Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available, whether you’re a first-time owner or an experienced horse handler. Covering everything you need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses; expanded material on recognizing, preventing, and treating a wide range of health issues, including insulin resistance, skin conditions, and digestive disorders; new vaccination protocols, including vaccinating for West Nile Virus; and updated information on breeding methods, foaling problems, and the care of broodmares and new foals. This publication conforms to the EPUB Accessibility specification at WCAG 2.0 Level AA.

Gail Damerow shows you how to choose the right breeds for your needs, build efficient chicken coops, provide necessary medical attention for your animals, and much more. Whether you’re raising broilers for meat or preparing your chickens to win a blue ribbon at the next county fair, Storey’s Guide to Raising Chickens will help you achieve your poultry-raising goals.

Learn how to successfully raise your own pigs. Stressing the importance of sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices, Kelly Klober provides expert tips on making your hog operation more efficient and profitable. Storey’s Guide to Raising Pigs will give beginners the confidence they need to succeed, while inspiring experienced farmers to try new techniques and experiment with new breeds.

Storey’s Guide to Raising Turkeys provides expert information on breed selection, facilities management, health care, and slaughtering.

Now with full-color photography and illustrations throughout, the completely updated third edition of Storey’s Guide to Raising Horses is the most comprehensive horse husbandry handbook available for first-time owners and experienced horse handlers. Covering everything they need to know about facilities, breeding, and health care, this new edition features a photographic gallery of many types of horses; expanded material on recognizing, preventing, and treating a wide range of health issues, including insulin resistance, skin conditions, and digestive disorders; new vaccination protocols, including vaccinating for West Nile Virus; and updated information on breeding methods, foaling problems, and the care of broodmares and new foals.

Equine authority Heather Smith Thomas provides a commonsense approach to keeping a horse healthy, sound, comfortable, and happy. Intended for the serious horse person, Care and Management of Horses emphasizes the whole horse—mental and physical—and encourages the owner to center horsekeeping practices around the horse’s needs. Topics include nutrition, seasonal care, safe handling, and foot care.

This reference provides the groundwork, tools, and terminology required when conducting specialized searches for information and resources pertaining to traditional and emerging fields of agriculture. The editors present 16 contributions from librarians and other information workers that offer information on research resources across the academic a

베스트셀러 작가 줄리아 로스먼의 『농장해부도감』 드디어 출간!『자연해부도감』에 이어, 도시에서는 볼 수 없었던?새로운 배울 거리와 이야깃거리를 흥미진진하게 풀어내다 섬세하면서도 생동감 있는 그림과 자연을 탐구하는 따뜻한 시선으로 독자들을 사로잡아온 아티스트 줄리아 로스먼의 『농장해부도감』이 드디어 국내에 출간되었다. 학생들과 교사, 부모는 물론 미술 관련 종사자들과 일반 성인독자들에 이르기까지 많은 국내 독자들의 관심과 사랑을 받았던 『자연해부도감』에 이어 두 번째로 국내에 소개되는 줄리아 로스먼의 작품이다.? 『자연해부도감』이 도시 속 자연의 모습을 포착했다면, 『농장해부도감』은 도시를 벗어난 시골의 농장을 배경으로 좀 더 본격적이고 친근하게 자연에 대해 다루고 있다. ‘농장’은 자연이 주는 소중한 것들을 얻으며 살아가는 과정을 집약적으로 담아놓은 공간이다. 자연과 인간이 함께 만든 이 공간에서 저자는 그동안 도시에 살면서는 볼 수 없었던 자연의 경이롭고 다양한 모습을 만나게 된다. 그리고 저자 자신이 만난 흥미로운 시골 생활의 지식과 모습을 이제껏 볼 수 없었던 매력적인 방식으로 소개한다.? 저마다의 쓰임새를 가진 농기구와 농기계들, 우리에게 고기와 털, 달걀을 주는 동물들을 기르는 법과 품종, 부위별 용도 제대로 알기, 토마토 · 사과 · 당근 등 우리가 즐겨먹는 채소들의 놀랄 만큼 다양한 품종과 특징, 재배법, 그리고 그렇게 자연에서 얻은 것들로 요리하는 건강하고 맛있는 먹거리까지, 그녀의 생생한 그림이 보여주는 농장 속 풍경은 시골에서 보내는 하루하루를 직접 경험하고 있는 듯한 활기를 전해준다. 한번쯤은 도시를 벗어난 삶을 꿈꾸었을 어른들에게는 시골 생활의 생생한 삶의 현장을 보여주고, 호기심 가득한 청소년들에게는 새로운 삶의 방식을 안내하게 될 것이다.??

Storey’s Guide to Training Horses is a one-stop reference for every aspect of horse training, including a complete program for turning a shy and gangly foal into a calm, confident, well-balanced equine partner. Now with full-color photography, the third edition includes step-by-step guidance on all the essential training procedures for both English- and Western-style riding, including haltering and leading, saddling and mounting, and addresses the finer points of gaits, lightness, and collection. Best-selling author Heather Smith Thomas draws on her decades of equestrian experience to anticipate every situation that might arise and provide answers to managing all the potential challenges of training different types of horses.