Rare British Breeds

Author : Sophie McCallum
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-30
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781526763662

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Rare British Breeds by Sophie McCallum Pdf

Rare British Breeds is a book inspired by the Rare Breed Survival Trust Watchlist, which is published annually, listing the species of sheep, cattle, horses, pigs, goats and poultry (chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese) that are endangered in the United Kingdom. This information is gathered from breed societies and lists the number of breeding females alive, along with their conservation status. Each species, regardless of their origin, is unique to the UK, either through cross breeding or by evolution. There are good reasons for wanting to keep these breeds alive; not just the genetic makeup of these creatures which means many are able to survive and thrive in very formidable conditions - a prerequisite for enduring possible future environmental disasters. Once gone, these genes will never be able to be replaced. They have taken thousands of years to develop. The book looks at the history of every breed, with their evolutionary roots, development over time, exportation, cross breeding and changing relationship to mankind as farming techniques react to societal shifts. Their particular physical characteristics such as meat, wool, milk, eggs or ability to pull great weights are discussed as well as their conservation status and the national and international efforts being made to ensure their survival.

Author : Lawrence Alderson,Valerie Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Animal breeding
ISBN : CORNELL:31924084760234

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Saving the Breeds by Lawrence Alderson,Valerie Porter Pdf

Many familiar breeds of farm livestock became rare or extinct as farming methods changed in the post-war years. In Britain, the formation of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) in the early 1970s was a turning point - since then, not a single traditional breed has been lost in this country, and its example has been a spur and a blueprint for many other countries in Europe and North America.

Author : Susannah Robin Parkin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781784420826

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British Sheep Breeds by Susannah Robin Parkin Pdf

Sheep have been farmed in Britain for hundreds of years and more than thirty million sheep now inhabit these islands. The many breeds developed over this time have been carefully matched to their surroundings – from the hardy, seaweed-eating North Ronaldsay to the tough hill-dwelling Swaledale and the docile Dorset Down of the lowlands. Susannah Robin Parkin here explains the main differences between the various breeds and the qualities of their appearance, temperament, meat and wool, and also outlines the history of sheep farming and the way the industry works. Illustrated with beautiful colour photographs throughout, this is an essential introduction and guide to the main breeds and their classification into upland, hill and lowland varieties.

Author : Lawrence Alderson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Shire Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Livestock
ISBN : WISC:89031307226

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Rare Breeds by Lawrence Alderson Pdf

Beschrijving van een aantal zeldzame Engelse rassen van schapen, rundvee, varkens, geiten, paarden en pony's en een lijst van fokkerij-instellingen

Author : Sunny Bonnell,Ashleigh Hansberger
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780062856944

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Rare Breed by Sunny Bonnell,Ashleigh Hansberger Pdf

An unconventional business book for the rebels and misfits—the Rare Breeds—who don’t fit the traditional mold, offering an approach that’s anything but business as usual. “Brazen rant!” -- Seth Godin, New York Times bestselling author of This is Marketing and What to Do When It’s Your Turn In every job you’ve ever had, you’ve been judged, labeled, and made to feel like an outsider. Defiant. Dangerous. Different. A real pain-in-the-ass.The message? To be successful, you’ve got to fundamentally change. But what if -- instead of conforming -- you learned how to punch society’s codes in the nose, run like a hooligan through the corridors of entrenched power, and succeed -- not by grinding down your prickly parts, but by going all-in on who you really are? “A guide for strategic rebellion.” -- Mark Levy, founder of Levy Innovation and creator of Your Big Sexy Idea® Meet Sunny Bonnell and Ashleigh Hansberger, award-winning global brand consultants, founders of Motto, and authors of Rare Breed: A Guide to Success for the Defiant, Dangerous, and Different. In this book, you’ll come face-to-face with seven controversial virtues that are typically seen as ladder-burning, career-ending personality traits that – convention says -- keep mavericks, oddballs, and visionaries like you from getting along, getting buy-in, and getting ahead. “A beautiful reminder that you are not alone.” -- Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege Sunny and Ashleigh provide singular insight into how you can flip the script and turn your so-called “vices” into your virtues, transforming your most “undesirable” flaws into the high-octane fuel of your success. In a world that wants to own you, you’ll finally learn how to own yourself, through embracing all your parts – not just the pretty ones. College dropouts and social misfits Sunny and Ashleigh provide front-row seats to their own counterintuitive rise from broke-ass outsiders to brand consultants for iconic brands. Success, they show you, is no longer the sole purview of the Harvard MBA graduate. Your ticket to ride resides within the side of you that’s disorderly, independent, and rogue. Deep down, you’ve always been the kid to point out when the emperor has no clothes. Yet, time and time again you’ve been faced with the consequences of deviating from social expectations. This is a new conversation for a new era. What would happen if, starting today, you walked away from the sheeple? What could you build?

