French Intensive Gardening Method

 

 

 

From http://www.iscowp.org/Resource%20Library.htm

 

Resources

 

We have a library in our home of many books covering a wide range of topics which we have found useful for our everyday life here on our farm and for future planning. The books that are starred are those in our library. The other titles would be a nice addition. Also included are links to useful web sites/videos, etc.

 

 

 

CATALOGS/SOURCEBOOKS

 

( a variety of agricultural, animal husbandry, animal traction, homesteading topics)

 

*Appropriate Technology Sourcebook: A Guide to Practical Books for Village and Small Community Technology

 

by Ken Darrow and Mike Saxenian.

 

A Volunteers in Asia publication.

 

Volunteers in Asia, P.O. Box 4543, Stanford CA 94309 USA (fax 415-725-1805).

 

Also available from Intermediate Technology publishers, London. 1993, 800 pp.

 

ISBN 0-917704-17-7 (paperback) 0-917704-18-5 (hardbound).

 

This is the latest edition of the guide to practical books on village and small community technology. Over 50,000 copies of previous editions

have been used in more than 130 countries, to find a wide range of published technical information that can be used by individuals and small groups. In the new edition, 1150 publications from international and U.S. sources are reviewed, covering small water supply systems, renewable energy devices such as water mills and improved cook stoves, agricultural tools and implements, intensive gardening, workshop tools and equipment, crop preservation, housing, health care, forestry, aquaculture, non-formal education, small business management, transportation, small industries and other topics. Extensive index. Price and ordering information are provided for each publication. 500 illustrations.

 

The *Sourcebook* can also be used as the index for the Appropriate Technology microfiche Library, which contains the complete text of 100

books. Complete sets of the microfiches library

["Library in a Shoe Box"] are also available from the publishers at low cost.

 

*Cumberland General Store Catalogue

 

#1 Highway 68, Crossville TN 38555

USA. Phone 1-800-334-4640, fax 931-456-1211.

 

http://www.cumberlandgeneral.com

 

Goods in Endless Variety for Man and Beast." Same types of supplies as Lehman's.

 

 

Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd,

 

103-105 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 4HH, UK

 

Amongst others, international titles on animal traction.

 

*Lehman's Non-Electric Catalogue

 

Lehman Hardware and Appliances, One

Lehman Circle, PO Box 41, Kidron OH 44636 USA. Phone 330-857-5757, Fax

330-857-5785, e-mail GetLehmans@aol.com

 

 

House-wares, Grain Mills; Wagons; Woodstoves; Solar Power; Windmills; Lamps; Washday

items; Hand farming tools; Pumps, etc.

 

*NASCO Farm and Ranch Catalogue

 

901 Janesville Ave, PO Box 901, Fort

Atkinson WI 52538-0901. Phone 1-800-558-9595, fax 920-563-8296, e-mail

info@nascofa.com http://www.nascofa.com

 

Wisconsin is the heart of American dairy country. All dairy and cattle supplies, including bloodless castrators or emasculators to convert bulls or bull calves to oxen with minimum discomfort to the animal.

 

*Storey’s How-To-Books for Country Living

 

Schoolhouse Rd, Pownal, Vermont, 05261

 

-800-441-5700 (8:30 AM - 10:00 pm 7 days a week

 

Books that encourage personal independence in harmony with nature and the environment. Titles on building barns, sheds; animals, herbs, gardening, country living skills, Country Wisdom Series that includes titles on everything from earthworms to building an underground root cellar,

 

*Tools for Agriculture

 

A buyers guide to appropriate equipment for small holder farmers

Ian Carruthers & Marc Rodrigues, I.; 4th Edition 1998, 248 Pages, Soft-cover

 

ISBN 1 85339 100 X (92 Edition)

 

Available from: Acres USA,

 

Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd,

The International Technology Development Group has created a unique tool: this directory of tools, implements and small scale machinery

such as maize shellers, grain cleaners, and solar pumps. Experts in each field review the equipment, giving information about how & when

to use it. All aspects of agriculture are covered from animal power to water lifting and transport. Suppliers & manufacturers from over 70 countries are listed. Invaluable to development workers and farmers worlds wide.

 

 

 

*UNIPUB (United Nations International Publications)

 

Agricultural Catalog

 

4611-F Assembly Drive Lanham, MD 20706

 

(800) 274-4888 (U.S.) (800) 233-0504 (Canada)

 

(301) 459-7666 (Local) (301) 459-0056 (Fax)

 

UNIPUB is pleased to present this catalog featuring new agriculture titles from the many prestigious international publishers (like Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, FAO) we represent. In it you will find a comprehensive list of monographs, yearbooks, standing orders, and periodicals in both paper and electronic format. These important works address all aspects of agriculture, including food and nutrition, plant breeding, land and land use, forestry, area studies, animal breeding, animal traction, and health.

 

Government Agriculture Loans

 

I heard an interesting piece on NPR last week about the US Gov't loan services to help start up farms and youth farming projects. The feature on NPR was about a teen in NY who used oxen for starting a small logging company.

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/dafl/default.htm

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/sdaloan01.htm

 

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/facts/html/begloan01.htm

http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/default.asp

 

SEEDS

 

The Abundant Life Seed Foundation

 

PO Box 772, Port Townsend, WA 98368

 

This is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to preserving the genetic diversity of plants for 25 years. They publish a yearly seed and book catalog that many will find to be a valuable resource. Their seed offerings include herbs and grains. They have seven pages of book titles on gardening, agriculture and sustainable living.

 

*Bountiful Gardens

 

A project of Ecology Action

 

5798 Ridgewood Road, Willits CA 95490

 

Phone/FAX 707-459-6410

 

e-mail: bountiful@zapcom.net

 

http://countrylife.net/ecoaction

 

Bio-intensive, organic, and naturally-grown seeds, untreated and open-pollinated offered internationally.

 

Garden Seed Inventory

 

by the Seed Savers Exchange [directory to open

pollinated seeds, info on where to order 6,438 standard vegetables)

 

www.seedsavers.org

 

If anyone is interested in a source for non-hybrid seeds there is a book printed by Seed Savers Exchange called Garden Seed Inventory that lists all such seed available in the US and Canada. Anyone who plants anything should think about growing non-hybrid varieties so that if disaster strikes and seed sources are no longer available, at least the planting can go on.

 

Johnny's Selected Seeds

 

Foss Hill Road, Albion, ME 04910, USA.

 

www.johnnyseeds.com

 

Johnny's, located in Albion, Maine cultivates 4000 varieties of seeds, acclimated to northern farming. They specialize in organic seeds and sell many open-pollinated varieties, which - unlike hybrids - can be raised to produce their own seeds. Johnny's has its own WEB site.

 

Salt Spring Seeds

 

Box 444, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC V8K 2W1, Canada

 

www.saltspringseeds.com

 

 

“Salt Spring Seeds offers only certified organic seeds for food crops. The emphasis is on high-protein, good tasting, and high yielding crops. The selection of grains, particularly hull-less wheat and barley, is extensive. All varieties are adapted to northern areas.

