Information on: grazing management; pasture renovation; parasites; housing; fencing; selection; breeding; new born lambs; lambs on grass; lamb grading; genetic improvement; controlled reproduction; record keeping; and more.
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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
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Practical advice,
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This review is from: The Sheep Raiser's Manual (Paperback)
This book has excellent information on the management aspects of sheep production. The goal of making a profit is always present in the advice and information. I have used this book many times as reference in 15 years of commercial lamb production. Excellent section on breed selection. Clear and concise diagrams, and does not propose to be a health/vet manual. Well worth the $$ to someone looking for info on sheep management with a goal to make a profit.
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This review is from: The Sheep Raiser's Manual (Paperback)
While Mr. Kruesi and his editorial team may not give the personal connatations that some other authors who have written livestock books do they get the job done, written in 1985 and not currently under review for republication this material might sound dated to any looking for up to date information but believe me sound advice and expert research cannot be counted out, this book is full of charts and reviews of systems and process that will help anyone looking into sheep from the business end of the spectrum and carries some useful experienced advice for those of us who have a somewhat smaller aim for keeping a backyard flock. Not a book for the beginniging enthuasist to be sure but definetly worth having on your barn shelf. Unfortunately this country has gotten away from proper pasture and grazing management and has truely forgotten that in order to keep a healthy, productive flock of pretty much anything we all have to think like a "grass farmer".A call to arms to all farmers, we need to get back to the basics in this age of technological wonders that might seem like a good idea at first, but in the end who is the farmer you or your computer system. Get out there America and sow some wild oats or something else.
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Many sheep producers in the United States and Canada are at levels of production that are no better than what was possible with the same breeds of sheep 30 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crossbred rams, haycrop silage, accelerated lambing, percent lamb crop, lambing interval, replacement ewe lambs, pasture reclamation, feeder lambs, dairy concentrate, purple top turnip, sheep producers, intensive rotational grazing, crossbred ewes, replacement ewes, natural lamb, parasite contamination, breeding interval, operating receipts, lamb prices, scrotal circumference, fleece weight, lambing percentage, pasture renovation, yield grade, full fleece Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Zealand, Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Courtesy of Midwest Plan Service, Van Keuren, Brian Magee, Cornell University, Farm Share, Final Weight, Iowa State University, Ohio State University, Courtesy of Gene Hettel, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, Don Ely, Fairview College, Sheepman's Production Handbook New!
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Many sheep producers in the United States and Canada are at levels of production that are no better than what was possible with the same breeds of sheep 30 years ago. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
crossbred rams, haycrop silage, accelerated lambing, percent lamb crop, lambing interval, replacement ewe lambs, pasture reclamation, feeder lambs, dairy concentrate, purple top turnip, sheep producers, intensive rotational grazing, crossbred ewes, replacement ewes, natural lamb, parasite contamination, breeding interval, operating receipts, lamb prices, scrotal circumference, fleece weight, lambing percentage, pasture renovation, yield grade, full fleece Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New Zealand, Extension Service, University of Kentucky, Courtesy of Midwest Plan Service, Van Keuren, Brian Magee, Cornell University, Farm Share, Final Weight, Iowa State University, Ohio State University, Courtesy of Gene Hettel, Dixon Springs Agricultural Center, Don Ely, Fairview College, Sheepman's Production Handbook New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Animal Reproduction: Invited Papers (Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, Vol. 3) by H.W. Hawk on 6 pages
- Great Plains (Native Nations Series) by Edward S. Curtis in Back Matter
- New Zealand (Enchantment of the World, Second) by Donna Walsh Shepherd in Back Matter
- The Merck Veterinary Manual by Otto H. Siegmund in Back Matter
- The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery on page 50
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