Author : Valerie Porter,Lawrence Alderson,Stephen J.G. Hall,D. Phillip Sponenberg
Publisher : CABI
Page : 1107 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781845934668

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Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding, 2 Volume Pack by Valerie Porter,Lawrence Alderson,Stephen J.G. Hall,D. Phillip Sponenberg Pdf

Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding describes breeds of livestock worldwide as well as a range of breed-related subjects such as husbandry, health and behaviour. This definitive and prestigious reference work presents easily accessible information on domestication (including wild ancestors and related species), genetics and breeding, livestock produce and markets, as well as breed conservation and the cultural and social aspects of livestock farming. Written by renowned livestock authorities, these volumes draw on the authors' lifelong interest and involvement in livestock breeds of the world, presenting a unique, comprehensive and fully cross-referenced guide to cattle, buffalo, horses, pigs, sheep, asses, goats, camelids, yak and other domesticants.

Author : Adam Henson
Publisher : Random House
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-16
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781473531680

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A Breed Apart by Adam Henson Pdf

Discover a forgotten British heritage. The protection and promotion of the UK’s native rare breeds is something that’s in Adam Henson’s blood. His father, Joe, established the Rare Breeds Trust in 1973,and they have been a core attraction at their Cotswold Farm Park, and a part of the Henson family story ever since. In A Breed Apart, Adam Henson takes readers on a very personal journey around the nation, discovering the animals that have shaped our lives and our land throughout the centuries. From postcard perfect Highland Cows to the Cotswold sheep (for whom the Cotswolds are named), to the fearsome, four-horned Manx Loagthan ram and the Ulster White Pig, Adam travels the length and breadth of the British Isles, uncovering the history of these ancient animals, meeting the specialists and farmers who are passionate about their preservation, and shares his hopes for the future of these magnificent and unique breeds and his fight for their survival. This is the story of Britain, told through the native breeds that have nourished and nurtured the nation.

Author : Chris Philo,Chris Wilbert
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004-08-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134640119

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Animal Spaces, Beastly Places by Chris Philo,Chris Wilbert Pdf

Animal Spaces, Beastly Places examines how animals interact and relate with people in different ways. Using a comprehensive range of examples, which include feral cats and wild wolves, to domestic animals and intensively farmed cattle, the contributors explore the complex relations in which humans and non-human animals are mixed together. Our emotions involving animals range from those of love and compassion to untold cruelty, force, violence and power. As humans we have placed different animals into different categories, according to some notion of species, usefulness, domesticity or wildness. As a result of these varying and often contested orderings, animals are assigned to particular places and spaces. Animal Spaces, Beastly Places shows us that there are many exceptions and variations on the spatiality of human-animal spatial orderings, within and across cultures, and over time. It develops new ways of thinking about human animal interactions and encourages us to find better ways for humans and animals to live together.

