In this book farm consultant Ralph du Faur concentrates on the rearing and management of dairy stock, including the vital aspects of stockmanship and milking management. Important chapters deal with feed budgeting, and the nutritive value and costing of feedstuffs. A comprehensive chapter covers the common diseases affecting dairy stock. The result is a thoroughly practical book, developed from a lifetime of farming and farm advisory experience, and drawing upon the current dairying research of highly-regarded New Zealand scientists. Ralph du Faur is probably New Zealand's most prolific farming author. His books include Dairy Farming for Profit, Sheep Farming for Profit, New Zealand Farming in Colour, Buying a Farm, Financing a Farm Purchase and The Legal Aspects of Farm Purchase. He has published over 500 articles on agricultural topics and has lectured in New Zealand and Australia. Ralph du Faur's dairy farming experience has proven relevance in and outside his native New Zealand. He has studied and lectured in Australia and his Dairy Farming for Profit was widely adopted in that country, including correspondence school use. It was also translated into Spanish for sale in the Argentine and Uruguay. The principles of Dairy Herd Husbandry are relevant to all countries basing dairy farming on the utilisation of pasture, and the practical aspects are readily adpated to climatic and vegetative differences. This is a thoroughly practical book, equally useful to students of agriculture and to young farmers. Established farmers will appreciate its well-presented facts and conclusions, and its valuable reference qualities.

Includes index.