• ISBN : 9781877270222
• Publisher : hazpnz
• Imprint : hazpnz
• Publication date : November 2003
• Dimensions : 195mm X 120mm
• Produced in : New Zealand
• Product Type : books

Special Fields

• Illustrations : index
• Pages : 170
• Bind : Paperback
• Author : Marjorie Orr