Family Cow. This is THE basic book--yet with all the essential details--for the family that decides to keep a cow for all the benefits she can provide. Learn the costs, the gains, and what she gives and takes. You'll learn about nutritional needs, purchasing your cow, how to handle, feed and fence, how to milk, uses of milk, health and diseases, breeding and calving, growing feed crops and uses of manure. The author, Dirk van Loon is a successful and well known homesteader from Canada. Well worth the $16.95 price, soft cover, 6" x 9", 262 pages, good illustrations and diagrams, black and white photos and a complete glossary. We offer Free Shipping on all orders totaling more than $19.94. For orders totaling less than $19.95 please include $2.50 for handling. To order by phone call Toll Free 866.596.9982