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Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle (Storey Animal Handbook)

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While a bit redundant @ times, I found this to be an excellent treatment of cattle-raising. I am a novice to "cattle ranching" and have found it very useful and easily read; also, well indexed. A few "oldtimers" have found it very useful and have asked where they can get one. The practicality is enhanced by good illustrations.

I am a novice rancher who bought 37 calves at an auction. At one point I had 15 sick calves on my hands, primitive corrals, and the whole town laughing at me. Tonight, I can honestly say the worst is past. My brother and I doctored ten bad eyes, saved a bloat case, doctored a footrot immediately and effectively, and saved at least five extremely ill pneumonic calves, while vaccinating, branding, and eartaging the whole bunch. Without this book and the thorough, intelligent, and courageous instructions it gives to the cattleman, I would have lost a good part of my herd, all my joy for ranching along with them. As it is, the town isn't laughing anymore and starting to wonder where we came up with all those good ideas they're seeing popping up on our place.

This book really packs a wallop. So much valuable information packed into one book that could only be written by someone who has "seen it all". Not only is purely technical information given, but Thomas gives great insight into cattle psychology which is a great boon in helping a cattleman to work safely around these large animals. Thomas has left no stone unturned and this book should be well read and dog-eared by every beef cattle farmer.

When we started raising beef cattle a couple of years ago, we had a difficult time finding information on the subject. This book has been an invaluable reference, covering a variety of subjects from breeding and feed to healthcare and handling. The book is well-written and well-organized, and it's clear that the author has years of real experience to draw upon.

Well written and easy to understand guide for everything you want to know about cattle. I learned much and constantly refer to this book. It helped me to better understand our cows and their needs. I HIGHLY recommend it to other cattle farmers, even those who think they know all about cattle.

This is a easy reading book packed full of common sense animal care. I wish I'd seen it years ago. I think the 4-H program should recommend it to all beef project children. Covers all the major areas- wt gain, illness, even wind chill- what more can you want.

Heather Smith Thomas has written a concise, yet thorough, guide to raising beef cattle that is useful to both the novice and the experienced cattle rancher.

As a breeder of purebred cattle, I found explanations and descriptions of techniques in this book that have been very helpful. The author not only describes "how-to," she also tells why and leaves no detail unexplained. Her style of writing and language is easily understood, and the book is arranged so that information is easy to find.

The forward, written by Baxter Black, is, of course, hilarious.

I highly recommend this book for anyone, experienced or not, who is interested in learning all about raising cattle.

Great from point A to point Z guide to raising and caring for beef cattle- an easy read with a lot a valuable information. I would not only recommend this book to someone else in my family looking to start raising cattle- I would buy it for them myself! -- Mike Jorden

My wife and I just started in the cattle industry. I have horses and rode bulls but never had to take care of any type of cow. We purchased a bred cow that was expecting any moment and were kinda intimidated by the whole thing, the people we got the cow from recomended this book because they said if they had this book starting it would have saved them a few times. It is a good basic guide to cattle, it covers a broad spectrum of problems and issues that a cattle rancher might come across. All in all this is a good source for information and I would recomend it any one interested in raising beef cattle for the first time.

I refer to this book often - select needle sizes, breeding, calving, feeding and much more information for raising cattle. I am a beginner and have learned a lot with this book. The Storey guides are very beneficial in raising farm animals.