HARD-TO-FIND Cow Farming Ranch BEEF CATTLE SCIENCE BOOK OVER 350 PHOTOS, 310 CHARTS, 130 GRAPHS & 150 DRAWINGS Start Price USD 89.99 Current Price USD 89.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, August 25, 2008 End Time Monday, September 01, 2008 Location American Fork, Utah See more about 'HARD-TO-FIND Cow Farming Ranch BEEF CATTLE SCIENCE BOOK' Description **SCARCE**  EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTIBLE!! OUT OF PRINT! VERY HARD TO FIND!!  ILLUSTRATED REFERENCE GUIDE TO BEEF CATTLE SCIENCE!  Up for bid is a fascinating, but SCARCE, book which provides an amazing and RARE indepth look at the history and science of "BEEF CATTLE"    This book has been around in one edition or another for close to over 40 years.  It has become the standard relied upon for all researchers, students and professionals. This book is the 6th Edition and has become literally NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND! This edition highlights in both words, statistics, charts, tables, photographs, illustrations and more the complex and detailed history and characteristic of BEEF CATTLE and THE INDUSTRY. This volume is packed with MANY NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS!   THIS SPECIAL VOLUME IS PACKED FULL WITH MANY NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED PHOTOGRAPHS, CHARTS, GRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, DRAWINGS, AND MANY OTHER VISIAL MEDIA PRINTINGS THAT CAN BE FOUND NO WHERE ELSE -- THIS VOLUME IS FILLED WITH 100's OF INCREDIBLE VISUAL TEACHING TOOLS ~ OVER 930 IN ALL -- INCLUDING AT LEAST 350 PHOTOGRAPHS; 150 DRAWINGS & ILLUSTRATIONS; 310 CHARTS, TABLES & CALCULATIONS and 130 FASCINATING GRAPHS IN THE FORMS OF MAPS, LINE GRAPHS, BAR GRAPHS, PIE CHARTS, AND MANY UNIQUE ILLUSTRATION GRAPHS!  This 1020 page volume is the most comprehensive and informative reference guide on BEEF CATTLE to ever have been produced A PRICELESS ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION!  Book is in GREAT CONDITION and has been well taken care of - binding/spine is tight and all pages are crisp, clean and secured.  Overall this book is in really great shape, there is a little spotting to the outside cover and the edges have some very slight bumping.  The inside of the book is in EXCELLENT CONDITION ~ it is free of any rips, tears, marks, writings, etc.   This book is in phenomenal condition and would make a wonderful reference book.  Buyer to pay $4.95 shipping within the U.S.    The following topics are addressed in this volume: PART I: HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEEF CATTLE Origin and Domestication of Cattle (Bos taurus) (Bos Indicus) Use of Cattle in Ancient Times Cattle in Medieval Famrming Late Middle-Ages Agriculture of England Improvements In English Cattle Bakewell's Improvement of English Cattle The Golden Purebred Era The Introduction of Cattle to America Draft Oxen More Prized by Colonist then Beef American Interest in Breeding Effect of the Civil War on the Cattle Industry The Abiliene, Kansas, Shipping Point The Outbreak of Cattle Tick Fever (Texas Fever) The Far-Western Expansion of the Cattle Industry Growth of the United States Cattle Industry PART II: DISTRIBUTION, ADAPTATION, AND THE FUTURE OF THE CATTLE INDUSTRY World Distribution of Cattle Beef Production in South America; Canada; Mexico; Australia Beef Production in THE UNITED STATES Areas of Beef