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An excellent guide to cow-keeping that places primary emphasis on the welfare of the cow and organic principles. Easy-to-read sensible information on all aspects of keeping your homestead dairy cow. Chapters include Care, Feeding, Housing, Breeding, Health, Milking, Dairy Products and much more. This book is truly written for the homesteader in mind.
Keeping cattle is something many smallholders consider. In this series we explain how we went about becoming cattle keep
Traditional breeds of cattle can manage perfectly well on grazing alone – in theory. However, it’s unlikely that, in
In general, the British traditional breeds do not need to be housed in winter if they have adequate shelter in the field
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Hello, I'm Rosemary Champion, aka the Accidental Smallholder. I'm a smallholder in the east of Scotland and started this website to help other people who are interested in smallholding to find their way, and to share my experiences.
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