 

*Seeds of Change

 

PO Box 15700, Santa Fe, NM 87506

 

Toll free order # 1-888-762-7333

 

gardener@seedsofchange.com

 

www.seedsofchange.com

 

Seeds and Seedlings are: 100% Certified organic 100& Open-pollinated (self-reproducing, non-hybrid) 100% GMO-free (no genetically modified organisms)

 

Seed Savers Exchange

 

3076 N. Winn Rd., Decorah IA 52101

 

PH@ 1-319-382-5990, FAX{ 1-319-382-5872

 

The SSE offers rare and heirloom vegetable, fruit trees, and flower seeds from seed savers all across the USA and abroad. Roughly 8000 members worldwide.

 

Thomas Etty Esq. Seedsman, Bulb Merchant

 

45, Forde Ave Bromley, Kent BRI 3RU, England

 

PH# 0181-466-6785

 

www.seedsavers.org

 

Seeds from Henry Doubleday Foundation gardens (which has over 700 varieties and their aim is to make available to farmers and growers the outlawed varieties that are not dependant on pesticides and chemical fertilizers) and Thomas Eyys, Seedsman, are offered through their catalogue and through Seed Savers Exchange

 

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JOURNALS AND BOOK SERVICES

 

( a variety of agricultural, animal husbandry, animal traction, homesteading topics)

 

Acres U.S.A.

P.O. Box 8800, Metairie LA 70011 USA

In US call 1-800-355-5313, outside: 504-889-2100 FAX 504-889-2777

 

WEB: www.acresusa.com

 

Is an indispensable monthly newspaper for today’s serious organic farmer. It covers such cutting edge topics as bio-security-keeping your crops protected from genetic contamination, and your cows free from disease. They also have a book service, featuring books on practical progressive farming. This is the place to find books on soil fertility and how to make responsible farming work.

 

B. Jain Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

1921, Chuna Mandi. 10th St. Paharganj,

New Delhi-110055 Ph: 23670430, 23670572,

23683200,23683300 Fax : +91-11-23610471

& 23683400

E-mail: info@bjainbooks.com

visit us at : www.bjainbooks.com

 

Source of books on Homeopathic medicine for cattle.

 

*Chelsea Green Publishers

 

P.O. Box 428

 

Gates-Briggs Building #205

 

White River Junction, VT. 05001

 

for sales, dial 800-639-4099

for catalogs or information, dial 802-295-6300 or fax 802-295-6444

email info@chelseagreen.com

 

www.chelseagreen.com

 

Many well known books for sustainable living where human activities are in harmony with nature. Books from authors such as Eliot Coleman available.

 

Countryside & Small Stock Journal

 

N2601 Winter Sports Rd. Withee, WI 54498 USA

 

1-800-551-54498, 8-4 Central time

 

e-mail: csymag@tds.net

 

Articles on how to keep flies off cows, building and maintaining farm ponds, pasture management, the garden, etc. (May-June issue). Offers a book store.

 

Diamond Farm Book Publishers

 

PO Box 537

Alexandria Bay, NY 13607, USA

 

Div. Yesteryear Toys & Books Inc.

RR 3 Brighton, ON KOK 1H0 Canada

 

USA/ Canada: 1-800-481-1353 (Mon-Fri 8-5 EST)

International: 1-613-475-1771

 

Fax: USA/ Canada: 1-800-305-5138 (24-hrs)

International: 1-613-475-3748

 

www.diamondfarm.com

 

E-mail: info@diamondfarm.com

 

Diamond Farm Book Publishers, a division of "Yesteryear Toys & Books Inc.", was established in 1974; as North America's premier source of agricultural and natural history books and videos. Over 400 different stock titles catering to all subject areas of agriculture and wildlife. International Mail Order Service.

 

Homeopathic Medicine for Animals and Humans: Best Links

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~progers/homeo.htm

 

Homeopathic Databases

Homeopathic Associations, Groups, Schools, Societies

Homeopathic E-mail Discussion Lists

Online Homeopathic Study Material, Journals & Distance Learning

Other Homeopathic Links

Commercial Homeopathic Supply Companies

 

Links to homeopathic books. Click the commercial homeopathic supply companies link.

 

Other India Press

 

Mapusa 403 507 , Goa India

 

Phone: 91+ (0832) 263306

Fax: 91 + (0832) 263305

E-mail:oibs@bom2.vsnl.net.in

admin@oibs.ilbom.ernet.in

 

http://www.mnet.fr/aiindex/i_oibs/OIBS.html

 

Books from authors such as Vandana Shiva, Alfred Howard on sustainable, organic agriculture

 

Rodale Press

 

Book Readers ‘ Service

 

33 East Minor Street, Emmaus, PA 18098

 

PH: 610-967-5171, Fax: 610-967-8963

 

www.rodalestore.com

 

Series of books on organic gardening including preserving food from the garden

 

Rural Heritage

 

281 Dean Ridge Lane, Gainesboro, TN. 38562

 

www.ruralheritage.com

 

Gail Damerow, Editor, editor@ruralheritage.com

 

PH# 931-268-0655

 

Bimonthly magazine in support of farming and logging with horses, mules & oxen. Also a source of books.

 

*Small Farmers Journal

 

P.O. Box 1627, Sisters, Oregon, 97759

 

Fax: 541-549-4403, Phone: 800-876-2893

 

e-mail: agrarian@smallfarmersjournal.com

 

Invaluable resource on all aspects of farming for smallholder farmers. Animal traction farming featured, emphasizing the use of horses and oxen. A lot of the information and books on horse traction is applicable to working oxen. Back issues available by topics.

 

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BOOKS/AGRICULTURE

 

*An Agricultural Testament

Pgs. 278 (1996) $ 4.00

By Albert Howard

Available from Other India Press

 

The most famous organic farming book ever. Howard invented the Indore method of composting. His plants were so healthy, he would intentionally release pests on them to show people how resistant they were. The classic, long out of print, has now been reissued as a joint publication of the Other India Press, Earth-care Books and Third World Network.

 

 

*Backyard Market Gardening, The Entrepreneurs Guide to Selling What You Grow

 

By Andrew W. Lee

 

ISBN 0-9624648-0-5

 

Available from Rodale Press

 

Learn how others grow and sell:

 

$150,000 from one-half acre, to fancy restaurants -California

 

2) 14,000 pounds of food on less than one-eight acre-Ohio

 

Learn to:

 

1) Enjoy a guaranteed salary from community supported agriculture or a membership garden.

 

2) Improve your garden soil for superior yields and superb flavor.

 

Biodiversity Based Productivity: A Framework For An Alternative Economic Assessment For Sustainable Agriculture

Pgs. 20 (1995) $ 2.00

By Vandana Shiva

Available from Other India Press

 

Vandana Shiva compares monocultures with traditional polycultures and shows convincingly how the latter outperform the former on all grounds including total production.