Production: 1) The Western Range; 2) The Corn Belt 3) The Appalachian and Great Lakes Region: 4)The Cotton Belt Leading Sates in Beef Production Factors Favorable to Beef Production and Factors Unfavorable to Beef Production The Future of the American Bee Cattle Industry PART III: TYPES AND BREEDS OF BEEF AND DUAL-PURPOSE CATTLE The Four Types of Cattle The Breeds of Beef and Dual-Purpose Cattle in the United States Relative Popularity of Breeds of Beef adn Dual-Purpose Cattle The Beef Breeds of Cattle: Angus, Brahman (Zebu), Charolais, Devon, Galloway, Hereford, Polled Hereford, Polled Shorthorn, Santa Gertrudis, Shorthorn The Dual-Purpose Breeds of Cattle: 1) Milking Shorthorn; 2) Red Poll New and / or Less Widley Distributed Breeds PART IV: ESTABLISHING THE HEARD; SELECTING AND JUDGING BEEF CATTLE Factors to Consider in Establishing the Herd: 1) Purebreds or Grades; 2)Selection of the Breed; 3) Size of the Herd; 4) Uniformity; 5) Health; 6) Condition; 7) Age and Longevity; 8) Reproductive Ability; 9) Milking Ability; 10) Size Adaptation; 11) Price Selection and Bases: 1) on Type or Individuality; 2) on Pedigree; 3) on Show-Ring Winnings; on Production Testing Herd Improvement Through Selection Judging Beef Cattle Ideal Beef Type and Conformation Bull Grading How to Determine the Age of Cattle by the Teeth PART V: SOME PRINCIPLES OF CATTLE GENETICS Mendel's Contribution to Genetics Some Fundamentals of Heredity in Cattle The Gene as the Unit of Heredity Mutations Mutations Simple Gene Inheritance (Qualitative Traits) Dominant and Recessive Factors: 1) Incomplete or Parital Dominance Multiple Gene Inheritance (Qualitative Traits) Inheritance of Some Characters in Cattle: A Monohybrid Cross, A Dihybrid Cross, A Trihybrid Cross Multiple Births How Sex is Determined Abnormal Development of Sex in Cattle Letals and Other Abnormalities in Cattle Dwarfism in Cattle The Relative Importance of Sire and Dam Prepotency Nicking Family Names Heredity and Environment Systems of Breeding: 1) Purebreeding; 2) Inbreeding -- Closebreeding or Linebreeding;  3) Outcrossing; 4) Grading Up; 5) Crossbreeding Production Testing Beef Cattle How to Use Herd Records in Selection Apprasing Factors Influencing to Place on Each Character Systems of Selection     PART VI: PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION IN CATTLE The Reproductive Organs of the Bull The Reproductive Organs of the Cow Fertilization Normal Breeding Habits of Cows: 1) Age of Puberty; 2) Age to Breed Heifers; 3) Heat Periods; 4) Signs of Estrus; 5) Gestation Period Fertility in Beef Cattle Methods of Mating: Hand Mating or Pasture Mating Pregnancy Test Care of thed Pregnant Cow Care of the Cow at Calving Time: 1) Signs of Approaching Parturition; 2) Preparation for Calving; 3) Normal Presentation; 4) Rendering Assistance; 5) The Newborn Calf; 6) The Afterbirth Care and Management of the Bull Age and Service of the Bull Normal Breeding Season and Time of Calving: Advantages of Spring Calves and the Advantages of Fall Calves Artifical Insemination: 1) Frozen Semen; 2) Advantages of Artificial Insemination; 3) Limitations of Artificial Insemination; 4) Some Practical Considerations Hormonal Control of Heat in Cows Superovulation Ova Transplantation   PART VII: STERILITY AND DELAYED BREEDING IN BEEF CATTLE Sterility in the Cow Genital Infections and Diseases: 1) Nonspecific Infections; 2) Specific Genetial Infections Poor Management