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Practical Sheep Keeping Reprint Edition
Author(s): Kim Cardell (Author)
- Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
- Publication Date: 26 Oct. 1998
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 1861261632
- ISBN-13: 9781861261632
Book Description
An explanation of everything you need to know to manage sheep and keep them healthy. From choosing and buying, housing, feeding and routine management, to breeding and lambing, Kim Cardell offers advice based on her experience. Topics covered include: where to begin; fencing, shelter and housing; moving, handling and transport; breeding and genetics; nutrition; grassland and crops; wool and shearing; keeping the flock healthy; lambing and lamb rearing; and marketing and business.
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About the Author
The daughter of a Cornish sheep farmer, Kim Cardell studied agriculture at Lincoln University in New Zealand and also trained as a newspaper reporter. She was associate editor of the magazine Livestock Farming and, having worked as a freelance for various farming journals and radio and television programmes, became editor of The Sheep Farmer, holding the post for fourteen years. She runs a flock of early lambing ewes at her home in Cornwall.