 

Carrots Love Tomatoes: The Secrets of Companion Planting

 

By Louise Riotte, Pgs. 220

Available from: Acres USA Countryside & Small Stock Journal

 

Grow a better garden when you know the secrets of companion planting. Learn which plants nourish the soil, which keep bugs and pests away, and which plants just don’t get along. You’ll find it all in this book: 100’s of companion planting tips Soil improvement techniques

 

Diagrams, charts, and ideas

 

Companion Plants, and How to Use Them

 

By Helen Philbrick and Richard Gregg

 

The Devin-Adair Company, Old Greenwich, Connecticut, 06870

 

Library of Congress Catalogue Number: 65-19128

 

17 printing 1991, ISBN 0-8159-5210-4

 

The classic book on the ecology of gardening and farming. This invaluable handbook answers the questions about plant symbiosis and antagonisms that have puzzled observers for centuries., providing an alphabetized list for instant checking of plants that may help or hinder the ones you are currently growing or planning to plant.

 

Community Supported Agriculture:

 

Refer to page 161

 

*Eco-Farm - an Acres U.S.A. Primer

 

by Charles Walters & C.J. Fenzau,

 

Available from Acres U.S.A.

 

In this book, eco-agriculture is explained from the tiniest molecular building blocks to managing the soil - in terminology that not only makes the subject easy to learn, but vibrantly alive. *Eco-Farm* truly delivers a complete education in soils, crops, and weed and insect control. This should be the first book read by everyone beginning in eco-agriculture... and the most shop-worn book on the shelf of the most experienced.

 

 

Globalization of Agriculture and the Growth of Food Insecurity

Pgs. 30 (1996) $ 2.00

By Vandana Shiva

 

Available from Other India Press

Globalization in agriculture means the corporatization of agriculture. This is bound to lead to enhanced food insecurity, which is a most undesirable option.

 

 

Hands-on Agronomy

by Neal Kinsey & Charles Walters

 

Available from Acres U.S.A.

 

The soil is more than just a substrate that anchors crops in place. An ecologically balanced soil system is essential for maintaining healthy crops. This is a comprehensive manual on soil management. The "what's and whys" of micronutrients, earthworms, soil drainage, tilth, soil structure and organic matter are explained in detail. Kinsey shows us how working with the soil produces healthier crops with a higher yield. True hands-on advice that consultants charge thousand for every day. Updated, revised edition.

 

 

*Introduction to Permaculture

 

by Bill Mollison with Reny Mia Slay.

Tagari Publications, PO Box 1, Tyalgum NSW 2484, Australia. 1991,

ISBN 0-908228-05-8

Available from Acres USA

 

Permaculture is about designing sustainable human settlements. It is a philosophy and an approach to land use which weaves together microclimate, annual and perennial plants, animals, soils, water management, and human needs into intricately connected productive communities.

 

Contents: Energy-efficient site analysis, planning & design methods; House placement & design for temperate, dry land & tropical regions; Urban permaculture: garden layouts, land access & community funding systems; Using fences, trellis, greenhouse & shade house to best effect; Orchards & home woodlots for temperate, arid & tropical climates; permaculture gardens: energy saving designs & techniques; Tree crops & pasture integration for stock; How to influence microclimate around the house & garden.

 

The Apple Grower

 

by Michael Phillips "Best book on the topic" 242 pages

Available from Chelsea Green Publishing Co.Totnes, England,

 

ISBN 1-890132-04-7

 

The author began his quest with an honest question: “How did our great-grandparents manage to grow good fruit, in the days when everyone was an organic grower, before we sprayed our trees with pesticides and fungicides?” Phillips combines the half-forgotten wisdom of a century ago with the latest scientific knowledge about pests that can plaque apples and other tree fruits.

 

*The Backyard Orchardist

 

By Stella Otto

 

Available from Chelsea Green Publishing Co.

 

ISBN 0-9634520-3-7

 

A complete guide for growing fruit trees in the home garden

 

*The Edible Ornamental Garden

 

By John E, Bryan/Coralie Castle

 

101 Productions, 834 Mission Street

 

San Francisco, California 94103

 

ISBN 912238-47-X Clothbound

 

ISBN 012238-46-1 Paperback

 

All sorts of unusual dishes are possible when ornamentals are explored for their flavor and aroma as food, many uses of which are buried in history. As certain plants were developed specifically for food, edible portions of others more notable for their eye-appeal were forgotten.

 

*The Encyclopedia of Natural Insect and Disease Control

 

by Roger B. Yepsen

 

ISBN 0-87857-488-3 Hardcover

 

Available from Rodale Press

 

The most comprehensive guide to protecting plants-vegetables, fruits, flowers, trees, and lawns-without toxic chemicals.

 

*The New Organic Grower

 

by Eliot Coleman

 

Third Edition, ISBN 0-930031-22-9

 

Available from Chelsea Green Publishing Co.

 

This is the best practical book on small-scale farming I’ve read in years.

 

(Pat Stone, Mother Earth News)

 

Eliot Coleman’s new book will help market gardeners establish the vital-and-profitable link between farm and city during the 1990’s. Every small-scale grower and serious gardener should have a copy. (Robert Rodale)

 

The New Organic Grower's Four-Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

 

by Elliot Coleman.

 

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, PO Box 130, Rt 113, Post Mills VT 05058-0130, USA. ISBN 0-930031-57-1, 212 pgs

 

Eliot Coleman now shows you how to produce fresh, delicious, healthy food from your home garden year-round. He shows you how to harvest organically-grown vegetables throughout the coldest months in all climate zones with very little extra time or effort. His success depends on growing a large variety of vegetables each suited to their season and on simple, inexpensive designs for cold frames, unheated mobile greenhouses, and root cellars.

 

The Non-Toxic Farming Handbook

by Phillip A. Wheeler, Ph.D. & Ronald B. Ward,

 

paperback 236 pages

 

Available from Acres U.S.A.

 

In this readable, easy-to-understand handbook the authors explain:

 

*What's wrong with conventional agriculture *Weeds - their role in nature and control

 

• Insects - why they attack crops and how to stop them
• Soil testing and analysis - and acting upon the results
• On-farm methods of soil and plant tissue testing
• Soil fertility and fertilizers
• pH, lime, N, P & K, and other major and minor nutrients
• Working with foliar feeds to maximize crop health and production

 

*The One-Straw Revolution

 

By Masanobu Fukuoka

 

ISBN 0-87857-220-1

 

Available: Rodale Press, 1978, Other India Press

 

“Like many in the West, and sooner than most of us, Masanobu Fukuoka has understood that we cannot isolate one aspect of life from another. When we change the way we grow our food, we change our food, we change society, we change our values……….*The One-Straw Revolution* is an inspiring , necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.” Wendell Berry

 

*The Soul of Soil: A Guide to Ecological Soil Management

 

Third Edition, by Grace Gershany & Joseph Smillie 174 pgs

 

ISBN 0-9616496-0-7

 

A useful guide to managing soils for long-term productivity. It offers practical concepts to help make sound management decisions based on ecological principles. Soil building techniques are covered including: organic matter management, on-farm composting, cultivation & weed control, using mineral fertilizers, building and maintaining humus, green manures & rotations, nutrient balances & soil testing, planning for organic certification.

