This new edition has been extensively revised by Ruth Goodwin, a well-known expert, to reflect twelve years of massive change to the goat-keeping world since the publication of the fourth edition in 1980. She has incorporated her revisions with great skill without losing the character of this classic book.
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The best resource book on goats I've found.,
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What a gem this book is. It contains information on everything you could possible want or need to know about goats. My goats are pets and this book - although not geared toward goats as pets, but as dairy producers -- contains more information than I was able to find in days upon days of internet searches, 3 other books I purchased, and from picking the mind of people who 'know goats'. It contains many different housing situations and options, goat behavior, herd behavior, nutrition, health, disease, -- just to name a few. I highly recommend it to anyone keeping goats for any reason.
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This is a reference for a serious goat owner. It is not one I'd recommend for someone just getting into goats. But if you're really serious about your caprines, this book is a must-have. The topics covered include: Control and Housing of Goats; Principles and Practice of Feeding; Selection of Breeding Stock; Breeding Problems; Disease and Accident; Milking and Dairy Produce; Meat, Leather, and Fleece; Goat Farming Systems; Crops for Goats; Goats for Export; Harness Goats; and more. There is a thorough index, a bibliography, and several appendixes. The info is presented in a rather dry manner, but is very useful. There are lots of great diagrams, charts, and pictures. It's just a ton of good information. The only major fault I can find is that being published in Great Britain, it does use some terminology unfamiliar to most Americans, and doesn't deal with the US at all. But that's ok, we have enough other books which cover those topics. Bottom line, if you're looking for a really good, technical reference book on goats of all types, this is an important one to add to your library.
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Better Suited for Brits,
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Lots of good anecdotal advise, even humourous at times. The chapter on goat health problems, poisons, and antidotes has proven useful, and is well organized. Genetic discussion on link between hornless goats and sexual malformity is thorough and necessary.However, the book is written for a British reader, and lots of the medicines, practices, and even forage crop names, are different in the US. (e.g. lucerne = alfalfa) Delves heavily into dairy goats and dairy farming, but meat goat farming (Boers, Kikos, etc.) is only cursorily mentioned. The section(s) on nutrition is excessive for the average goat farmer, and the copious information about UK regulations is useless to the US reader.
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- The Book of the Goat by H.S. Holmes Pegler in Front Matter
- Department of Agriculture: Forest Service: [Hc]: [1992-93]: House of Commons Papers: [1992-93] by Great Britain on page 26
- The Complete Herbal Handbook for the Dog and Cat by Juliette de Baïracli Levy in Front Matter
- The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable by Juliette de Baïracli Levy in Front Matter
- Outline of Clinical Diagnosis in the Goat by John Matthews in Back Matter
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- Meat Goats : Their History, Management and Diseases by Stephanie Mitcham; Allison Mitcham on 6 pages
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- Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest: Cool-Season Crops for the Year-Round Gardener by Binda Colebrook on 4 pages
- Natural Cattle Care by Pat Coleby on page 161, and Back Matter
- Goats: A Guide to Management by Patricia Ross in Back Matter
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