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Dairying

Handbook / Manual
Edited By: RW Matthewman
152 pages, Illus, b/w photos
Publisher: Macmillan
Dairying
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  • Dairying ISBN: 9780333523131 Paperback Oct 1993 Availability uncertain: order now to get this when available
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About this book

This practical guide covers in detail the rearing of calves and heifers, and the management, feeding and nutrition of milk cows. Examples of milk production systems and regimes are also described. The development of dairying and the constraints that affect farmers in tropical zones receive particular attention. Milk breeds and cattle breeding, milk processing, products and marketing are all included in a comprehensive text. Other titles in the "Tropical Agriculturalist" series include "Sheep", "Pigs", "Goats", "Animal Breeding", "Upland Rice", "Tea", "Cotton", "Weed Control", "Cocoa", "The Storage of Food Grains and Seeds", "Poultry", "Rabbits", "Draught Animals", "Ruminent Nutrition", "Sugar Cane", "Maize", "Plantain Bananas", "Coffee Growing", "Food Legumes", "Cassava" and "Sorghum".

Contents

Importance of milk production; milk production systems and marketing; calf rearing; heifer rearing; husbandry and management of milk cows; feeding milk cows; milk breeds and breeding for milk; milk products; the development of milk production.

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Handbook / Manual
Edited By: RW Matthewman
152 pages, Illus, b/w photos
Publisher: Macmillan
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