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Raising a cow for milk or beef can be a satisfying, rewarding, and even entertaining enterprise. Veteran rancher Heather Smith Thomas helps you develop your cattle-farming vision, providing expert advice on choosing the appropriate animal for your needs and budget. With detailed profiles of breed attributes and in-depth coverage of issues like conformation, disposition, and milk or meat yield, this guide will give even the newest farmer the knowledge and confidence to start a successful cattle-raising operation.

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“…will help inexperienced farmers select the breed that is best-suited for their goals.”

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“With the information in this book you can reap the pleasures and rewards of using your land to raise healthy, happy and productive animals.” – American Small Farm

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Heather Smith Thomas has written extensively on animal health care, authoring thousands of articles and 24 books on the subject. Her books include Storey’s Guide to Raising Beef Cattle, Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, The Cattle Health Handbook, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses, Storey’s Guide to Training Horses, and Stable Smarts. She raises cattle and horses on her family ranch in Salmon, Idaho.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Storey Publishing, LLC (July 1, 2005)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 281 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1580175961
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1580175968
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.69 x 9 inches

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Heather Smith Thomas grew up on a ranch near Salmon, Idaho.

She is the author of 20 books and thousands of articles on animal health care. Her books include Essential Guide to Calving, Getting Started with Beef & Dairy Cattle, Storey's Guide to Raising Horses, Storey's Guide to Training Horses, The Horse Conformation Handbook, Care and Management of Horses, Stable Smarts, Understanding Equine Hoof Care, Beyond the Flames--A Family Touched by Fire, The Cattle Health Handbook and Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle.

She began writing stories for children's magazines while still in high school and wrote articles for horse and farm publications to help pay her way through college (University of Puget Sound). She wrote her first book, A Horse in Your Life: A Guide for the New Owner, during the summer between her sophomore and junior year of college. She and her husband Lynn Thomas have been raising beef cattle and a few horses on their ranch in central Idaho since 1967. Most of her books and articles deal with horse or cattle health care, breeding, or handling. Her goal has been to learn all she can about the care of horses and cattle, and to share this with her readers. One of her books, however, discusses an entirely different subject. Beyond the Flames tells about her daughter's severe burn injury and how this changed their lives. For more information about that book, and updates on the Thomas family and their ranch life, see Heather's blogs at http://www.heathersmiththomas.blogspot.com and for short anecdotes about her experiences with some of the horses and cattle she has raised, see her author's blog at http://insidestorey.blogspot.com

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Informative read--both for raising beef and dairy cattle

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2009

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Though I haven't read any other cattle books to compare it to, I found Heather Smith Thomas's Getting Started with Beef and Dairy Cattle informative and surprisingly detailed for its size. Noticing the "Getting Started" part of the title, I expected the scope of this book to be considerably limited and read more like a Dummy's how-to guide. It was, in fact, anything but shallow. The detail put into the medical section was particularly impressive; Heather writes about numerous ailments that can afflict your cattle, including which cattle are the most susceptible, how to prevent it, and how to treat it. The book also includes a brief glossary, and concise descriptions and color photos of beef and dairy breeds.
Personally, I picked up this book for the dairy information, but actually found information within the beef chapters that applied to cattle management in general. (If you buy this book for the dairy or beef information exclusively, be sure to read the book in its entirety, rather than skip around.)
As another customer said, I wish Heather had been more detailed concerning nutrition. She's pretty general, discussing carbs and where they're found, for example, rather than giving you an idea of what cattle's daily diet might look like.
This book definitely has something to offer and is well worth looking into!

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Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019

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Even though we have been in the cattle business for YEARS there is always something to learn or reconsider. This book is well written and easy to understand, This woman is like having a good neighbor when you read her books.

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NicholeTop Contributor: Pets

Great book- Highly recommend it.

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013

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"Maintaing Healthy Cattle" and "Beef Herd Management" were both excellent chapters in the book. Unlike the Storey's Guide, this book gave prevention/treatment advise on common health issues on Cattle- which i really appreciated seeing. Makes me feel more confident about issues and best ways to go about it and hopefully never run into. I throughly enjoyed the herd management, learning which each season brought in terms of care, vaccinations, caving and re-bredding. I have not read the Dairy section in this book, as i plan to have Dairy Goats instead, so i can not attest to how great that section is.

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Randal S. Hauck

Informative!

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2020

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Very thorough and informative.

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BRYAN

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2017

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good for some one just starting out.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2011

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I like this book, because it is written in people language. I wasn't interested in numbers or percentages, but just the day to day stuff on the dairy/beef farm, that's precisely wat you get!!

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M.

I was a bit disappointed, I was expecting (or perhaps hoping for) more ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2014

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I was a bit disappointed, I was expecting (or perhaps hoping for) more info on the different breeds. And more breeds discussed then were in the book. Information like which do better in different enviorments etc. If anyone knows of such a resource let me know.

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