
Cattle Farming Techniques: 4 Classic Books on Raising and Selecting Cattle
Classic Guidance on Cattle Breeding, Herd Improvement, and Farm ManagementBy William Carter Stubbs, William R. Jones, H. Russell Cross, E. Curtis Green, Anthony Kotula, R. L. West, Florida State Live Stock Association, Willis P. HazardLength8h 44m
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Cattle Farming Techniques gathers four classic instructional works into a compact archive of livestock knowledge, tracing the practical arts of breeding, selecting, feeding, housing, and managing cattle. Its pages move between systematic husbandry, breed evaluation, commercial calculation, and the everyday observations of the stockman, revealing a range of styles from concise technical guidance to more expansive agricultural argument. Especially valuable are the sustained treatments of conformation and selection, which situate the animal's body at the center of questions of productivity, inheritance, and farm economy. The contributors—agricultural writers, livestock specialists, and representatives of organized stock-raising interests—speak from a period in which animal science and professional agricultural education were reshaping rural practice. Their collective work reflects the rise of modern husbandry: an era increasingly concerned with record keeping, improved breeding, market standards, and the circulation of expertise through associations and print. Though their emphases differ, these voices illuminate the connected cultural worlds of the farm, the fairground, the breeding program, and the agricultural marketplace. This volume is recommended to students of agricultural history, practicing cattle keepers, and readers interested in the development of applied science. By placing distinct manuals in dialogue, it offers both useful historical instruction and a broad perspective on how cattle husbandry became a disciplined field of knowledge.
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GenreTechnology, Literary Classics
Length8 hrs 44 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Cattle Chronicles: 22 Books to Devour for Anyone Passionate about Livestock
2Louisiana Beef Cattle
3Beef Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm
4Beef Slaughtering, Cutting, Preserving, and Cooking on the Farm
5SELECTION AND CARE OF ANIMAL BEFORE SLAUGHTER
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6Florida: An Ideal Cattle State
7Florida: An Ideal Cattle State
8Foreword
9FLORIDA AS SEEN FROM A TEXAS STANDPOINT.
10How to Select Cows or, The Guenon System Simplified, Explained, and Practically Applied
11How to Select Cows or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically applied
12PREFACE.
13LECTURES ON THE GUENON SYSTEM.
14GUENON’S INTRODUCTION TO HIS NEW REVISED EDITION.
15GUENON’S METHOD OF JUDGING OF THE VALUE OF STOCK.
16C. L. SHARPLESS ON THE ESCUTCHEON.
17DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSES AND ORDERS. Prepared by W. P. Hazard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Guenon Commission.
18ESCUTCHEONS ON BULLS.
19REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GUENON COMMISSION.
20ADDENDA.
21NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
22EXTRACTS FROM THE MUCH LARGER NOTICES OF THE WORK.