Making Hay: How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Gather, and Store a Nourishing Crop. A Storey BASICS® Title - Tapa blanda

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Larkin Hansen, Ann

 
9781612123677: Making Hay: How to Cut, Dry, Rake, Gather, and Store a Nourishing Crop. A Storey BASICS® Title
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ISBN 10: 1612123678 ISBN 13: 9781612123677
Editorial: Storey Publishing LLC, 2014

Sinopsis

Ann Larkin Hansen offers expert advice on everything from scythes to disc mowers, and details the pros and cons of using horse power or tractors. You’ll learn how to choose the right species for your soil, judge hay quality to buy or sell, and determine how many bales your animals need to stay happy, healthy, and energetic.

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Acerca del autor

Ann Larkin Hansen is the author of The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Organic Farming Manual, The Electric Fencing Handbook, Finding Good Farmland, and Making Hay; coauthor of A Landowner’s Guide to Managing Your Woods with consulting forester Dennis Waterman and master logger Mike Severson; and coauthor with her husband, Steve, of Maintaining Small-Farm Equipment. She has been a journalist for more than 30 years, specializing in organic agriculture and sustainable forestry. A homesteader and a small-scale organic farmer, she lives with her family on a farm in northern Wisconsin.

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Exactly What You Need to Know

Put your idle fields to work. Organic farmer Ann Larkin Hansen clearly and simply explains the five steps to the age-old art of making hay to feed livestock. This complete guide covers how to suit the hay to your animals and the haying equipment to your farm operation, how to judge the weather and the crop, and precisely how to cut, rake, dry, gather, and store a winter's supply of hay to be fed to your animals or sold for profit.

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Editorial
Storey Publishing LLC
Año de publicación
2014
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1612123678
ISBN 13 
9781612123677
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
96
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