Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Agriculture
by George Pyle


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In Raising Less Corn, More Hell George B. Pyle shows us how the famous breadbasket of America is being bought up by large corporations, who produce less food per acre than the small farmer, push those farmers further into debt, pollute the earth and wear... (read more)

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Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
by John J Mettler


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Clear, concise advice for those who want to slaughter their own animals.... (read more)

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Small-Scale Sheep-Keeping
by Jeremy Hunt


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Sound, practical advice for the growing number of people with small flocks of sheep, particularly rare breeds. The principles needed to produce success are fully explored, but in such a way as not to be too technical, unlike books for more commercial... (read more)

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My Fine Feathered Friend
by William Grimes


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Boy Meets Bird. Boy Gets Bird. Boy Loses Bird An Urban Folktale. One day in the dead of winter, New York Times restaurant critic William Grimes looked out the window into his backyard in Queens and saw a chicken, jet black with a crimson comb. Wherever... (read more)

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Raising Dairy Goats (Storey's Guides to Raising)
by Jerome D Belanger


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The Best Advice on Raising Dairy Goats This indispensable, fully illustrated guide provides the very latest practical information for dairy goat owners. All of the essentials are covered here, including: Individual breeds - Feeding and housing... (read more)

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Art of Blacksmithing Revised Edition
by Alex W Bealer


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Revised edtion. Tells how they did it in yesteryear. Over 500 illustrations show how they made everything from knives to horsehoes, from iron grills to rifle barrels and barrel hoops.... (read more)

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Fifty Years Among the Bees
by C C Miller


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Long a classic within the beekeeping community, this book is one of the greatest works on the ancient art and science of beekeeping. A practical, yet endlessly charming handbook on all aspects of this romantic, arcane pursuit, it offers advice... (read more)

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Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle
by Heather Smit Thomas


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A bovine expert, Thomas explains facilities, breeding and genetics, calving, health care, and advice for marketing a cattle business.... (read more)

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The Rural Life
by Verlyn Klinkenborg


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This is a collection of Klinkenborg's writings on the natural world and the changing seasons which appear frequently in a column entitled "The Rural Life" on the editorial page of the "New York Times."... (read more)

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Raising Rabbits (Storey's Guides to Raising)
by Bob Bennett


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For 17 years readers have turned to Storey Books for advice on raising animals. Our Modern Way series of six books has sold more than 1,000,000 copies. In an effort to provide readers with the best how-to animal books on the market we are completely... (read more)

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Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
by Samuel Fromartz


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Business writer Fromartz traces organic food back to its anti-industrial origins more than a century ago. Then he follows it forward again, casting a spotlight on the innovators who created an alternative way of producing food that took root and grew... (read more)

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Storey's Illustrated Guide to Poultry Breeds
by Carol Ekarius


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Farmers and fanciers keep an astonishing variety of poultry breeds in North America. These birds provide meat and eggs to nourish us and feathers to keep us warm. Their quirky personalities and charming good looks make them barnyard favorites. They... (read more)

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How to Build Small Barns and Outbuildings
by Monte Burch


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Building your own barns and outbuildings offers many benefits, perhaps the most obvious being the money you can save. About half the costs of any building project is the labor, and, by doing it yourself, you can construct your building more economically,... (read more)

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The Animal Housing Handbook: 35 Building Plans for Hutches, Coops, Pens, Small Barns, and Other Barnyard Structures
by Carol Ekarius


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Cows and horses, donkeys and mules, sheep and goats, pigs and fowl, even llamas are living on small farms and in backyard barnyards throughout the United States. But how and where are these critters being housed? Author Carol Ekarius knows. In How to... (read more)

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Advertising Barns: Vanishing American Landmarks
by William G Simmonds


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The history of these gorgeous old bits of roadside Americana comes to life with stunning photographs of these crumbling relics of America's rural past. Featuring Mail Pouch Tobacco barns as well as others painted with old-fashioned advertisements, this... (read more)

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Storey's Guide to Raising Meat Goats: Managing, Breeding, Marketing
by Maggie Sayer


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Raising meat goats is an excellent proposition for today's livestock farmer. Niche or artisanal farmers looking for a profitable specialty should search no further than the simple goat. Compact, friendly, and efficient, meat goats do not require a lot of... (read more)

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The Family Cow
by Dirk Van Loon


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This is the basic book -- yet with all the essential details -- for the family that decides to keep a cow for all the benefits she can provide. Learn first the costs, the gains, what she gives and takes. There are practical, fully-illustrated chapters... (read more)

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Revolution on the Range: The Rise of a New Ranch in the American West
by Courtney White


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In the final decade of the twentieth century, the American West was at war. Battle lines had hardened, with environmentalists squarely on one side of the fence, and ranchers on the other. By the mid-1990s, debates over the region’s damaged land had... (read more)

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