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The Sheep Farming Guide: For Small and Not-so-small Flocks

The Sheep Farming Guide: For Small and Not-so-small Flocks


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It is easy to farm sheep, but it is not easy to farm them well. The Sheep Farming Guide is a book written for farmers of small and not-so-small flocks who are keen to farm their sheep properly and make them pay their way. The text is comprehensive, covering everything from establishing a flock, what records to keep and all aspects of routine husbandry, to managing diseases and preparing sheep for the works. The information is authoritative: both authors have many years' experience in sheep husbandry, excellent communication skills and are well-respected by their peers. To make it easy for busy farmers to access the information, it is presented in a style that is easy to follow, bullet-pointed and well indexed. John Gordon says "I have worked with sheep for much of my life yet I learnt a tremendous amount from reading this book." The Sheep Farming Guide is an invaluable pocket book for the sheep farmer.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by John Gordon 13; Introduction 15; Part One: Getting Started; 1. Why Keep Sheep? 19; Points in favour 19; Points against 19; So what are sheep? 20; The history of sheep in New Zealand 21; What do sheep give us? 22; Are they really stupid? 22; 2. What's in a Name? 23; It's all in the teeth 23; Other sheep names 24; 3. Choosing a Breed 26; Meat breeds 26; Wool breeds 27; Dual-purpose (meat and wool) breeds 27; Purebreds 29; Crossbreds 29; Maintaining hybrid vigour in your flock 29; Interbreeding 30; 4. Starting a Breeding Flock 32; What to buy 32; Where to buy 33; Which ewes to replace 33; Which rams to use 34; Physical characteristics 35; Running a non-breeding flock 35; 5. Alternative Husbandry Methods 37; 'Easy care' 37; Going organic 38; Do your homework before you start 38; Organic feed 39; Animal health 39; Specific diseases 39; Contacts 40; Per sheep 40; Tethered sheep 40; 6. Fencing and Handling 42; Fencing 42; Tips for catching and holding sheep 43; Tips for yarding sheep 44; 7. Legal Responsibilities of Livestock Owners 46; Animal welfare 46; Animal control 47; If you witness ill-treatment of animals 47; Part Two: Basic Care; 8. The New Zealand Sheep Farming Calendar 51; 9. How Much Sheep Eat 66; Stocking rates 66; What sheep want vs what they need 69; Sheep needs vary 69; Pregnant ewes 69; Lactating ewes 70; Ewes after weaning lambs 70; Ewes before mating 71; Newly shorn ewes 71; Hoggets 71; Body condition scoring 72; Body condition score charts 72; 10. What Sheep Eat 74; Pasture 74; Select good pasture species 75; Soil tests and fertiliser application 75; Dealing with surplus pasture 76; Making silage, baleage and hay 76; Silage 76; Baleage 77; Hay and straw 77; Rotational grazing 77; Supplementary feeding in winter 78; How much hay should I feed? 78; Introduce new feed gradually 79; Feeding concentrates or grain 79; Hazardous foods 80; Water 80; 11. Identification, Weighing and Record-keeping 82; Ear tags 82; Why weight? 83; Ensuring correct dosing 84; Which is the heaviest? 84; Wool weight 84; Keeping records 84; 12. Mating 86; Vital statistics 86; When to mate 86; Rams 87; Ewes 88; Putting hoggets to the ram 88; Pregnancy diagnosis 89; 13. Lambing 90; Prepare early 90

About the Author :
Clive Dalton came to New Zealand from Britain in 1968 after completing a B.Sc. (Hons) in Agriculture, a Ph.D. at the University of North Wales, Bangor, and eight years of teaching animal production at the University of Leeds. In New Zealand he has worked at the Whatawhata Country Research Station, and the Ruakura Agricultural Research Centre in Hamilton interpreting and transferring research from scientists to farmers. Clive has been a regular contributor to all branches of the farming media. In 1992 he was awarded the Landcorp Communicator of the Year Award, in 1999 the Sir Arthur Ward Award for Agricultural Communication and also in that year he was made an honorary life member of the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators. He is currently technical editor for a specialist website for small farmers in New Zealand and around the world. Previous publications include New Zealand Sheep and their Wool (1991) and An Introduction to Practical Animal Breeding (1985). Marjorie Orr is a veterinarian who has a love of animals and a passion for animal welfare. She was brought up in Scotland and moved to New Zealand in 1978. She lives with her husband on a farmlet in Mosgiel, and has worked in the areas of veterinary diagnostics and animal welfare for more than 20 years. In 1996, Marjorie was awarded both the President's Award for meritorious service to the veterinary profession, and the Sheep and Beef Cattle Society's Award for contributions to sheep medicine. Also in that year she received a MAF Key Contribution Award for major contribution in the area of animal welfare. For the past two years she has worked from home as a freelance writer.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781877270727
  • Publisher: Hazard Press Limited
  • Publisher Imprint: Hazard Press Limited
  • Height: 195 mm
  • Width: 120 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1877270725
  • Publisher Date: /06/2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Sub Title: For Small and Not-so-small Flocks


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