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	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.
	The Home Creamery by Kathy Farrell-Kingsley $16.95 Easy recipes for making butter, yogurt, sour cream, creme fraiche, cream cheese, ricotta, mozzarella, mascarpone, and more. Directions will work well for goat as well as cow milk. Also includes 75 recipes using the products you've made breakfast goodies, appetizers and snacks, soups, salads, and sandwiches and finally main courses, side dishes, and dessert. Simple instructions that will bring out the very best in your dairy creations. Glossary, sources, and index. 2008, paperback. 214 pages.
	Sheep and Goat Medicine Edited by D. G. Pugh $113.00 Published in 2002, this is the newest comprehensive book to cover diseases and treatment of diseases of goats (and sheep). Extremely readable and usable by goat breeders and vets alike. Each chapter has disease descriptions including causes, clinical signs, diagnosis, and treatment. Virtually all systems of the goat are covered, including mammary, respiratory, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, urinary, the eye, and more. Appendices on common drugs used in goats (and suggested dosages) and values and conversions. Hardback, 468 pages. An excellent book and worth the money.
	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
	Just in Case by Kathy Harrison $16.95 "Don't be scare, be prepared" is the focus of this new Storey book. Learn how to keep your family warm, fed, and sheltered during a long power outage; prepare an evacuation plan if you have to leave your home. Book has practical plans for emergency self-sufficiency. Learn how to evaluate, organize, and rotate food supply, pack an evacuation kit, protect important documents, make nutritious meals from pantry items, entertain kids for long television-free days. Sections on preparedness, dealing with disaster, the arts of self-sufficiency, dehydrating and pickling, making cheese and yogurt, plus 20 plus pages of recipes. Paperback, 240 pages.
	Starting and Running Your Own Small Farm Business $19.95 By Sara Beth Aubrey. Published in 2007, this book will help you develop a business plan, conduct market research, secure financing, comply with USDA and other food safety guidelines, protect your assets, create a marketing plan, determine pricing, choose your selling areas. This book also has small-fram success stories, financial assistance sources, market and selling ideas, and business plan forms and documents. Definitely one of the most complete and helpful sources for starting a farm business. The stories sprinkled throughout the book are most illuminating. A large (8-1/2" x 11") format; paperback; 176 pages.
	The Goat Lady by Jane Bregoli $7.95 An award-winning true story of Noelie House, her goats, and her influence on young and adult neighbors in her commujnity. The beautiful illustrations are taken from paintings by Jane Bregoli. This book is suitable for children grades 3-6, but it is really a joy for readers of all ages. The Goat Lady sets a new standard for quality in children's goat literature and will make a great gift for any goat lover. Paperback, 2008, Tilbury House, publishers.
	Give A Goat by Jan West Schrock $16.95 A true story of how children reading Beatrice's Goat were moved to understand the importance of giving. How even the smallest goodwill efforts may be rewarded. The watercolor illustrations by Aileen Darraugh are delightfully humorous. A great book for kids of all ages, but specifically for grades 3-6. This book may spark a lifelong spirit of giving. Hardcover, 2008. Tilbury House, publishers.
	The Farmstead Creamery Advisor by Gianaclis Caldwell $29.95 This new book, subtitled "the complete guide to building and running a small, farm-based cheese business," is just that. A must-have book for those thinking about starting any kind of cheese business. Chapter on the business side (market research, business plans, costs, financing); designing a creamery (infratructure and efficiency, milking parlor and milk house, the cheese plant, including aging rooms, cellars, caves, and accesory rooms); long-term survival (safety, increasing your bottom line, staying the course); and appendices. The author is the owner of Pholia Farm and produces aged cheeses using milk from their herd of Nigerian Dwarf goats. Paperback, 226 pages.
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