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Author:

Parker, Ronald B.

Title:

The sheep book : a handbook for the modern shepherd / Ron Parker ; foreword by Garrison Keillor ; sketches by Ruth Halvorson.

Edition:

Rev. and updated.

Publisher:

Swallow Press/Ohio University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xix, 321 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Sheep.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Index. [appendix] 6. Garrison Keillor -- Preface to the revised edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Introduction -- [ch.] 1. Building and rebuilding -- [ch.] 2. Flushing -- [ch.] 3. Breeding -- [ch.] 4. Early gestation -- [ch.] 5. Late gestation -- [ch.] 6. Lambing -- [ch.] 7. Lactation -- [ch.] 8. Weaning -- [appendix] 1. Some typical sheep facts -- [appendix] 2. Marketing -- [appendix] 3. About sheep drugs -- [appendix] 4. Sheep economics -- [appendix] 5. Nutritional requirements -- [appendix] 6. Sources -- Index.

ISBN:

9780804010320 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0804010323 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)45708184

LCCN:

2001017004

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

BNPD611 -- Winterset Public Library (Winterset)