| Edition |
Reissued [updated] edition |
| Phys Descr |
139 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Note |
"This is a reissued edition of my book so I have had the opportunity to update some of the material."--Page [vii] |
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Text in English |
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Includes bibliographical references (page 139) |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Alan Bennett -- 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 -- Hens like playing -- There's another side to hens -- 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 -- Kite's Nest Farm |
| 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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| Alt Author |
Bennett, Alan, 1934- writer of foreword
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| OCLC # |
1038520677 |
| ISBN # |
9780525557319 |
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0525557318 |
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