and Feeding: 1) Ovulation and Breeding Not Properly Synchronized; 2) Improper Feeding; 3) Exercise; 4) Sexual Rest; 5) Season and Light Physiological and Endrocrine Disturbances: 1) Anestrus (failure to come in heat); 2)Disturbe Estrus Cycles; 3)exual Infantilism; 4) Retained Corpus Luteum (retained yellow body); 5) Cystic Ovaries; 6) Retained Placenta (retained afterbirth); 7) Intersexes and Hermaphrodites Inherited (Genetic) Abnormalities: 1) Lethal Genes; 2) White Heifer Diseas Anatomical Defects and Injuries: 1) Freemartin Heifers; 2) Mechanical Injuries to the Genetial Organs Miscellaneous and Unknown Causes: Embryonic Mortality (Fetal Death or Prematal Mortality) Sterility in the Bull: 1) Poor Semen; 2) Physical Defects and Injuries; 3) Psychological Genetial Infections and Diseases Poor Management and Feeding: 1) Improper Feeding; 2) Exercise; 3) Retarted Sexual Maturity; 4) The Overworked Bull Physiological and Endocrine Distubances: 1) Sexual Infantilism; 2) Sex Drive Inherited (Genetic) Abnormalities: 1) Cyrtorchidism; 2) Scrotal Hernia; 3) Umbilical Hernia "Bull Testing" to Evaluate Breeding Soundness A Program of Improved Fertility and Breeding Effiency   PART VIII: FEEDING BEEF CATTLE Specific Nutritive Nees of Beef Cattle: 1) Protien Needs; 2) Energy Needs; 3) Mineral Needs -- a) Salt; b) Calcium; c)Phosphorus; d) Trace Elements; e) Commerical Mineral Mixtures; f) How to Select and Buy Commerical Mineral Mixes or Home-Mixed Mineral for Cattle; 4) Vitamin Needs; 5) Water Needs Feeds for Beef Cattle: 1) Pastures; 2) Hay and Other Dry Rhughages; 3) Silages and Roots; 4) Concentrates -- a) Carbonaceous & Nitrogenous Concentrates (Urea); b) Fats; c) Milk Replacers for Calves Hormones, Antibiotics and other Ration Ingredients Preparation of Feeds: 1) Pelleted and Wafered Forages; 2) All-Pelleted Rations Feed Substituion Tables Home -Mixed Versus Commerical Feeds Balanced Rations for Beef Cattle  How to Balance a Ration by the... 1) Square Method; 2) Trial and Error Method; 3) Computer Method Feed Allowance and Some Suggeste Rations Effect of Underfeeding Nutriional Diseases and Aliments   PART IX: BEEF CATTLE MANAGEMENT Some Beef Cattle Management Practices Dehorning -- 1) Age and Season to Dehorn; 2) Method of Dehorning; 3) Treatment after Dehorning Castrating -- 1) Age and Season of Castrating; 2) Methods of Castrating; 3) Position and Treatment in Castrating Spaying Marking or Identifying Weaning Bedding Cattle Cattle Manure: 1) Amount of Manure Produced; 2) Composition of Manure; 3) Value of Manure; 4) Modern Ways of Handing Manure; 5) Objectionable Features of Manure Management of Sub-humid, Humid, and Irrigate Pastures Extending the Grazing Season PART X: RANGE CATTLE MANAGEMENT The Western Range Geographical Divisions of the Range Wild Animals on the Range Types of Range Vegetation Grazing Publicly Owned Lands Seasonal Use of the Ranges The Range Cattle Herd Range Grazing System Range Riding Breeding Season and Calving Time Winter Feeding Cattle on the Range The Roundup PART XI: BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT FOR BEEF CATTLE Beef Cattle Buildings Beef Cattle Equipment: 1) Hayracks; 2) Feed Troughs or Bunks; 3) Self-feeders; 4) Shades; 5) Corrals; 6) Loading Chute; 7) Squeeze; 8) Stocks; 9) Breeding Racks; 10) Dipping Vat and Spraying Equipment; 11) Silos; 12) Other Space Requiremnents of Buildings and Equipment How to Determine Size of Barn and