 

*Rodale’s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening

 

Available from Rodale Press

 

Editor: Fern Marshall Bradley

 

ISBN 0-87857-999-0 Hardcover

 

ISBN 0-87596-599-7 Soft cover

 

Indispensable resource for any organic gardener

 

*Small is Beautiful, Economics As If People Mattered

 

by E. F. Schumacher 304 pages, 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 in., Trade Paperback $19.95 USA/$24.95 CAN;

 

ISBN: 0-88179-169-5

 

Hartly and Marks, Vancouver, Canada

 

alogan@hartleyandmarks.com, Amy Logan 1-800-277-5887, www.hartleyandmarks.com

 

Publication Date: November 1999

 

The Global Economy. The Individual. Could two concepts be more in opposition? Twenty-five years ago, Small is Beautiful, by E. F. Schumacher, addressed this issue and introduced the world to his groundbreaking ideas. The book provides a cogent critique of the problems of Western economics and Schumacher's solutions calling for human-scale, decentralized, and appropriate technologies. His philosophy can be summed up in a phrase: economics from the heart rather than from the bottom line.

 

*Ten Acres Enough

 

By Edmund Morris, Ralph C. Miller, Lynn R. Miller

 

ISBN 1-885210-02-7 Soft Cover

 

ISBN 1-885210-03-5 Hard Cover

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

An unabridged reprint of the 1864 classic. How a very small farm may be made to keep a very large family.

 

Violence of the Green Revolution

By Vandana Shiva

Pgs. 265 (1997) $ 6.00

 

Second Indian reprint. Shiva documents the awesome destruction of genetic diversity and soil fertility involved in the making of the green revolution. She also documents the true environmental horrors associated with it, giving statistics where required.

 

 

Weeds, Control Without Poisons

by Charles Walters, Jr.

 

Available from Acres USA

 

Charles Walters, founder and longtime editor of *Acres U.S.A.*, has revised and expanded his now classic text on the secrets that weeds reveal to us about our soil. For a thorough understanding of the conditions that produce certain weeds, you simply can't find a better source than this one - certainly not one as entertaining, as full of anecdotes stories and home-spun common sense.

 

SEEDS

 

*Rapid Clonal Multiplication of Rice Seed

 

By R.H. Richharia

 

Pp. 14 $1.00

 

Available from Other India Press

 

From the eminent rice scientist, R.H. Richharia, you can learn through this booklet how to raise a million seedlings from a single seed through the new technique invented by him. Best way to multiply traditional rice cultivars.

 

*Seed to Seed: Seed Saving Techniques for the Vegetable Gardener

 

by Suzanne Ashworth. Edited by Kent Whealy. Seed Savers Exchange, Inc.,

Rural Route 3, Box 239, Decorah, IA 52101, USA. 1991, 222 pgs. ISBN 0-9613977-7-2.

 

*Seed to Seed* is a complete seed-saving guide for 160 vegetable crops, with detailed information on each vegetable: botanical classification, flower structure and pollination method, isolation distances, caging and hand pollination techniques, and proper methods of harvesting, drying cleaning and storing the seeds. Beginning or experienced gardeners can easily learn how to save all of their own seeds, resulting in substantial annual savings and the satisfaction that comes from a garden which is truly self-perpetuating.

 

 

The Seed Keepers

Pgs. 156 (1995) $ 7.00

Vandana Shiva, Vanaja Ramprasad, Pandurang Hegde, Oakar Krishnan

and Radha Holla-Bhar

Available from India Press

 

Extensive documentation and introduction to farmers who are still maintaining traditional seeds in their fields. Color pictures.

 

 

 

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ANIMAL TRACTION/OX POWER

 

BOOKS/PUBLICATIONS

 

*Animal Powered Systems

 

Peter Lowe, Deutshes Zentrum fur Entwicklungstechnologien - GATE(German Appropriate Technology Exchange, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Post Box 5180, D-6236 Eschborn 1, Federal Republic of Germany, Tel: (061 96) 79-0,

 

First Edition, ISBN 3-528-02023-7

 

With the aid of more than 60 illustrations the brochure shows possible uses for the power gear technique. The author has referred to historical sources of information from Europe and North America, as well as his own more recent research work in regions where the power gear technique is increasingly being used at present, as for instance in Egypt. Over and above the circle of experts on draught animal usage, this brochure is addressed to persons who would like more insight into the condition under which traditional and historical techniques can provide answers for current technological needs.

 

*Ox Power - Ki Jaya! An Ox Power Handbook

 

by Paramananda dasa, former Minister of Agriculture for ISKCON (available for US $5.00 from Hare Krishna dasi, 9B Stetson St., Brunswick ME 04011, USA - 40 pages) or viewed www.iscowp.org

 

*4-H Working Steer Manual

 

Dwight E. Barney, Extension Publication No 33, Cooperative Extension Service, University of New Hampshire

 

 

*Animal Traction

 

Peter Watson, Fourth Edition, 1983 by Artisan Publications, 139 Division Ave., Summit, N.J. 07901

 

This manual is a guide for people who are learning how to harness animal energy and use it to power farm equipment. It is written for Peace Corps Volunteers and agricultural extension personnel who are helping farmers introduce or upgrade animal-powered farm systems. It is equally intended for those who are teaching themselves to farm with draft animals, or drive teams. Many illustrations.

 

*Oxen - a Teamsters Guide

 

Author: Drew Conroy

Details: 360 pages, 5.5x8.5 paperback

ISBN: 1-893707-08-3

Rural Heritage, Gainesboro, Tennessee, 38562, USA, http://www.ruralheritage.com/bookstore/index.htm

 

Contents:

1. Selecting the Ideal Team

2. Housing Your Oxen

3. Feeding Your Oxen

4. Principles of Training

5. Training Steers

6. Advanced Training

7. Training Mature Cattle

8. Yoke Styles

9. Making a Neck Yoke and Bows

10. Hitching Options

11. Oxen in Agriculture

12. Logging with Oxen

13. Working Oxen in Public

14. Competing with Oxen

15. Keeping Oxen Healthy

16. Hoof Care

17. The Problem Team

18. Oxen in History

19. International Development

 

 

*Horse Drawn Tillage Tools

 

ISBN 1-885210-12-4 Soft Cover

 

ISBN 1-885210-13-2 Hard Cover

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

This book is primarily a compilation of materials from the exhaustive archival library of Small Farmer’s Journal, from SFJ friends and from a handful of present-day manufacturers of new implements. Extensively illustrated.

 

Haying With Horses

 

By Lynn R. Miller

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

A comprehensive manual focusing on horse drawn lose hay systems covering all the equipment variable including mowers, rakes, stackers, wagons, loaders, fore carts, and balers. Extensive technical information on mower tune up. Exhaustive illustrations of different horse drawn hay tools. Procedural diagrams. Includes mower tune up. Exhaustive illustrations of different horse drawn hay tools. Procedural diagrams. Includes information on loose hay feeding techniques. Most horse drawn hay equipment can be used by oxen.

 

*Horse drawn Plows & Plowing

 

By Lynn R. Miller

 

Small Farmer’s Journal Inc., First Edition, Feb. 2000

 

ISBN 1-885210-08-6 Soft cover

 

ISBN 1-885210-09-4 Hard cover

 

300+ pages with hundreds of drawings and photos covering how to plow with horses using older equipment and new implements. Here you will find simple diagrams explaining tricky adjustments for both riding and walking plows. Detailed engineers drawings of John Deer, Oliver, McCormick Deering, Parlin Orendorff, Avery, and many other older manufacturers will be immensely helpful to folks restoring equipment. Also includes close up photos and information on new makes of animal-drawn plows including Pioneer and White Horse. Most horse drawn equipment can be used by oxen.

