Polyface micro : success with livestock on a homestead scale

Salatin, Joel, author.

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The author adapts the procedures of his successful Virginia farm to the scale of small land owners and city dwellers.

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ISBN:

9781733686624
1733686622

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xiv, 402 pages : colour illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes index (pages 400-402)

Contents:

Livestock stewardship
The animal why
Biggest pitfalls
Strategic considerations
Efficiency
Layout : Polyface photo gallery
Water
Sanitation
Fertility
Developing pastures
Converting woods to pasture
Management intensive grazing
Fencing
Grazing development
Irrigation
Laying hens
Broilers
Pigs
Sickness
Sorting and herding
Alternative feeds
Goats and sheep
Milk cow
Rabbits
Urban possibilities
Regulations and marketing

Control Number:

3195443

Other Authors:

Rhodes, Justin, 1978- writer of foreword

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