Back at the Farm: Raising Livestock on a Small Scale

by Barbara Deming

Explains how to select, breed, house, and care for horses, rabbits, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, and cattle and includes advice about farm equipment and tools

Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Barbara Deming (July 23, 1917 – August 2, 1984) was an American feminist and advocate of nonviolent social change.

arbara Deming was born in New York City. She attended a Friends (Quaker) school up through her high school years.

Deming directed plays, taught dramatic literature and wrote and published fiction and non-fiction works. On a trip to India, she began reading Gandhi, and became committed to a non-violent struggle, with her main cause being Women's Rights. She later became a journalist, and was active in many demonstrations and marches over issues of peace and civil rights. She was a member of a group that went to Hanoi during the Vietnam War, and was jailed many times for non-violent protest.

In 1975, Deming founded The Money for Women Fund to support the work of feminist artists. Deming helped administer the Fund, with support from artist Mary Meigs. After Deming's death in 1984, the organization was renamed as The Barbara Deming Memorial Fund.[5] Today, the foundation is "oldest ongoing feminist granting agency" which "gives encouragement and grants to individual feminists in the arts (writers, and visual artists)"

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Allyson Smith]

This book was a super helpful introduction to raising livestock on a small scale. The authors were very down to earth in their writing style, including personal stories and simple explanations to keep my novice brain engaged. It read like a reference book with a chapter on each type of animal including topics like feed, breeding, equipment necessary, slaughter, etc.. The book was packed with so much information that I decided to take notes on each chapter since I was borrowing it from the library. I know that I learned a lot from the Demings and I’m excited to hopefully venture into raising livestock in the future!

[Fredrick Danysh]

Livestock can be raised on a small piece of land by careful management of resources. This gives some tips.