Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming

Are you interested in the country lifestyle or becoming more self-reliant? Do you think about someday raising livestock or growing crops? If you're ready to make these thoughts a reality, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Farming is the perfect place to start. Farming experts Philip Hasheider and Samantha Johnson explain farming from start to finish: build your own fence, repair your own machinery, and know what to look for when you're buying a tractor. Instead of buying a book on each subject area, you need just this one, which condenses the most important and relevant information on every aspect of running a farm into a single handy volume. And unlike other books, it's designed specifically for the owner of a working farm.

This practical illustrated guide provides hard-won expert advice on raising livestock and growing crops, making repairs, harvesting and butchering, managing a woodlot, and more. It's everything you need to know to establish and maintain your farm.

Philip Hasheider is the author of How to Raise Cattle, How to Raise Sheep, The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making, and several other Voyageur Press books.

Samantha Johnson is the author of How to Raise Horses, How to Raise Rabbits, The Beginner’s Guide to Vegetable Gardening, The Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping, and several other Voyageur Press books. www.samanthajohnsonwriting.blogspot.com and twitter.com/miraclewelsh