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	Goatkeeping 101, Third Edition by Caprine Supply $15.95 Newly revised in 2009 with updated sections on breeds, registries, milking machines, tattooing, embryo transfer, and an expanded resources section. A Caprine Supply publication for beginning and experienced goatkeepers. Descriptions, illustrations, and breed standards for dairy, Boer, Pygmy, Nigerian Dwarf, Kinder, Kiko, Fainting, Cashmere, Pygora. Sections on starting right, management, feeding, raising kids, housing and equipment, fencing, keeping goats healthy, milking, showing (dairy and Boer goats), working goats, goat products. Illustrations, drug charts for worming and coccidia, checklists, resources section, index. A great 4-H guide. Paperback, 280 pages. Discount for bulk orders.
	Goatkeeping 101, 6 or More By Caprine Supply $11.65
	USDA Goat Extension Handbook edited by George Haenlein $35.95 USDA-sponsored handbook of up-to-date information about goats, edited by George Haenlein, University of Delaware, and Donald L. Ace, Pennsylvania State University. More than 60 separate articles on management, housing, nutrition, genetics, reproduction, milking, physiology, health and disease control. Also artificial insemination, estrus synchronization, machine milking systems, etc. Articles on Angora, Pygmy, and meat goats also. An excellent reference book, includes many photos and illustrations. Loose-leaf format allows addition of updated information as it is published.
	Raising Goats for Milk and Meat by Rosalie Sinn $20.00 Written as a training text for the Heifer Project International, this recently revised book is a great "how-to" book for both the novice and experienced goatkeeper. Chapters on housing, feeding, breeding, kidding, and care of the milking doe, milk and meat products, yogurt and cheesemaking. Excellent chapters on nutritional requirements at each stage of a goat's development. 110 pages plus 36 pages of valuable recordkeeping forms. Paperback.
	Raising Milk Goats Successfully by Gail Luttman $9.95 A good book for the beginner. Covers basic management including nutrition, rations, housing, kid care, breeding, health care; plus sections on choosing sires and dams, showing, raising meat goats, training wethers to pull carts, and running a dairy business. Includes easy-to-read tables. Paperback. 172 pages.
	The Illustrated Standard of the Dairy Goat by Nancy Lee Owen $17.95 A useful guide for evaluating and judging conformation. More than 250 line drawings make this an excellent educational book. It works through the dairy goat scorecard, from breed characteristics to mammary system, and explains what desirable type is and why. A useful text for every would-be dairy goat judge. Paperback, 130 pages.
	All About Goats by Lois Hetherington $34.95 This revised introductory book gives insight into goat raising in the British Isles. Chapters on British breeds, feeding, housing, kidding, milking, dairy products, and by-products, management, the male goat, showing (in England), and the commercial herd. 50 page veterinary section by John Matthews has sections on routine vaccinations, worm control, CAE testing, foot care, breeding problems, and more. Black and white and color photographs. Hardback. 178 pages. 2002.
	Raising Dairy Goats by Jerry Belanger $18.95 This expanded edition (revised in 2001) contains up-to-date information on milk, choosing a goat, housing, fencing, feeding, grooming, health, breeding and kidding, milking, raising kids, chevon and dairy products including recipes, and appendices on somatic cell counts, milk composition, injections, immunizations, a glossary. and lots more. Paperback, 284 pages, 2001.
	Life in the Goat Lane by Linda Fink $10.95 A humorous look at goat owning and goat owners. Adapted from the best of Fink's columns, "The Kidding Pen," which appear monthly in United Caprine News. Here, Fink turns her wit to the show season, breeding season, "the two weeks between the two," and kidding season. It's a great gift for those who own goats or ever did. Fink has raised Nubians for over twenty years and writes for a local newspaper. Illustrated. Paperback. 134 pages.
	More Life in the Goat Lane by Linda Fink $10.95 If you liked the previous book, you'll love this one. Here Fink takes on guard dogs, goat escapes, goat people and barn fashions, goats and horses, manure, fencing, hay hauling, milk test day blues, cleaning chores, and the myriad of other frustrations we all go through. Charming illustrations by Barbara Millikan. Paperback, 134 pages, 2000.
