Butchering Livestock at Home: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-65 [Pamphlet]

Phyllis Hobson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 6, 1980

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

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From the Back Cover

Since the 1973 publication of Storey's first Country Wisdom Bulletin, our commitment to preserving the arts, crafts, and skills of country life has never wavered. We now have more than 200 titles in this series of 32-page publications, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins contain practical, hands-on instructions designed to help you master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. From traditional skills to the newest techniques, Storey's Bulletins provide a foundation of earth-friendly information for the way you want to live today.

About the Author

Phyllis Hobson is the author of Making and Using Dried Foods, Raising a Calf for Beef, and Tan your Hide!

Product Details

• Pamphlet: 32 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 6, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882662791
• ISBN-13: 978-0882662794
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,115,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No nonsense, August 31, 2000

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john fischer (mazomanie, wi United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Butchering Livestock at Home: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-65 (Pamphlet)

This a good, straight foreward pamphlet on how to kill, skin and cut up a variety of animals. I found it to be a useful guide eventhough I don't agree with some of the killing and skinning techniques used. I have over 20 years experience breeding and butchering rabbits and chinchillas. I can assure you that the techniques outlined in this publication are sound and practical. The reason I purchased this pamphlet was to gain some insight into to butchering of larger animals. I feel the author does an excelent job of giving a basic break down of the esentials. I do however, wish the author would have broken down the cuts more thouroughly and dedicated a section to deer.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good basic information, November 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Butchering Livestock at Home: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-65 (Pamphlet)

Easy to read and follow. Good for beginners or "new country farmers".

5.0 out of 5 stars best bang for my buck, no pun intended, August 25, 2011

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czechchick ***silentnightranch (High Northern Plains) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Butchering Livestock at Home: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-65 (Kindle Edition)

Certainly a most useful and straightforward booklet. I live on a farmstead in a remote location and hope to be able to 'put up' my own poultry and small livestock. No matter how often I search for the best way to do this, it always comes around to the same thing.....I will just have to 'do it'. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can........just need to brace myself and do it. I will as soon as I get hungry enough. At least I now know how....just get 'er done and get on with it. I know the difference between humanely raised and home preserved foods. I am not interested in being a vegan, even though I have been a serious animal lover since I can remember; so what! One thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other, except that it makes me want to raise my own animals for the table, so that I can know they had a good life and were respectfully treated. That's a reflection from a trip to the packing houses in the early '50s when I was in the 1st grade......a school outing......the lack of common sense in the educational system is for another review.