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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition
Breeding, Care, Facilities
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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep, 5th Edition
The updated fifth edition of the classic best-selling guide to raising sheep now features full-color photography and completely updated information for a new generation of small-scale farmers and homesteaders.
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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-colour illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fibre.
With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including meat, wool, and milk. Detailed instructions and graphics lead readers through every essential procedure, including shearing, building a lambing shed, breeding and lambing, butchering, and marketing.
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Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is highly regarded by seasoned and novice shepherds alike. Users have found it a valuable reference, keeping well-worn copies handy both in the barn and at home. It is praised for its comprehensive and practical advice, making it an essential resource for anyone involved in sheep farming.
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ISBN: 9781612129808
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 June 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Storey Publishing LLC
Illustration: Full-color; photographs and il
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 176.0mm
Height: 232.0mm
Weight: 820g
Pages: 368
About the Author
A respected authority on sheep raising for over three decades, author Paula Simmons has written many books and magazines articles on spinning wool, and is the coauthor of Storey s Guide to Raising Sheep. Simmons lecturers and conducts workshops in the United States and Canada on the subject of raising sheep and spinning wool for a living. Together with her husband, she has been raising and sheering sheep, and spinning and weaving wool for over 20 years on their farm in Washington.Carol Ekarius is the coauthor of The Fleece & Fiber Sourcebook, The Field Guide to Fleece, and Storey s Guide to Raising Sheep, and the author of several books including Small-Scale Livestock Farming, Storey s Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds, and Storey s Illustrated Breed Guide to Sheep, Goats, Cattle, and Pigs. She lives in the mountains of Colorado.
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