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Polyface micro : success with livestock on a homestead scale / by Joel Salatin ; foreward by Justin Rhodes.

Salatin, Joel, (author.). Rhodes, Justin, 1978- (writer of foreward.).

Summary:

The author adapts the procedures of his successful Virginia farm to the scale of small land owners and city dwellers.

Record details

ISBN: 9781733686624
ISBN: 1733686622
Physical Description: xiv, 402 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Swoope, Virginia : Polyface, Inc., 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index (pages 400-402).

Formatted Contents Note:

Livestock stewardship -- The animal why -- Biggest pitfalls -- Strategic considerations -- Efficiency -- Layout : Polyface photo gallery -- Water -- Sanitation -- Fertility -- Developing pastures -- Converting woods to pasture -- Management intensive grazing -- Fencing -- Grazing development -- Irrigation -- Laying hens -- Broilers -- Pigs -- Sickness -- Sorting and herding -- Alternative feeds -- Goats and sheep -- Milk cow -- Rabbits -- Urban possibilities -- Regulations and marketing.