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Title: A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds by John Pukite ISBN: 0-14-027388-3 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.09 (11 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Cute book for learning the basics
Comment: I bought this book because I've always had a "thing" for cows. My kitchen used to be decorated in cows. I'm one of those people that used to yell "MOOOOO" out of car windows, every time I would pass a field of cows.
This book isn't exactly what I thought it would be, but I still recommend it. I was hoping for pictures, but there are only hand drawn illustrations. The illustrations are good...but I really wished for color photographs.
There are fun facts on every page, which I enjoy being able to spout off. There are charts in the back of the book about milk production and beef production. My pre-teen daughter found enough information in this book to do a report on cows, even thought it's thin...she also found it to be a fast read.
I'd recommend this book to someone curious about cows. It's a good starting-off point.
Rating: 4
Summary: You mean different cows actually have breed names?
Comment: I got this lightly entertaining, packed fact chock-full, irreverent little book as a gift from my mother-in-law. Yes, a woman from Southwest Oregon, raised in cattle country on a huge ranch that had been in the family for generations. This was a sympathy gift for me, when playing family trivia pursuit, I responded with surprise when a "Holstein" came out as the answer to a question. First there were blank stares in my direction from around the table, and then came surprise, disbelief, and finally the boisterous and gratuitous laughter, all generated by my unknowledge of the wonderful Holstein. I could see it in their eyes...my esteem took a whack downwards that day in their bovine-wise eyes. The scandal and shame of it, with me being from Texas and all. Now I know a Holstein is a dairy cow with spots. I'm armed and semi-dangerous with this funny book. Did you know that a Piedmont has a big, big beefy butt? A Cow can detect odors up to five miles away (they must despise being a cow then with the way they smell)? How about how many stomachs a cow has? A: 4. You would know all this if you had this book. I wouldn't call this book essential or anything quite that elevated, but it is truly fun. If you get laughed at for not knowing a Guernsey from a Galloway, you might want to get this book. I used to hate cows when I saw what they did to the land, whilst hiking in Idaho. Now that I have the book, I don't hate them quite as much.
Rating: 2
Summary: Big Disappointment
Comment: If you are looking for a cutesy book you won't be disappointed. If you are looking for information on identifying cattle of various breeds accurately - keep looking. This book has a cut out mask that you can hold in front of your face so you can moo at cows over the fence. There are no photographs of cows or anything else. Black and white sketches only. Buyer beware!!!
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Title: Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle by Heather Smith Thomas ISBN: 1580173276 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Complete Cow by Sara Rath ISBN: 0896580008 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson ISBN: 0882660950 Publisher: Garden Way Pub. Co. Pub. Date: 01 October, 1976 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Small-Scale Livestock Farming: A Grass-Based Approach for Health, Sustainability, and Profit by Carol Ekarius ISBN: 1580171621 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: About Cows (Country Life) by Sara Rath ISBN: 0896584658 Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN) Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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