British Cattle
Val Porter(Author)
Shire Publications (Publisher)
Published on 1. November 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
40 pages
978-0-7478-0514-4 (ISBN)
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Description
Since the eighteenth century British cattle breeds have spread worldwide and have made the names of several counties famous in distant lands. Yet some of those breeds have become extinct and many others have become so rare in their own country that they are in danger of disappearing. In the hope of awakening enthusiasm for the diversity that still makes British cattle so interesting, this book describes all the existing breeds and many of those that have already gone. Diversity is crucial; cattle provide meat, milk leather, muscle power and a wide range of by-products, and each breed was developed to meet specific demands.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
colour and b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 150 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7478-0514-4 (9780747805144)
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Person
Val Porter has written several books on breeds of livestock worldwide (cattle, pigs and goats) and on caring for cows in particular. She worked with a Jersey dairy herd and kept her own Jersey housecows in the 1970s, and through them be became interested in rare breeds of cattle at a time when the 'black and whites' were so dominant that there was little space left for anything more colourful. She has been a member of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust for many years and was co-author of the Trust's history, 'Saving the Breeds'.
Content
In the early days; Longhorns and Shorthorns; Wales and England; Scotland and Ireland; New 'British' breeds; Further reading; Organisations; Places to visit