Dairy Herd Husbandry

In this book farm consultant Ralph du Faur concentrates on the rearing and management of dairy stock, including the vital aspects of stockmanship and milking management. Important chapters deal with feed budgeting, and the nutritive value and costing of feedstuffs. A comprehensive chapter covers the common diseases affecting dairy stock. The result is a thoroughly practical book, developed from a lifetime of farming and farm advisory experience, and drawing upon the current dairying research of highly-regarded New Zealand scientists. Ralph du Faur is probably New Zealand's most prolific farming author. His books include Dairy Farming for Profit, Sheep Farming for Profit, New Zealand Farming in Colour, Buying a Farm, Financing a Farm Purchase and The Legal Aspects of Farm Purchase. He has published over 500 articles on agricultural topics and has lectured in New Zealand and Australia. Ralph du Faur's dairy farming experience has proven relevance in and outside his native New Zealand. He has studied and lectured in Australia and his Dairy Farming for Profit was widely adopted in that country, including correspondence school use. It was also translated into Spanish for sale in the Argentine and Uruguay. The principles of Dairy Herd Husbandry are relevant to all countries basing dairy farming on the utilisation of pasture, and the practical aspects are readily adpated to climatic and vegetative differences. This is a thoroughly practical book, equally useful to students of agriculture and to young farmers. Established farmers will appreciate its well-presented facts and conclusions, and its valuable reference qualities.

Dairy cow herd health is an important and universal topic in large animal veterinary practice and farming, covering both preventive medicine and health promotion. With the move towards large scale farming, the health of the herd is important as an economic unit and to promote the health of the individuals within it. This book will focus on diseases within herds, herd husbandry practices, youngstock management and environmental issues. Major diseases and conditions will be covered such as mastitis, lameness, nutrition, metabolic and common infectious diseases from a herd health perspective.

This comprehensive guide to cow dairy husbandry and cattle breeding is an essential resource for farmers, veterinarians, and anyone interested in animal husbandry. Drawing on their extensive experience raising dairy cows, the authors provide practical advice on feeding, breeding, health care, and milk production. The book covers a wide range of topics, from selecting the right breed to managing herd health, and is illustrated with numerous photographs and diagrams. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Live Stock and Dairy Farming: A Non-Technical Manual for the Successful Breeding, Care and Management of Farm Animals, the Dairy Herd, and the Essentials of Dairy Production This book is written for amateur as well as professional livestock and dairy farmers. It makes a popular appeal to all men engaged in animal and dairy husbandry. Ages of farm experience have given us a vast store Of practical knowl edge Ou the raising Of crops and animals. This knowledge is scattered through many volumes on different phases Of the subject, in experiment station bulletins, agricultural journals and encyclopedias. The important facts on which the most successful livestock and dairy farming is based are here brought together in orderly and readable form. Not only are directions given for the management and care Of farm animals but the business end of the problem is fully discussed, showing why some achieve success and why others fail. The subject-matter is arranged in several parts Of a number Of chapters each, and by referring to the Table of Contents any subject may be quickly found. Each department has been prepared by a specialist in the subject presented. The name Of the author appears at the beginning of each chapter. Those unacknowledged have been prepared by myself. The illustrations have been secured from many sources. Due credit has been given these. Special acknowledgment is due the publishers of this volume and the other volumes in the series for its conception, and for many helpful suggestions in the presentation Of the subject - matter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.