Description

This text contains a comprehensive guide pertaining to the methods and equipment of livestock farming, including information on varieties, breeding, rearing, fattening, and the general management of cattle. Comprising a wealth of invaluable information coupled with detailed charts, diagrams, and illustrations, this text constitutes a definitive guide on the subject and will prove of much value to the cattle farmer. The chapters of this book include: 'Introductory View of the Different Breeds of Cattle in the British Isles', 'Comparative View of the Different Breeds of Cattle', 'General Observations on Buying Cattle and Stocking a Farm', 'On the Bull', 'Of the Cow', 'On the Treatment and Rearing of Calves', 'On the Feeding of Calves for Veal', and much more. We are proud to republish this antique book here complete with a new introduction on cattle farming.