 

*An Introduction to Working Animals

 

by J. Lindsay Falvey PhD, MPW Australia, 302-304 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne 3000, Australia,

 

First Edition, ISBN 1-86252-992-2

 

Dr. Falvey and his associates have brought together in a readable and concrete form what is now known about the origins, use and management of the world’s working animals. The result will be extremely useful to students, teachers and extension workers in many parts of the world. It also serves to highlight the enormous gaps in our knowledge of such an important subject and, hopefully, will stimulate research and extension workers to pay more attention to what is, without doubt, the most ignored aspect of world animal production.

 

*In Praise of Oxen

 

By Terry James

 

Nimbus Publishing Limited

 

P.O. Box 9301 Station A

 

Halifax, Nova Scotia B3K 5N5

 

ISBN 1-55109-024-4

 

 

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

Inspirational photographs and description of Oxen.

 

ORGANIZATIONS

 

Tillers International

 

5239 South 24th St.

 

Kalamazoo, MI 49002 USA

 

Phone: 616/344-3233 or 1-800/498-2700

 

WEB Site: www.wmich.edu/tillers/

 

E-mail: TillersOx@aol.com

 

Classes in animal power, farming, blacksmithing, and wood working, small farm and crops.

 

A catalogue of products ranging from ox training/driving, yokes/yoke making, farming implements, other accessories.

 

Tillers' mission is:

 

- to preserve low-cost, historical rural skills,

 

- to find contemporary refinements within low-capital constraints,

 

- to share this information with those interested in small farms both in America and around the globe.

 

International Society For Cow Protection

 

ISCOWP

 

RD 1 Box 322 A

 

Moundsville, WV 26041

 

Tel# 304 -843-1658

 

E-mail: iscowp@earthlink.net,

 

WEB: www.iscowp.org

 

Vaisnava training of teamsters and oxen.

 

VIDEOS

 

*Basic Training of Oxen with Drew Conroy of Tillers International, voice commands]

 

From Butler Publishing, PO Box 1390, LaPorte CO 80535 (phone

1-800-728-3826 or 970-221-2834; fax 970-482-8621) [Dr. Doug Butler is a

certified journeyman farrier (one who cares for animal hooves).]

 

Advanced Training of Oxen;

 

Cattle Hoof Care.

 

*How to Train Oxen by Voice Commands

 

Balabhadra das (William E. Dove shows step by step how to train a young team of oxen)

 

From ISCOWP

 

RD 1 Box 322-A

 

Moundsville, WV, 26041

 

Tel# 304-843-1270

 

WEB: www.iscowp.org

 

E-mail: iscowp@earthlink.net

 

*****************************************

 

BOOKS/COMMUNITY

 

Buying and Setting Up Your Small Farm or Ranch

 

By Lynn R. Miller

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

This new illustrated book offers some uniquely modern and helpful information geared towards assisting people to “land” a new small farm operation of their own. Beginning with the “what fors” and “where fors” , and walking carefully through the pitfalls and challenges of the looking and buying process, this book could save the prospective farm buyer time, money, and headache. If you are dreaming of a small “working place” in the country where you can grow your own food, and some to sell, this book will help mold your dreams into a working plan of action. If you’re into the process of trying to buy a farm and stymied by all the gibberish and forms and salespeople. This book should even the odds for you.

 

An added attraction of this text are the chapters dealing with the peculiar and specific needs of a farm that is to be operated by animal power (whether as sole power source or in tandem with tractors).

 

*Fear Not to Sow Because of the Birds

 

by Paul Keene

 

ISBN 0-87106-666-1

ISBN: 0-871066-661

Publisher: Globe Pequot Pr

Pub. Date: December, 1988

Amazon. COM Price: $17.95

 

Essays on Country Living and Natural Farming from Walnut Acres

by Paul Keene, Dorothy Z. Seymour, Dorothy Jane Mills

 

Inspired by his experiences in India and his conversations with Mahatma Gandhi, Keene began Walnut Acres-one of the first and most successful organic farms in the USA. This book is about living life according to simple, natural, and basic principles, as land stewardship, and finding great joy in it.

 

*The Home Water Supply

 

(How to Find, Filter, Store, and Conserve it)

 

by Stu Campbell

 

Alpine Press, USA, 1986, Third Edition

 

ISBN 0-88266-324-0

 

Stu Campbell provides concrete and money-saving answers to questions that range from locating water t digging a pond to hooking up the plumbing in your home. You’ll know when to try something yourself, when to call a plumber or other expert.

 

You’ll learn:

 

How to find water

 

How to move it

 

How to purify it

 

And how to store and distribute it in your home

 

*Speaking About Varnasrama, Srila Prabhupada on Varnasrama and Farm Community Development

 

Compiled by Hare Krishna devi dasi

 

Editor: Suresvara das

 

ISBN 0-89312-316-3 (Volume 1)

 

 

 

Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

 

Bhaktivedanta Archives

 

P.O. Box 255, Sandy Ridge, NC, 27046, USA

 

PH# 336-871-3636, archives@earthlink.net

 

Srila Prabhupada presents a vision of a spiritual society. Citing Bhagavad-gita, he advocates Varnasrama dharma, a social institution in which people gain spiritual satisfaction and spiritual advancement by doing their daily work as an offering to God.

 

HOUSING

 

*A Log builder's Handbook

 

By Drew Langsner

 

Available from Rodale Press

 

ISBN 0-87857-416-6 hardcover

 

ISBN 0-87857-419-0 paperback

 

This book is a thorough how-to manual filled with clear instructions and sound advice.

 

Bhartiya Vastugyan

Pgs. 176 (1996) $ 5.00

By Pt. Jagdish Prasäd Sharma

Available from Other India Press

 

Explains the principles behind vaastu architecture and is fully illustrated with house plans.

 

 

*Serious Straw Bale, A Home Construction Guide for all Climates

 

By Paul Lacinski and Michel Bergeron

 

ISBN 1-890132-64-0

 

Available from Chelsea Green Publishing

 

A superior resource, covering so much ground that no other straw bale book does, with clarity and wit. An excellent, vital addition to the thinking person’s literature of straw bale. (Mark Piepkorn, The Last Straw

 

*Shelter

 

Edited By Lloyd Kahn

 

Shelter Publications, P.O. Box 279, Bolinas, CA. 94924 USA

 

ISBN 0-936070-11-0

 

Ph# 415-868-0280, Fax# 415-868-9050

 

E-mail: shelter@shelterpub.com, orders: orders@shelterpub.com, catalog:

 

catalog@shelterpub.com

 

www.shelterpub.com

 

 

 

With over 1000 photographs, Shelter is a classic celebrating the imagination, resourcefulness, and exuberance of human habitat. First published in 1973, it is not only a record of the counter-cultural builders of the ’60s, but also of buildings all over the world. There is a history of shelter and the evolution of building types. Tents, yurts, timber buildings, barns, small homes, domes, etc. There is a section on building materials, including heavy timber construction and stud framing, as well as stone, straw bale construction, adobe, plaster and bamboo. There are interviews with builders and tips on recycled materials and wrecking.

