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THE SHEEP BOOK
A HANDBOOK FOR THE MODERN SHEPHERD |
| By: |
Ronald B. Parker, Garrison Keillor |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804010323 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804010320 |
| Publisher: |
OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 June, 2001 |
| Edition: |
Updated ed |
| Pages: |
340 |
| Description: |
Suitable for small and moderate-scale sheep raisers and those interested in growing wool for fiber arts, this book updates many aspects of sheep stewardship - such as new or newly banned medications, progress in reproductive technology, popular new sheep breeds, and the growing dairy sheep field. |
| Synopsis: |
The Sheep Book carries the reader along through a year in a sheep's life during which sheep and shepherd form a symbiosis. A knowledgeable shepherd manages a flock in such a way as to provide an appropriate environment for all phases of the annual journey from breeding through pregnancy, lambing, growing of lambs, marketing of lamb and wools, and revitalization of the sheep for another cycle. The Sheep Book guides the reader to working with the instincts of the sheep treating them as animals with special talents and ways of behaving that can be engaged and directed. The reader is encouraged to learn from the sheep, for they are the best teachers of a successful shepherd. |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Swallow Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |