Animal Tracks of the Great Lakes States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin (Animal Tracks)

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Very useful book.......2007-03-12

Again, the pictures in the book are easy enough to use for my 3 year old. The information contained in the book is useful. We enjoy using this book and look forward to the spring and summer when we can travel further than our backyard.

Mammals Of Wisconsin Field Guide (Mammals Field Guides)

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Mammals

Mammals Of Wisconsin Field Guide (Mammals Field Guides)
Stan Tekiela
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1591931126

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Mammals.......2007-09-03

The book is an awesome product. The colored photos is what makes this such a great field guide.

The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator

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Great Historical Addition To Any Outdoorsman's Collection

The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator
Richard P. Thiel
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Great Historical Addition To Any Outdoorsman's Collection.......1999-08-04

I purchased Mr. Thiel's book some time ago (December 1994), but have very fond memories of the frequent times that I have read its pages. The content of the book weaves masterfully through historical context coupled with an easy to read style of story-telling narrative. Mr. Thiel's research on the timber wolf in America's Dairyland is impeccable. The manuscript guides the reader from the wolves beginnings in the State and subsequent extinction, to the modern day re-introduction of "canis lupus" to the Northwoods. Having lived in Wisconsin for a portion of my lifetime (and anxious to return!), this was a must read. However, it is not only a book for Wisconsinites, but a well spun chronicle for all ages, and folks from every State in the Union who take an interest in the majestic wolf!

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A Fieldguide to Wisconsin Mammals

Manufacturer: Banta Book Group
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000E2Z568

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A Fieldguide to Wisconsin Mammals.

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Forest orphans,
August William Derleth
Manufacturer: Ernest
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Keepers of the Wolves: The Early Years of Wolf Recovery in Wisconsin

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Enthralling book about wilderness returning to your backdoor
Recommended for Wisconsin environmental issues reading lists
The respect for life
Thiel's wolves a winner again.
Life Lessons to Learn

Keepers of the Wolves: The Early Years of Wolf Recovery in Wisconsin
Richard P. Thiel
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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A gripping story of wonder, frustrations, humor, and everyday hard work of field biologists as they track the recovery of wild wolves.

It was 1978, and there had been no resident timber wolves in Wisconsin for twenty years. Still, packs were active in neighboring Minnesota, and there was the occasional rumor from Wisconsin's northwestern counties of wolf sign or sightings. Had wolves returned on their own to Wisconsin? Richard Thiel, then a college student with a passion for wolves, was determined to find out.

Thus begins Keepers of the Wolves, Thiel's tale of his ten years at the center of efforts to track and protect the recovery of wolves in Northern Wisconsin. From his early efforts as a student enthusiast to his departure in 1989 from the post of wolf biologist for the Department of Natural Resources, Thiel conveys the wonder, frustrations, humor, and everyday hard work of field biologists, as well as the politics and public relations pitfalls that so often accompany their profession.

We share in the excitement as Thiel and his colleagues find wolf tracks in the snow, howl in the forest night and are answered back, learn to safely trap wolves to attach radio collars, and track the packs' ranges by air from a cramped Piper Cub. We follow the stories of individual wolves and their packs as pups are born and die, wolves are shot by accident and by intent, ravages of canine parvovirus and hard winters take their toll, and young adults move on to new ranges. Believing he had left his beloved wolves behind, Thiel takes a new job as an environmental educator in central Wisconsin, but soon wolves follow. By 1999, there were an estimated 200 timber wolves in 54 packs in Wisconsin.

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Enthralling book about wilderness returning to your backdoor.......2002-01-28

I grew up in Wisconsin and can relate to Richard P Thiel's accurate and colorful descriptions of northern and central Wisconsin landscape. However, his experiences go far beyond those of most others, helped by being able to track wolves by light aircraft and radio telemetry thus getting a bird's eye view of the scene. A good example of the Scientific Method on the hoof, so to speak. The book does not glamorize the profession of wildlife biology; it tells it like it is, including the governmental bureaucracy, physical hardships, bad weather, and long hours, occasionally punctuated with incredible encounters with the wolves that refused to be excluded from Wisconsin. The book teaches people what to expect when wolves share your living space. And what a great ending ... it brings the reader right up to date and sets the stage for proper management decisions in the future. A great humorous book which will entertain you as well as educate. I couldn't put it down.

Recommended for Wisconsin environmental issues reading lists.......2002-01-06

Keepers Of The Wolves: The Early Years Of Wolf Recovery In Wisconsin by Richard Thiel (coordinator of the Wisconsin Department of natural Resources Sandhill Outdoor Skills Center, Babcock, Wisconsin) is the true and fascinating story of the restoration of wild wolves to Wisconsin Forest, from 1978 when they had been gone for twenty years to the present day with an estimated 200 timber wolves in 54 packs. Black-and-white line drawings illustrate a story of political controversies, environmental struggles, and the enduring strength of the wolf itself. A conservationist success story, Keepers Of The Wolves is especially recommended for Wisconsin environmental issues reading lists and wildlife restoration studies reference collections.

The respect for life.......2001-12-27

Good friends presented us this book as a Christmas gift, knowing that we are very interested in all forms of appearance of the nature, inanimate and alive.
It is of great interest for us since just in this years the wolves also return to the forests of our Eastgerman country.
It is wonderful written, understandable also for the laymen and rich in nice figures.
Most important for us is however, that this book is written by a man who obviously feels responsible for the life on our so endangered earth, who understand that human life is tightly connected with all the other appearances of life and that the good evolution of one kind of life is the necessary precondition for the healthy existence of all another creatures.
Men like Richard Thiel give us the hope that life has a chance to survive at our planet.

Thiel's wolves a winner again........2001-12-17

'Keepers of the wolves' is Richard P Thiel's follow up to his
wonderful 1993 publication 'The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin.'
Once again the author's informative and personal writing style
makes this very fine book an essential work for any Wolf supporter interested in the more complex aspects of the Wolf recovery effort in the United states today.

Life Lessons to Learn.......2001-11-15

This book is a labor of love and committment, the author rocks and provides insights into what it takes to assure that today's actions ensure one's goals/ideals, i.e. wolf recovery, survive into the next generation. The illustrations are sweet and the book is very easy to read and enjoyable.

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Mammals of Wisconsin
Hartley H. T Jackson
Manufacturer: University of Wisconsin Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Modal research pamphlet
Carl O Marty
Manufacturer: s.n.]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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YAWN!!!!!!!!!
Rascal by Sterling North
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my favorite childhood book
Rascal

Rascal
Sterling North
Manufacturer: Avon Books (Mm)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0380015188

Book Description

Rascal is only a baby when young Sterling brings him home. He and the mischievous raccoon are best friends for a perfect year of adventure—until the spring day when everything suddenly changes.

A Newbery Honor Book

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YAWN!!!!!!!!!.......2007-09-21

What a boring book! Seriously, get a plot! I wouldn't recommend this book to people who like realistic, exciting books. This just made me go to sleep. If you're a preteen girl like me, I wouldn't advise to read this book.

Rascal by Sterling North.......2006-12-18

"I left the pecans on a stump near the waterline, hoping Rascal would find them. And I paddled swiftly and desperately away from the placewhere we had parted." Rascal is a chapter of Sterling North's life, the time where he and his raccoon, Rascal, shared many adventures. On May of 1918, Sterling and his friend Oscar went fishing, and they found a little of four baby raccoons. Sterling caught a raccoon and named him Rascal. They became close friends and had lots of fun together. But in the end, Sterling released Rascal into the wild where he can live a ordinary raccoon's life. In my opinion, Rascal is a great book, fulled of warmth and humor, depicting the life of a boy and his raccoon.
One reason I like it so much is because of the relationship between Sterling and Rascal, and how Sterling treats Rascal not just as a pet but as in a very close friend. For example, when Rascal ate the sweet corn in their neighbor's field, the neighbors got very mad and some threatened to shoot Rascal the next time they see him in their field. They made Sterling promised to put Rascal on a leash and lock him in a cage. But everytime they ask Sterling have he locked Rascal up yet, he always reply with "Maybe tomorrow." but he never does. At last when he had to lock Rascal up, he felt so much pain, and recalled it as "putting a friend in prison".
Another reason why I'm so attached to this book is how cute the author depicted Rascal. When Sterling gave Rascal his first sugar lump, he sniffed it and played with it in his bowl of milk. In a few moments it melted, and Rascal looked for it everywhere. Then he looked at Sterling, his eyes seems to ask; who stole his sugar lump?
I like how Sterling always have interesting things coming up, one after another. It seems that some are good and bad. Such as when the biology teacher asked everyone in the class to bring their pet. Everyone loved Rascal, except for Slammy Stillman, who flung a rubberband in Rascal's face when it was his chance to pet him. Then Rascal yelped in pain and viciously bit in Slammy's hand. Then the teacher had to sendSterling and Rascal home because of it.
Overall, this book is a heartwarming story about a boy and his raccoon. I think this is one of the best literture in history which really attaches the reader.

Review on Rascal.......2006-12-14

Filled with excitement, compassion, and responsibility, Rascal is a great book for any age. Sterling North, the author, does a great job of explaining how such an odd relationship between a boy and a racoon can become a learning adventure. When you're reading a book, do you ever feel like you're actually in the house with the characters? Well, North also does a great job of describing the setting enough for you to feel like you're in the story with the boy and his father. I had no idea that such a companionship could cause so much trouble throughout the boy's neighborhood. Yet, he somehow manages to find a way around getting into trouble with his new friend. Rascal shows how responsibility can sometimes be challenging, but not to give up for what you believe is right.

my favorite childhood book.......2006-04-03

Sterling NOrth has written a wonderful, touching, memorable book based on his childhood, and a raccoon named Rascal. It is beautifully written, and is suitable for adults as well as children. He describes each aspect of his childhood so well that you almost feel you are there.
If you are an adult who has never read this book, I hope you will not miss the opportunity. If you have a child, don't let him or her miss this wonderful classic.

Rascal .......2006-04-01

Rascal
Sterling North

Rascal, by Sterling North, is an autobiography written in 1963. At age twelve, Sterling is a strong and smart boy, who has been helping his father and himself get by in their home ever since his mother died a year ago. Every once and a while, his older sister, Jessica, comes to see how they are doing. Sterling and his friend are out enjoying the summer when they come upon a mother racoon and her newborn babies. When the mother is scared away, Sterling takes one of the little raccoons for his own, naming it Rascal. Rascal is a very odd racoon, who enjoys being inside and around people. As the book goes on, Rascal and Sterling both grow up, learning life lessons along the way. The end is great, and Sterling ends up having one year that he will never forget. This book gives a great sense of feeling from the character's perspective and what it would be like to be in their shoes. The one thing that was not the best was that it was a little bit on the shorter side. It would have been great if it were longer. Aside from that, it was a great book. People who enjoy humor and adventure books would like to read this book.
Review by Danny Salmon, 6th Grade

West Nile virus antibody prevalence in wild mammals, southern Wisconsin.(DISPATCHES): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases

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West Nile virus antibody prevalence in wild mammals, southern Wisconsin.(DISPATCHES): An article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases
Douglas E. Docherty , Michael D. Samuel , Cherrie A. Nolden , Kristina F. Egstad , and Kathryn M. Griffin
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000M8N1V0
Release Date: 2006-12-28

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Emerging Infectious Diseases, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1959 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: West Nile virus antibody prevalence in wild mammals, southern Wisconsin.(DISPATCHES)
Author: Douglas E. Docherty
Publication: Emerging Infectious Diseases (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12 Issue: 12 Page: 1982(3)

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The checklist to have for tracking down your team's cards

Sport Americana Team Baseball Card Checklist No. 1 (Sport Americana Team Baseball Card Checklist)
Dennis W. Eckes , and Jeff Fritsch
Manufacturer: Edgewater Book Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Antiques & Collectibles | Home & Garden | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0937424196

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The checklist to have for tracking down your team's cards.......2001-03-24

Obliviously "The Sport Americana Team Baseball Card Checklist" is going to be useful to those of us who are trying to collect the cards for our favorite team. I now have less than 10 cards to go to have all of the Topps New York Yankees and am now starting to work on Bowman cards. This book covers everything out there from the old Tobacco cards to Goudey and Play Ball, Fleer and Donruss, Sportsflics and Upper Deck, and on and on. It will definitely help you know what to look for and even tells you when the front of the card has a player with Team A and the back has the player with Team B. Then you can decide if you have to have it for your collection or not.

However, I also use this book to help me with my complete sets. What I do with each year of Topps cards is to arrange them in the binder to reflect what happened that year. This means I start with the World Series cards, and then have the cards for the World Champions followed by the rest of the teams in that league/division in the order they finished. I do the same thing for the other league, putting All-Star Cards in-between and the Rookie/Update cards at the end. Of course, with all the sub-sets within a set that they have today there are other options. This book is helpful with this, but, of course, it does not list all the non-team cards that are with a set. Those you have to track down through a more traditional checklist.

Over the years I have found a few omissions in this book, so it is not perfect. But while I did spend one night trying to figure out what one card from the 1968 Topps set I was missing (Ray Oyler) it did let me know that #259 Sparky Lyle and #676 Danny Cater both appear as Red Sox and neither is a Yankee in the 1972 Topps set because they were traded for each other. On balance, I have found this a useful book and take it to every sports card show I attend.

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Relax and Laugh

This Is Your First Rock Garden, Isn't It?: An Other Coast Collection (Other Coast Collections)
Adrian Raeside
Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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When Bad Things Happen to Stupid People: A Close to Home Collection

Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash

ASIN: 0740754505

Book Description

It's different "over there." Everybody east of Washington, Oregon, and California knows it. But defining the West Coast as "not like the East Coast" leaves way too much of the story untold. No, far better to turn to Adrian Raeside's This Is Your First Rock Garden, Isn't It?, perhaps one of the most informative-and certainly funniest-explanations to ever depict the westernmost portion of our country.

Raeside represents the perfect comic commentator on what makes "Other Coasters" tick. He was born a Kiwi, lived in England, and now resides in British Columbia-close enough for a good view without having to get mixed up in the muddle that passes for the West Coast lifestyle and its many subcultures. Instead, the cartoonist accurately sheds light and humor on residents who put their own unique spin on everything from cars and coffee to extreme sports and the latest out-there technology.

This Is Your First Rock Garden, Isn't it?, Raeside's second Other Coast collection, captures all the quirks and comical traits that give these occasionally odd occupants their confidence, panache, and ability to ignore the rest of the country. Eccentric, fashionable, political, hysterical-This Is Your First Rock Garden, Isn't It? has it all.

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Relax and Laugh.......2006-11-07

Toulouse is flawed as we all are, but his flaws seem to be so much funnier than mine. Take a few minutes out of your day to relax and enjoy someone else's troubles. You'll feel better for it. We all need to relax and laugh more. Life is short........like Toulouse

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A real gem

This is Your Garden
Maggie Smith
Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517709929
Release Date: 1998-03-03

Book Description

In this life-affirming picture book, a small sprout of a girl begins her garden with a bit of earth, good tools, and seeds. Then she weeds and waters and waits. As the seedlings grow and then bud and blossom, Maggie Smith's illustrations grow as well. The first pictures are open and spare, but grow richer and more colorful as petunias and poppies and zinnias burst forth with each turn of a page.

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A real gem.......2000-03-18

This book is small wonder. It's a little about gardening and a lot about life. About the value of patience and persistence and working at cultivating your surroundings. I've given it to children, but also to adult friends who needed a lift--works every time!

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This Week in Your Garden

Manufacturer: Dymock's Book Arcade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000HNTXEY

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This Week in Your Garden
Waratah
Manufacturer: Dymock's Book Arcade
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QRFUY8

THIS WEEK IN YOUR GARDEN by Waratah (lately of the S.M.Herald and Sun-Herald) Australia's Leading Garden Writer.

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THIS WEEK IN YOUR GARDEN by Waratah (lately of the S.M.Herald and Sun-Herald) Australia's Leading Garden Writer.
P.J. Hurley
Manufacturer: Dymock
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W2EX4U

Whenever Your Attitude Stinks... Read This

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Please don't waste your money! I beg you!

Whenever Your Attitude Stinks... Read This
Wayne Allred
Manufacturer: Apricot Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1885027087

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Espousing the basic philosophy that "If you're not happy with your life, maybe you should lower your expectations", this book will have you laughing so hard it will make you forget how bad your real life is. . . unless you are too dense to get it.

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Please don't waste your money! I beg you!.......2006-10-13

If only there was a negative rating I could assign. Mr. Allred's attempt at humor is very primitive and the writing is dismal - verging on pathetic. Run on sentences, that when you arrive at the end of, you think, "What the heck was the point of that?" Here's some examples of the comic relief you'll experience should you make the mistake and buy this book.

From the chapter "Reasons why you should be happy even though your life is a complete disaster" comes "Your nose is running, but at least it's not dripping battery acid." Ha! Ha! Now that's some kind of funny.

Here's a great one from "Funny stuff to cheer you up when your life is a screwed up mess." The second funny item states, "The reason why worry kills more people than work is because more people worry than work." Just a second - I have to wipe the tears from my eyes I'm laughing so hard.

The whole book is full of this junk. With so many books getting published each year why was the paper even wasted on this one?! So don't shot me if you buy the book - I'm just the messenger.

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Your garden this week,
Ben Blackburn
Manufacturer: Rutgers University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000858KDQ

Build your own tub-style chicken plucker: with the help of this new book.: An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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Build your own tub-style chicken plucker: with the help of this new book.: An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

Manufacturer: Countryside Publications Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008FNGNU
Release Date: 2005-06-01

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Countryside Publications Ltd. on November 1, 2002. The length of the article is 789 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Build your own tub-style chicken plucker: with the help of this new book.
Publication: Countryside & Small Stock Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: Countryside Publications Ltd.
Volume: 86 Issue: 6 Page: 102(1)

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Contain your kid: with this handy disbudding box.(The goat barn): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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Contain your kid: with this handy disbudding box.(The goat barn): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal
Ray Kreuziger
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B000NOK8VY
Release Date: 2007-02-16

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This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 466 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Contain your kid: with this handy disbudding box.(The goat barn)
Author: Ray Kreuziger
Publication: Countryside & Small Stock Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 91 Issue: 2 Page: 68(2)

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Keep your chicks warm with this non-electric brooder.(The poultry house): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

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Keep your chicks warm with this non-electric brooder.(The poultry house): An article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal

Manufacturer: Countryside Publications Ltd.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008E4ULI
Release Date: 2005-07-31

Book Description

This digital document is an article from Countryside & Small Stock Journal, published by Countryside Publications Ltd. on November 1, 2003. The length of the article is 434 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Keep your chicks warm with this non-electric brooder.(The poultry house)
Publication: Countryside & Small Stock Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2003
Publisher: Countryside Publications Ltd.
Volume: 87 Issue: 6 Page: 84(1)

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