| Descript |
xvi, 139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Note |
Nonfiction. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (page 139). |
| Contents |
A little bit about ingenuity -- Alice and Jim -- Mothers and daughters -- Jake -- Unusual behaviour needs investigating -- A little bit on names and more on grieving -- A brief note about sleep -- Different kinds of mooing -- Cows make good decisions -- Bovine friendships are seldom casual -- But bulls are a completely different kettle of fish -- Fat hat II -- Cows have preferences -- Eye contact -- Cows remember -- A little bit about horses -- A digression on sheep, and pigs and hens -- Difficult calvings - cows are never wrong -- Dizzy and her family -- Something happens here every day...-- Physical communication -- Notes on grooming --A word about milk --Calf games --Amelia again -- A brief note on birds -- Self-medication -- Dorothy and her daughter, Little Dorothy -- Twenty things you ought to know about cows -- Twenty things you ought to know about hens --Twenty things you ought to know about sheep -- Twenty things you ought to know about pigs. |
| Summary |
The author distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animals. |
| Subject |
Cattle.
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Cattle -- Behavior.
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Organic farming.
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9780525557319 |
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0525557318 |
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