 

*The Natural House Book

 

By David Pearson

 

A Gaia Original

 

Published by Simon and Schuster/Fireside

 

ISBN 0=671-66634-7

 

ISBN 0-671-66635-5 (pbk)

 

Provides both inspiration and easy, practical suggestions for using toxin-free materials, improving air and water quality, saving energy, and designing or adapting every room for holistic living-toxin-free, elegantly simple, environmental benign, and nourishing to the body, mind, and spirit.

 

*The Straw Bale House

 

by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge, with David Eisenberg

 

ISBN 0-930031-71-7

 

Available from Chelsea Green Publishing

 

Describes the many benefits of building with straw bales:

 

1) Super insulation with R-values as high as R-50

 

2) good indoors air quality and noise reduction

 

3) speedy construction process (walls can be erected in a single weekend)

 

4) construction costs can be as little as $10 per square foot (depending on owner involvement)

 

5) use of natural and abundant renewable resource can be grown sustainably in one season

 

6) a better solution than burning agricultural waste straw, which creates tons of air pollutants

 

Vaastushastra and the 21st Century

Pgs. 95 ( 1996) HB $ 6.00

by Bharat Gandhi

 

Available from Other India Press

 

Vastushastra deals with architecture at the material and psychological levels. Examines how much the concept is valuable in our times and delves thereby deeply into the reasoning behind the ancient genre of architecture.

 

HOUSING PUBLICATIONS

 

*The Last Straw

 

The International Journal of Straw Bale and Natural Living,

 

Last Straw Production Team, HC 66 Box 119, Hillsboro NM 88042 USA

 

PH: 505-895-5400, FAX: 505-895-3326

 

e-mail: thelaststraw@strawhomes.com

 

www.strawhomes.com

 

This journal is an information-sharing forum created for and by many individuals involved with and interested in straw-bale construction.

 

SKILLS

 

*Foxfire

 

By The Foxfire Fund, Inc.

Post Office Box 541

Mountain City, GA 30562-0541

 

PH# (706) 746-5828, FAX: (706) 746-5829 foxfire@foxfire.org, www.foxfire.org

 

 

 

A series of books recording the lives and practical skills of the “old timers” of the Appalachian mountains. Such topics as: log cabin building, mountain crafts, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shucking', wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng, spring houses, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, iron making, blacksmithing, a water-powered sawmill and other fascinating topics.

 

*The Forgotten Crafts, A practical guide to

 

traditional skills

 

by John Seymour

 

Distributed by Outlook BOOK Company, a Random House Company, 225 Park Avenue South, New York, new York, 10003,

 

Published by Portland House

 

ISBN 0-517-05400

 

Making wagon wheels, barrels, rakes...building walls of mud brick or sod...laying hedges...spinning and weaving...burning charcoal-these and dozens of other traditional crafts were once part of everyday life. Today they are on the edge of extinction. This book shows and describes in fascinating detail just how they were done.

 

*The Lore of the Land

 

by James Seymour

 

ISBN 0-8052-3836-0

 

Skills in humane land care.

 

*Stocking Up III

 

by Carol Hupping and Rodale Press

 

Available from Rodale Press

 

627 pages

ISBN 0-87596-613-4 Hardcover

 

Preserving your own food is not only fun and delicious - it's also cheaper and healthier, too! You'll love these hints, tips and step-by-step instructions for freezing, canning, drying and storing just about every food imaginable. Plus hundreds of simple recipes so you can make your own jams, jellies, pickles, relishes, cheeses, ice cream, beverages, breads, and more!!

 

 

TOOLS

 

Farm Conveniences and How to Make Them

 

By Dennis Boyles

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

A fascinating volume abounding in valuable hints and suggestions for the easy and quick construction of homemade farming and homesteading devices. First published in 1884, it contains the best ideas gathered from farmers, and teaches valuable lessons in rural economy. Also an everyday handbook, it provides instructions on; how to use wastelands, prevent the washing of hillsides, harvest manure, build shelters, and much more.

 

*Handy Farm Devices, and How to Make Them

 

By Rolfe Cobleigh

 

Lyons Press, 123 West 18 St. New York, NY 10011

 

ISBN 1-55821-432-1

 

Available from: Small Farmer’s Journal,

 

Acres USA

 

A classic from the Golden Age of American Farming, is as useful and pertinent for home-steaders and small scale farmers today as it was when it was first published more than seventy-five years ago. A wealth of labor and money-saving projects fills its pages: spill-proof chicken waterers; a light weight orchard ladder; a small truss bridge; an easy fence-post and stump-puller; gates that don’t sag; gates that lift over snow drifts; a handy wood splitter - even a bicycle-powered washing machine.

 

*Water Lifting Devices,

 

by P.L. Fraenkel

 

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, (FAO), 1986,

 

Via delle Terme di Caracalla,00100, Rome Italy

 

First Edition, ISBN 92-5-102525-0

 

The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a basis for comparing and choosing between all present and (near) future options for lifting irrigation water on small and medium sizes land-holdings (generally in the range 0.25 ha to say 25 ha). *****************************************

 

BOOKS/COW

 

BREEDS/BREEDING

 

A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America’s 52 Breeds

 

By John Pukite

 

Pub, Penguin , June 1, 1998

 

ISBN: 0-14027-388-3

 

Available at www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble )

 

In A Field Guide to Cows, John Pukite provides all the facts--so even the novice can identify and get to know America's fifty-two breeds of cattle. Every entry in this entertaining yet completely usable book features an illustration that highlights each breed's most easily identifiable traits, such as coloration pattern and body shape.

 

Cattle of the World: Their place in the Human Scheme-Wild Types and Modern Breeds in Many Lands

 

By Sanders, Alvin Howard

 

1926 National Geographic

 

144 illustrations

 

Internet

 

http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/BREEDS/cattle

 

(Oklahoma State University Board of Regents)

 

http://allcows.com/world/index

 

Home Course in Animal Breeding,

 

Volumes 1-10, set of 10 pamphlets, illustrated

 

by Palmer, Prof.C.C. DMV

 

Available at www.bn.com (Barnes & Noble

 

Pleasant Hill School of Animal Breeding, 1974

 

Includes horses, cattle, sheep, swine. Sections on anatomy, genetics, managing pregnancy & birth, natural and artificial breeding, and sterility

 

COW CARE

 

Caring for Cows

 

By Valerie Porter with illustrations by Sally Seymore

 

Available from Diamond Farm Book Publishers

 

A guide to cow keeping that places primary emphasis on the welfare of the cow and on organic principles. There is no need, as the book shows, to put a strain on the cow’s udder nor to cause anguish by separating cow and calf almost at birth, sensible information is included on all aspects of care: feeding, housing, breeding, health, milking and dairy produce. 15 b &w photos; many line drawings. 144 pgs

 

*Cow Protection, An Imperative

 

By Arun Bhatt and Sarvanarayan das, foreword by Vimala Thakur

 

Published by: Bombay Sarvodaya Friendship Centre, Friendship Building, Kaljupada Pipe Line Road, Kula, Bombay 400 072

 

PH# 022-861-3660

 

Dialogue at Deonar (Bombay) Asia’s biggest slaughter house. A Satyagraha is conducted at its gate demanding: a complete ban on slaughter of the cow and its progeny in a predominantly agricultural country such as India, and an embargo on all meat-exports.

