Raising Milk Goats Successfully | 
 enlarge | Author: Gail Luttmann
Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 48197
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0913589241
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.39142
EAN: 9780913589243
ASIN: 0913589241
Publication Date: November 1986
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Condition: Absolutely new - Never Opened - No remainder marks - Ships from non-smoking warehouse in Orange County, CA
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
Great goat book March 12, 2008
Though I havent read through it completely, a friend of mine who has had goats for years has this too. I am sure it is a great book. It is simple to read and very informative.
Very insightful October 18, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very good info in this book. Learned alot. In the process of determining which goats we want to get. This helped alot.
 I enjoy reading this book!! June 16, 2006
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
After reading through the book, I feel motivated to buy some goats. I bought a ranch and was interested in goats, but have never dealt with them. I already have dairy cows and am planning to do cheese processing. This book was extremely helpful at giving knowledge in all areas from the different type of goats to expenses in raising goats. It mixes hard facts and data, like nuitritional contents of certain feed and the needs of a milking goat, to the more human side, like talking with your goats and how to reduce their stress. I think this book is well written in simple language by someone who understands what a novice needs to know to even try goat milking as a farm activity. This is a definite must book for neophytes like me.
An excellent book that I had to own......... December 15, 2002
51 out of 52 found this review helpful
We have been around goats for decades, but have only recently in the past year gone the next step and begun to own Nubian goats for milk, cheese and brush removal purposes. And this is a great book if you are just getting started because it covered everything one needs to know before and after getting a goat or goats.From housing, dairy goat rations, nutritional needs, goat management, choosing dams and sires (females and males), breeding and kidding (birthing), kid care, goat milk, udder care, health care, trouble shooting, and the overall benefits of keeping goats. And a section for those who want to have goats as a business i.e. milk, cheese, meat. And there is a good section on where to buy goats and supplies. We live in the Sierras where we are encouraged to own goats for fire protection, since they are great at keeping brush clearer in high fire areas. And they are such wonderful animals to own and easily become members of the family.
 A little information, but mostly soft October 18, 2002
19 out of 26 found this review helpful
This book provided me with a little information that I needed to know, but on the whole, was literary fluff. Luttman is sentimental and opinionated through out the book and has trouble stating facts. Even in a convincing way. For example, instead of saying that you 'cull' 'kill' or 'slaughter' an unneeded buck, she said that "you should do away with them". Avoid this book altogether, or borrow it from a local library, but if you need to buy one get Jerry Belanger's 'Storey's Guide to Raising Dairy Goats: Breeds, Care, Dairying'
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