Author : Dan Phillip Sponenberg,Donald E. Bixby
Publisher : ALBC
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Livestock
ISBN : 9781887316071

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Managing Breeds for a Secure Future by Dan Phillip Sponenberg,Donald E. Bixby Pdf

Author : Janet Vorwald Dohner
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780300138139

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The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds by Janet Vorwald Dohner Pdf

"The need to preserve farm animal diversity is increasingly urgent, says the author of this definitive book on endangered breeds of livestock and poultry. Farmyard animals may hold critical keys for our survival, Jan Dohner warns, and with each extinction, genetic traits of potentially vital importance to our agricultural future or to medical progress are forever lost."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Darina Allen
Publisher : Octopus Books
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-05
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780857836854

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Ballymaloe Cookery Course: Revised Edition by Darina Allen Pdf

'Our first lady of food.' The Irish Independent 'It's time to clear the kitchen shelves of all those glossy cookbooks you never open and make way for the Ballymaloe Cookery Course - it's the only one you'll need from now on.' The English Home Ballymaloe is one of the world's best cookery schools and Darina Allen, its co-founder and main teacher, is in a league of her own. Every student who has gone through her school has begged her to write down her recipes and thoughts, tips and shortcuts, and here they are in this definitive teaching book, which has everything to inform and inspire you to become adventurous in the kitchen. Ballymaloe Cookery Course explains 1,175 recipes, 370 variations and more than 100 basic skills, from making pastry to the art of carving, from preserving lemons to making delicious home-made pasta, from culturing creamy yogurt to butterflying a leg of lamb: the simple instructions given by one of the world's great cookery teachers will inspire you to prepare and enjoy the art of fresh produce and fine food.

Author : Ralph Whitlock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Birds
ISBN : CORNELL:31924001919954

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Rare and Extinct Birds of Britain by Ralph Whitlock Pdf

Author : Lawrence Alderson
Publisher : CABI
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781789247114

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The Quest to Conserve Rare Breeds by Lawrence Alderson Pdf

This book challenges often repeated 'facts' about livestock farming, straight from the horse's mouth. In it, rare breeds expert Lawrence Alderson CBE argues for a reasoned and evidence-based approach from political and public circles. Correcting misconceptions as he goes, he recounts the creation and development of the rare breed conservation movement, addresses extinctions and genetic safe-guarding measures, and considers where we go from here. Challenged as we are by climate change, sustainability and feeding the world, perhaps it is these endangered animals that hold the answer - perhaps with them, we can adapt to our changing environment and see a way forward to a more certain future.

Author : Valerie Porter
Publisher : CABI
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789241532

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Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties, 6th Edition by Valerie Porter Pdf

Mason's World Dictionary of Livestock Breeds, Types and Varieties, now in its sixth edition, has a long history as a reliable and authoritative source of key livestock breed information. Intended as a list of livestock names and synonyms for breeds, groups, types and varieties worldwide, the dictionary aims to include all names found in the literature, 'defining' each breed or type with a brief indication of identifying characteristics, uses and source of origin.

Author : Catrin Rutland
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691222813

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The Cow by Catrin Rutland Pdf

A richly illustrated introduction to the science and history of the cow We populate the countryside with cows the world over, and their familiar presence ensures that global demands for milk and beef are met. But with more than a billion cattle on the planet, the importance of cows extends well beyond food production. Cows are venerated by some religions and shunned by others; they provide leather for shoes, clothing, and other uses; and they have long been central to the agricultural way of life, working the fields, pulling carts, and providing fertilizer. The Cow is a comprehensive guide to help us understand these important animals, offering a wealth of information about their anatomy and behaviors, breed varieties, and place in human culture past and present. Exploring the cow’s livestock credentials and beyond, this book combines engaging and informative text, beautiful photographs, and explanatory diagrams to examine the cow's fascinating biology, its hard-wired behaviors, and its relationship with humankind. Provides an in-depth look at the evolution of the cow, its role in agriculture, and the development of breeds Includes chapters on Anatomy & Biology, Society & Behavior, and Cattle & People Features a photographic directory of forty global cattle breeds