 

The street is crowded with bullocks, shortly to be led into the slaughter house. A group of visitors at the abattoir on a study tour are astonished at the sight of hundreds of healthy bullocks.

 

 

Dairy Cattle Selection, Feeding & Management

Yapp, William Wodin and William Barber Nevens

 

Publisher NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1947

 

Available from Barnes & Noble www.bn.com

 

Good Earth Books Evansville, IN

 

.3rd Edition. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. 455 pgs, b &w photos.

 

Selecting the Dairy Cow; Choosing a Breed; Determining Milk and Butterfat Yields; Applying the Principles of Heredity to Dairy Cattle Breeding; Feeding the Dairy Cow During the Winter Season; Feeding the Dairy Cow During the Pasture Season; Preserving and Preparing Roughages for Dairy Cattle Feeding; Caring for and Marketing Dairy Products from the Farm; Rearing the Dairy Calf; Feeding and Developing Dairy Heifers; Managing the Dairy Herd; Treating the Ailments of Dairy Cattle; Buying and Selling Dairy Cattle; Planning and Equipping the Dairy Barn; Caring for Manure and Conserving the Soil; more.

 

 

The Family Cow

 

by Dirk van Loon. Garden Way Publishing, Charlotte, Vermont 05445,1976. ISBN 0-88266-066-7, 262 pgs.

 

The author, a Cornell graduate in agriculture Cornell is a noted ag school, had extensive practical experience keeping a family cow at his

home in Nova Scotia, where he also wrote children's books. Mr. van Loon sense a strong and logical trend back to family farming in many areas of the United States and Canada. *The Family Cow* is complete, with data charts and tables, glossary of agricultural terms and source lists of

books and equipment. Contents: History and behavior of the cow; Nutritional needs, from grass to milk; Buying a cow - the sources, breeds and factors to consider; Handling techniques, housing and fencing; Feeds and feeding - cow and calf; Milking and uses of milk; Health and diseases, breeding and calving; Growing feed crops, use of manure.

 

*Protecting Cows: A Handbook Of The Principles & Practices Of Vegetarian Cow Husbandry

 

Compiled & Written by

 

Syamasundara. dasa (Stuart Coyle)

Farm Manager

Bhaktivedanta Manor Cow Protection Project

Hilfield Lane, Aldenham, Herts WD25 8EZ UK

Tel 01923 855350/857244

e mail syamasundara@pamho.net

Hatagra Publishing, 24 Western Road, Hove, Sussex BN3 1AF

 

1998, ISBN 9 9525882 1 8

 

Cow care from a Krishna Conscious cow protector’s view point. This book can be used as a guide to understand the more detailed information given about cow care by authors who are not lifetime cow protectors contained in this bibliography. Since ISCOWP recommends training oxen by voice commands as explained in Paramananda das’s publication Ox Power - Ki Jaya! An Ox Power Handbook, Training oxen by Voice Commands by Balabhadra das along with International authors like Drew Conway, the section of this book on the use of nose rings as an ox training method is not endorsed.

 

BARNS

 

Building a Multi-Use Barn

 

by John D. Wagner

 

Over 300 photos and illustrations

 

Available from: Small Farmer’s Journal

 

Storey’s How To Books for Country Living

 

Ho many times have you wanted a barn for your gardening projects, workshop, storage space, or even a few animals? This guide shows how easy it is to build an elegant barn for all your needs. Fully illustrated chapters cover the barn building process from start to finish, and includes handy forms to aid in figuring out your total construction costs.

 

How to build Small Barns and Outbuildings

 

by Monte Burch

 

Available from:

 

Small Farmer’s Journal

 

Storey’s How To Books for Country Living

 

Twenty budget-conscious projects for the do-it yourselfer are offered, with complete plans and step-by-step instructions. Projects include four types of barns; all-purpose, pole, horse, and milk, plus plans for garages, equipment sheds, greenhouse, workshop, home office, guest house and more. Chock full of clear drawings, plans, and photos this good book proceeds with the premise that everything needs to be explained.

 

Sheds, The Do It Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders

 

By David Stiles

 

Available from Storey’s How To Books for Country Living

 

Here’s everything you need to build more than a dozen different sheds. Includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step diagrams and instructions, plus practical considerations such as use, size, cost, placement, and degree-of-difficulty.

 

BOOKKEEPING

 

Small Farm Book Keeping

 

By Lynn R. Miller

 

Mill Press, 1983

 

ISBN 0-9607268-4-5

 

Available from Small Farmers Journal

 

This book is designed as a tool to help small farmers do a through, accurate job of recording all aspects of the farm enterprise. Careful conclusions, made from comprehensive records and tempered or adjusted to reflect personal goals, cam offer the strongest future for the small farm

 

FEEDING

 

*Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence: Better Farming with Voisin Management Intensive Grazing

 

by Bill Murphy

 

Arriba Publishing, 212 Middle Road, Colchester, Vermont 05446, USA.

Third Edition, 0-9617807-2-X, 353 pp.

 

Here's where you learn the modern-day version of the rotational grazing method begun by those most famous cowherds of all, Krishna and Balaram.

 

 

Grass Productivity

 

By Andre Voisin

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

This is the book, originally printed in 1959, that started a worldwide revolution in thought, and practice, about grassland management. Voisin was a scientist who also raised livestock. His patient eye and analytical mind resulted in this book which structures his observations, conclusions and practices into a formula any farmer and rancher may use to excellent advantage.

 

FENCING

 

Building Stone Walls

 

by John Vivian

 

Garden Way Publishing Book, Pownal, Vermont, 05261, Ninth Printing, 1987,

 

ISBN 0-88266-074-8

 

Building Stone Walls tells you all you need to know to build your own sturdy walls.

 

Carefully detailed, clear drawings show the techniques to follow - and how to avoid problems.

 

Fences for Pasture and Garden

 

By Gail Damerow

 

Available from:

 

Countryside & Small Stock Journal

 

Storey’s How-To Books on Country Living

 

The fencing bible for the 90’s - a complete guide to choosing, planning, and building today’s best fences. Types of fences include wire, rail, electric, high-tension, temporary, woven, and snow. Chapters on gates and trellises.

 

Fences, Gates and Bridges and How to Make Them

 

by George A. Martin

 

Available from Acres USA

 

An instructive guide to the best methods of building an incredible variety of these devices for all regions and weather conditions. Written in 1990, this book is a functional pocket manual as well as a testament to American ingenuity, born out of necessity and practicality. The section on fences boasts an impressive medley of materials and designs, including the zigzag fence, the cheap and portable barbed-wire fence, and a sampling of sod and stone fences. The second segment of the book includes instruction on making and setting posts, as well as the construction and installation of swinging gates, sliding gates, pulley gates, and more. The third and final section consists of information on a number of bridges, depicting a wide selection of them designed for crossing gullies and culverts, as well as ornamental bridges for gardens and walkways.

