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Your Calf: A Kid's Guide to Raising and Showing Beef and Dairy Calves Paperback – January 12, 1996

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Designed for kids ages 9 and up, this friendly and encouraging guide introduces children to the fun and rewarding experience of raising a calf. With age-appropriate instructions, clear photographs, and easy-to-read diagrams, Heather Smith Thomas covers the basics of choosing the right calf, feeding and housing, showing, and calf health care. Whether they’re interested in raising an animal for beef or dairy, children will find everything they need to know to safely and successfully care for their very own calf.

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7 - 17 years
Print length

192 pages
Language

English
Grade level

4 - 6
Dimensions

7 x 0.5 x 10 inches
Publisher

Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date

January 12, 1996
ISBN-10

0882669478
ISBN-13

978-0882669472
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Raising a calf is interesting, fun, and rewarding -- and there's a lot you need to know to do a good job. This book provides easy-to-follow instructions, complete with photographs, drawings, and diagrams, on how to care for your calf in the best possible way.

Your Calf explains:

* How to select your beef or dairy calf

* How to feed, shelter, and fence in your calf

* Ways to keep your calf healthy and content

* What to do it your calf is sick or hurt

* How to handle and transport your calf safely

* Where and how to show your calf

About the Author

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; 9463rd edition (January 12, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0882669478
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0882669472
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 7 - 17 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 4 - 6
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.5 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #538,445 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #520 in Animal Husbandry (Books)
- #1,118 in Children's Farm Animal Books (Books)
- #9,709 in Engineering (Books)

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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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Darla R. Hays

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It was a gift. She seemed to like it

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D. Burgher

Nice easy read for kids or adults...

Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2013

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Interesting book for beginners in the world of raising a calf. My granddaughter wanted to learn about it and we bought this book. Now she wants us to buy her one. I can't right now as she doesn't live here and gramps and I are not up to more animals. I did think the book was pretty inclusive and a nice guide.

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carrie

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Very helpful for my daughter to learn from.