Silo to Build Fences for Cattle   PART XII: BEEF CATTLE HEALTH, DISEASE PREVENTION, AND PARASITE CONTROL Normal Temprature, Pulse Rate, and Breathign Rate of Farm Animals A Program of Beef Cattle Health, Disease Prevention, and Parasite Control A Cattle Feedlot Disease adn Parasite Control Program Diseases of Beef Cattle: Anthrax, Bacillary, Blackleg, Brucellosis, Calf Diptheria, Calf Scours, Circling Disease, Foot-and-Mouth Disease, Foot-Rot, Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis, Infectious Embolic Menigo-Encephalitis, Johne's Disease, Leptospirosi, Lumpy Jaw and Wooden Tongue, Metritis, Navel Infection, Pink Eye, Pneumonia, Rabies, Shipping Fever, Tetanus, Tuberculosi, Vaginitis, Vibronic Abortion, Virus Diarrhea, Warts, Winter Dysentery and X-Disease Some Common Parasites Affecting Beef Cattle: Anaplasmosis, Blowfly, Bovine Trichomoniasis, Cattle Tick Fever, Coccidiosis, Face Fly, Gastro-Intestinal Worms, Grubs, Horn Fly, Lice, Liver Fluke, Lungworm, Mites, Ringworm, Screwworm, Stable Fly How to Prepare Sprays or Dips Disinfectants Poisonous Plants: Preventing and Treating State Indemnity Payments PART XIII: SYSTEMS OF BEEF PRODUCTION -- APPLIED BEEF CATTLE PRODUCTION Cow-Calf System Commerical or Purebred Winter Feeding Range Cattle Supplementation Feeding and Handling Calves Stocker (Feeder) Cattle The Stocker Program Feeding Stockers Feedlot Finishing (Fattening) Cattle Kinds of Cattle to Feed Cattle Feedlot Managment Pasture Finishing (Fattening) Advantages and  Disadvatages of Grain Feeding on Pasture Systems of Pasture Finishing PART XIV: BUSINESS ASPECTS OF BEEF PRODUCTION Capital Cow-Calf Capital Needs Cattle Feedlot Capital Needs Guidelines Relative to Facility and Equipment Costs Management Traits of a Good Cattle Manager Organization Chart and Job Description An Incentive Basis for the Help Budgets in the Cattle Business Computers in the Cattle Business Credit in the Cattle Business Co-op Owned Feedlots Custom (Contract) Feeding Analysing a Cattle Business: Is it Profitable? Predicting What's Ahead Beef Futures Trading Cattlemen and Income Taxes PART XV: MARKETING AND SLAUGHTERING CATTLE AND CALVES Methods of Marketing Cattle Preparing and Shipping Cattle Market Classes and Grades of Cattle Other Cattle Market Terms and Factors Some Cattle Marketing Considerations Packer Slaughering and Dressing Cattle Selling Purebred Cattle PART XVI: BEEF VEAL, AND BY-PRODUCTS FROM CATTLE SLAUGHTER World Beef Consumption United States Beef Consumption Beef Imports and Exports Qualities in Beef Desired by the Consumer The Federal Grades of Beef Aging Beef Disposition of the Beef Carcases Wholesale Cuts Beef and Veal Retail Cuts Beef Prices and Spread Packing House By-Product from Cattle Slaughter PART XVII: SELECTING, FITTING, AND SHOWING BEEF CATTLE Advantages of Showing Selecting Show Cattle Feeding for the Show Equipment for Fitting and Showing Cattle Training and Grooming for the Show Fair Enteries -- Providing Health Certificates -- Shipping to the Fair -- Stall Space, Feeding and Management at the Fair Showing the Animal INDEX THANKS and GOOD LUCK!    P.S. -- Due to my tight schedule all items are shipped approximately one week from date of pay.  If for some reason you need the item sooner - please contact me and I will do what I can to accommadate. -- THANKS!  Powered by eBay Turbo Lister The free listing tool. 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