The Complete Guide to Small-Scale Farming: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Beef and Dairy Cattle, Rabbits, Ducks, and Other Small Animals

by Melissa Nelson

A guide that provides necessary resources and information needed to start raising small animals and cattle. It also provides you the first steps to raising domesticated poultry and livestock. It helps you learn what you need to know to raise a wide variety of small animals.

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals

288 pages, Paperback

First published February 22, 2010

Reviews

[Ami · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a nice brief look into raising livestock. It had a good foundation, without becoming too technical. If it had included color photographs and diagrams, I probably would have rated it 4 stars. I would recommend this book to people who are newly exploring the idea of raising animals, not to those who have already done some preliminary research.

[Jonathan Ward · Rating 4 out of 5]

great, easy read with a lot of pertinent information including facilities, common diseases, conformation, breeding, butchering, etc. I would recommend additional reading on any specific animal you choose to raise, but this is a great first book to read when considering raising livestock.