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| The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable | 
 enlarge | Author: Juliette De Bairacli Levy
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 51211
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4 Sub
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 471
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0571161162
Dewey Decimal Number: 630
EAN: 9780571161164
ASIN: 0571161162
Publication Date: March 25, 1991
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This fascinating book is a valuable guide for farmers and the general public concerned about the overuse of nonnatural medicine, herbicides, and insecticides in farm management and animal husbandry. The author, Juliette de Bairacli Levy, offers detailed directions for treating all farm animals with natural methods, while stating her evidence that "mechanized" farming methods have led to the demise of domesticated animals' overall health. She asserts that poor and inadequate natural habitat, unnatural feeding practices, and a reliance on medicine to fight individual symptoms of disease without addressing the whole animal have weakened farm animals' innate disease-fighting ability. Her argument for a return to reliance on the natural and away from the synthetic and artificial rearing and feeding methods of farm animals becomes more urgent and relevant given the outbreaks of "mad cow disease" and other ailments caused by these practices. This book, used in conjunction with proper consultation with a veterinarian, can help animal owners and farmers move back to natural and healthy farming practices. --Julia King
Product Description
The pioneer of herbal veterinary medicine has again thoroughly revised, updated and expanded her book on natural and organic cures and farming methods, first published in 1952 and now a classic in its field.
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 The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable May 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Its exactly what I need to get my animals on the right track. Some of the content seems a little out there but I am seeing great results, so I'll stand by it. Our horses love the herbs and they have never looked better!
 great book! Common sense approach to keeping chemical free livestock. February 16, 2008
I found this book very helpful indeed. As a new shepard with no desire to pump my animals full of chemicals, I found this book to be a life saver with easy to follow instructions on how to use herbs and foods to keep your stock healthy, well and chemical free. Bravo!
 Undermined by Vagueness January 12, 2008
I have owned this book for more than a year and I have looked at it several times, reading the chapters that pertain to the animals I have. I am frustrated by the book because the author uses units of measurement to which I can't relate, yet she fails to provide -- and I have searched for it repeatedly -- any cross-reference to standard units. How am I supposed to know how big a European's "dessertspoonful" is? This seems like it would have been so easy for her to provide this information, and not having it is a huge barrier to me using her advice with confidence.
Excellent resource November 25, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great resource for preventative care. This is not a quick fix of an animal down and dying - it's more day to day prevention in focus as often it should be. It greatly lessens the chemical medications needed for care of animals. The point of dogs being adapted to fasting/feasting in the natural state and, in the wild, consume small animals and birds bones and all, is a point for additionally feeding raw. Some of the terminology is UK based ('lurchers' in dogs for example) but a good and well-used book to have on hand and *use*! If you save one vet call it's worth the cost of this book; and many have saved animals from it. It works!
Indispensable book for natural/organic livestock raising September 29, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
We raise our animals naturlaly/organically. We had been searching for a book that would help us with our animals in such a way medically, if needed. A friend of ours, who has been doing what we're doing for decades, highly recommended this book, telling us it would become our farm "bible". After reading just a few pages of this, we quickly realized what she meant, and we have been reading from it and using it ever since. It is very clearly written, easy to understand, and a joy to use. The author gives a wonderful history of herbal medicines in a farm/livestock setting. She clearly explains how to prepare the herbs (in tinctures, poultices, etc.) for the animals. She breaks it down for the different animals as well. This book is a joy to own-- we're very pleased with our purchase.
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