Animal husbandry

Did you know that pigs are smarter than your average 3-year-old?

For each breed he dedicates two pages, the left being a full page high-quality picture and the right giving a brief but comprehensive description of the appearance, history and uses of each sheep.

Contained within this book is a classic guide to keeping pigs for profit or pleasure, exploring subjects including care and health, general management, selection, breeding, and much more.

When Jacob Biggle first published TheBiggle Swine Book in 1898, hog husbandry was undergoing major changes.

This rare manual provides information on the breeds, breeding and management of dairy goats, one of the oldest species of animal domesticated by humans.

This volume looks at the different varieties of livestock to be found in the tropics, as well as the products that they can produce for profit.

'Share[s] the life-enhancing joys of the humble hen' Sunday Times'Clocks our obsession with chicken-keeping .

This book contains a detailed treatise on the care and management of grasslands, with information on crop rotation, irrigation, and the use of manure on meadows and pastures.

"e;Poultry Houses"e; is a 1903 work by Australian writer Paul N.

"e;The Hog - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

This is a vintage guide to bee-keeping in Maryland, USA.

This is a classic guide to incubating and brooding ducks, being a collection of carefully-selected articles dealing with such subjects as incubating, hatching, caring for young, and much more.

"e;Rational Bee-Keeping and the Prevention of Acarine Disease"e; is a vintage handbook on bee-keeping with a special focus on the ailments and diseases of bees.

This classic illustrated manual provides a comprehensive guide to the practice of goat farming, including information on starting a business from your livestock and selling milk.

This book contains a vintage article on Texan bee-keeping by Udo Topperwein, who once a prominent member of the Texas Bee Keepers Association.

This volume comprises a collection of useful articles on starting a duck farm, with information on the housing, feeding, breeding, and the general care and management of ducks.

This antique comprises a detailed treatise on the uses of Apis Mellifica - or, the poison of the honey bee - in the treatment of human illnesses and ailments.

This antique book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to the various ailments common to bees, with information on their causes, treatment, and prevention.

This antique text contains a guide to the various buildings, machinery and tools that are found on a small farm.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

"e;The Goat - Breeds of the British Isles"e; is an essay by David Low, published as part of the "e;Domesticated Animals of the British Islands"e; series.

This antique book contains a complete treatise on producing meat from your garden, being a handy guide to table rabbit keeping.

"e;Rabbits for Flesh and Fur"e; is a classic guide to cuniculture, the farming of rabbits for pleasure or profit.

Contained within this book is a comprehensive treatise on different breeds of cattle, including information on Shorthorns, the Hereford, the Galloway and other breeds.

First published in 1911, this book contains a comprehensive and practical guide to keeping bees.

"e;How to Care for the Feet of your Horses and Mules"e; was originally published with the indention of helping farmers get more work from their farm animals by keeping them in better physical condition.

This vintage book contains a complete and comprehensive guide to cattle farming for beef and milk production.

This antiquarian book contains a detailed guide to the methods and equipment of livestock keeping, with information on the breeding, rearing, and fattening of sheep.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This volume contains a concise guide to the Havana and Havana-rex rabbit varieties, with information on selection, breeding, general care, diet, and much more.

This volume contains a detailed account of bee-keeping in New Zealand between 1874-1916.

The fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the BBC and Channel 5 series All Creatures Great and Small.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This volume contains a collection of articles on beekeeping, including information on selection, rearing, eggs, and many other aspects of bee breeding.

This vintage guide to farming sheep contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to keeping goats, with information on breeds, housing, milking, and all other aspects.

"e;Principles of Practical Pig Breeding and Feeding"e; is a classic guide to pig farming that presents the reader with all the fundamental information they would need to know about keeping and breeding pigs for pleasure or profit.

This classic guide to sheep farming contains information on every step of the process, from breeding and rearing to wool production and beyond.

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This antiquarian text provides a carefully selected collection of articles on diseases common to ducks, including information on their diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and more.

When Jacob Biggle first published his book on the management of poultry, there were more than 300 million chickens and 30 million other domesticated fowl in the United States.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

As long as I can remember, even as a boy, there were bees kept on our farm, wrote Jacob Biggle in his preface to TheBiggle Bee Book.

The Honey Bus: A Girl Raised by Bees is a memoir about a girl's journey into the heart of a beehive to find herself.

Volume two of the "e;Hand Books of the Textile Industry"e; contains information on the manufacture of woven fabrics and related materials, describing in detail the different types of yarn and how to use a loom.

WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAMAnd an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale.