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Author:

Salatin, Joel, author.

Title:

Polyface micro : success with livestock on a homestead scale / by Joel Salatin ; foreward by Justin Rhodes.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

PolyfaceInc.,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xiv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Farms, Small--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Family farms--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Livestock--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Urban homesteading--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Animal culture--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Farm management--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Self-reliant living--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Other Authors:

Rhodes, Justin, 1978- writer of foreward.

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.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

1733686622
9781733686624

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1291625274

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)