 

HEALTH CARE

 

A Veterinary Book For Dairy Farmers

 

Roger Blowey

 

HB 496 PGS 240 PHOTOS (35 COLOR)

 

Available from www.Diamondfarm.com

 

An indispensable book for every dairy farmer. Roger Blowey deals with the full range of cattle ailments, grouped broadly according to the age and development of the animal. Emphasizes preventive medicine.

 

Mastitis Control In Dairy Herd

 

Roger Blowey & Peter Edmondson

 

HB 208 PGS 122 COLOR PHOTOS

 

No dairy farmer can afford to ignore the cost of mastitis. This timely book deals with this problem in depth. It starts with a clear account of what mastitis is, and how it is related to the structure of the teat and udder. A chapter is devoted to teat infection as one of the most important preventive measures, and subsequent chapters then cover the environment and mastitis, somatic cell counts and TBC's. The authors aim to offer good practical information, backed up with specially prepared photos.

 

*Natural Cattle Care

 

By Pat Coleby

 

ISBN 0-911311-68-8

 

Available from Acres USA

 

Natural Cattle Care encompasses every facet of farm management, from the mineral components of the soils cattle graze over, to issues of fencing, shelter and feed regimens. How you farm determines the health of your livestock. Natural Cattle Care is a comprehensive analysis of farming techniques that keep the health of the animal in mind.

 

*The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable

 

By Juliette de Bairacli Levy.

 

Faber & Faber, London & Boston, Fourth edition

 

ISBN 0-571-16116-2, 471 pgs. $16.99 (Canada).

Available from Acres USA

 

With the growing interest in organic farming and increasing concern about the diet of farm animals, this completely updated edition of Juliette de Bairacli Levy's pioneering book will be welcomed by all farmers and smallholders who would like to increase their knowledge of proven herbal treatments.

 

"Every farmer should have this book for, used with common sense in combination with modern veterinary and farming methods, it could help us

to avoid some of the mistakes stemming form unlimited use of chemical fertilizers, insecticides, antibiotics, and the like." - Farmers Weekly.

 

*The handbook of Veterinary Homoeopathy

 

by John Rush

 

ISBN 81-7021-228-6

 

Available from B. Jain Publishers, check also Homeopathic Medicine for Animals and Humans: Best Links in the Sourcebook section

Very easy to understand. Diagnoses disease and prescribes treatment.

 

*The Treatment of Cattle by Homoeopathy

 

By George Macleod

 

ISBN 0-85207-247-3

 

Available from Washington Homeopathy Prod.

 

33 Fairfax St. Berkely Springs, WV 25411, USA

 

Info: 304-258-2541, Orders: 800-336-1695, Order-on-line at:

 

www.homeopathyworks.com

 

The aim of the homeopathy approach is to build up the health of the herd and increase the resistance of its individual members to disease. Homeopathy remedies are all derived from natural sources and George Macleod outlines the homeopathy approach to the commoner diseases of cattle.

 

Vet Clinic

 

A vet clinic has been added to www.ruralheritage.com. Beth A. Valentine PhD, DVM, of Cornell University is the virtual vet, online to answer your questions related to draft animal health issues.

 

HOOF-CARE

 

Cattle Foot care & Claw Trim

 

By E. Toussaint Raven

 

PB 128 PGS 276 Illustrations

 

Available from Diamond Farm Book Publishers

 

A superbly illustrated book which combines a guide to the causes, progress, treatment and prevention of foot ailments with a practical manual on claw trimming

 

 

 

Cattle Lameness and Hoof care

 

By Roger Blowey

 

HB 96 pgs. 90 color photos 54 line drawings

 

A comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to the causes and prevention of cattle lameness. Common foot diseases are fully described together with details of hoof anatomy, overgrowth and trimming techniques. Strongly recommended.

 

Keeping a Family Cow

 

by Bret R. Luick, Joann S. Grohman,

 

1998 4th Edition, Softcover, 180 pgs.,

 

Available from Acres USA

 

MILKING

 

Calving the Cow and Care of the Calf

 

By Eddie Straiton

 

HB 144 Pgs 349 Photos (274 Color)

 

Available from Diamond Farm Book Pub.

 

This book gives practical instructions for handling the cow during a simple delivery, followed by advice for dealing with the various complications that can arise. He then gives directions for caring for the young calf and advises on common health problems which are likely to occur, always being careful to distinguish situations where veterinary assistance is required.

 

TRANSPORTING

 

Information Resources for Livestock and Poultry Handling and Transport," 1990-1998

 

Animal Welfare Information Center, National Agricultural Library, 10301 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, MD 20705-2351, USA

 

Telephone (301) 504-6212,

 

Fax (301) 504-7125,

 

E- mail awic@nal.usda.gov

 

Contact: Brian Norris, ARS National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, Md.,phone (301) 504-6778, fax (301) 504-5472, bnorris@nal.usda.gov

 

A current guide to the "do's and don'ts" of transporting and handling farm animals is now available from USDA's National Agricultural Library. The new publication provides access to scientific, training and organizational resources for farmers, livestock and poultry producers, researchers, animal caretakers and other animal handlers. The publication is available from NAL's Animal Welfare Information Center.

 

The publication contains bibliographic citations, audiovisuals, governmental and institutional guidelines, Internet resources, and expertise from individuals and organizations. A special section lists organizations concerned with livestock transport and handling issues. Information is provided on how to contact each organization either via electronic means or postal address and a brief summary of the resources and services each organization offers.

 

Preceding the bibliography is the article, "Assessment of Stress During

 

Handling and Transport," by Temple Grandin, Ph.D., from Colorado State

 

University. Dr. Grandin is a recognized authority in the field of livestock handling.

 

Copies of the publication are available free of charge while supplies last. NAL is part of the Agricultural Research Service, USDA's chief research agency. NAL is the largest agricultural library in the world and one of four national libraries in the United States, along with the Library of Congress, the National Library of Medicine and the National Library of Education.

 

WATER

 

*Earth Ponds

 

(The Country Pond Maker’s Guide)

 

by Tim Matson, 1982

 

Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont

 

4th Printing, ISBN 0-914378-86-4

 

Available from Small Farmer’s Journal

 

This comprehensive guide includes setting, digging-in, sculpting, maintaining, and living with a country pond. The significance of water in ancient cultures, the lessons of the natural beaver pond, working with contractors. calculating capacities and aquaculture for beginners are among the useful topics covered. A typical acquadome installation and a catalog of resources for the pond maker are also featured.

 

Earth Pond Sourcebook, The Pond Owners Manual and Resource Guide

 

By Tim Matson

 

The author of the classic, best-selling book on ponds, *Earth Ponds*, presents new tips, techniques, and hundreds of resources to this guide. A huge growth of interest in ponds and aquaculture in recent years has spawned a wealth of new materials and suppliers, and new building and maintenance techniques. Tim Matson’s *Earth Ponds Sourcebook* will tell you what you need to know, whether you’re building a new pond or revitalizing an old one.

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