	Your Goats by Gail Damerow $14.95 A book for young people who want information about raising and showing all kinds of goats. Answers to questions about choosing breeds, keeping your goats healthy, feeding, breeding, and showing. Includes information about pack goats, meat goats and hair goats, also. Quality illustrations and easy-to-read charts. 172 pages, paperback.
	Saanen Roots by Allan L. Rogers $7.95 If you are a Saanen fancier, this small book is a complete, detailed history of the Saanen breed in the United States. Author has worked with Saanens more than 40 years. The book covers European origins, imports into the U.S., significant breeders and outstanding animals into the early 1970's. Paperback, 85 pages, 1981.
	Pygmy Goats: Management and Veterinary Care by Lorrie Boldrick, DVM and Lydia Hale $19.95 Book includes sections on the Pygmy breed, general care, reproduction, neonatal care. More than half is devoted to diseases and disorders, surgical management and a handy drug dosage chart. Paperback, 237 pages.
	Raising Meat Goats by Maggie Sayer $18.95 A new Storey Guide book covering most aspects of meat goats. Breeds, buying, selecting, traveling, housing, feeding, health, parasites, breeding, plus livestock guardians (lots on dogs also donkeys and llama), marketing, all specific to meat goats. Appendices on tattooing and ear tagging, hoof trimming, clipping, and more. Highlighted sections throughout the book have important information. Lots of good illustrations plus index, glossary, resources, and index. Paperback, 337 pages.
	Raising Meat Goats for Profit by Gail Bowman $19.95 A comprehensive book on what you need to know to start raising meat goats for profit. Covers meat breeds, getting started, meat production, kidding and kid raising, health and diseases, feed ration tables, work calendar for goat ranch. Has chevon and cabrito recipes, resource lists, over 60 illustrations and pictures. Paperback, 250 pages. 1999.
	Angora Goats the Northern Way by Susan Black Drummond $21.95 This updated and revised fifth edition is new in 2005. Again available, this edition focuses on raising Angoras in cold climates. Also information on cashmere goats. Has chapters on general management, housing, nutrition, parasites and diseases, breeding and kidding, predator control plus information on mohair and shearing. Good photographs and illustrations. 237 pages, paperback.
	Artificial Insemination Handbook $6.79 Was: $7.55 Revised in 1986 by Wayne and Carole Rhoten of Magnum Semen Works, this 28-page booklet is a very good introduction to dairy goat A.I. Clearly written, well-organized, easy to follow. Covers A.I. equipment needed, care of nitrogen tanks, when to breed, insemination procedure, recordkeeping. Has illustrations, charts, and a glossary of terms.
	Artificial Insemination Goat Pamphlet $0.50 Covers basics of A.I. Published by the American Dairy Goat Association. Available from ADGA also.
	Training Goats to Pull Booklet $3.95 This booklet details what you need to know to begin training a goat to pull a cart. The book includes information about the equipment, selecting a goat to pull, the training itself, team driving, rules of the road, etc.
	Practical Goatpacking by Carolyn Eddy $17.95 Add to your goat packing library. Chapters cover the conformation needed for goats that will pack (including photos of good working breeds), herd health and management, training from choosing a likely prospect to advanced, gear, trail concerns, hunting with goats, toxic and poisonous plants, and field first aid. The appendices cover resources and an update on CAE. Line drawings and black and white photos. Paperback, spiral bound.
	Diet For Wethers by Carolyn Eddy $14.95 A comprehensive guide to wether nutrition. The nutritional charts and feed composition charts are most helpful for all goats. Hays, mineral deficiencies, natural diet, body condition, selecting and storing feed, analyzing feed tags, dietary diseases are relevant to all goat owners. Paperback, spiral-bound, 2001, 100 pages.
	Living with Goats by Margaret Hathaway with photographs by Karl Schatz $24.95 The newest offering by the author of The Year of the Goat. Subtitled "Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Backyard Herd," this book has chapters on advanced planning, housing, fencing, feeding, breeding, kid raising, health, goat milk, butchering, and other uses for goats. Appendices cover a yearly timeline, equipment, resources and suppliers, and state cooperative extension offices. Beautiful color photographs. 2009, hardback, 198 pages.
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