This booklet is by Gearld Fry and has a complete guide on how to linear measure and evaluate your bulls and cows. How to select for early maturity and low maintenance.  The booklet also carries a computer program (Microsoft Excel spreadsheet)  that gives all of the values of your cow or bull. This book is a must if you want a standard for assessments of each animal individually.  The book and program cost is $40.00 plus shipping & handling.

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Herd Bull Fertility
by James Drayson

This is a book by James Drayson and his 35 years of measuring bulls from a fertility standpoint. He followed 1500 bulls from birth to death and recorded findings in bulls that is unequaled by any other researcher. You will know if a bull is fertile before the semen test. This book is a must for the cattle person choosing a bull for his breeding program.  Cost is $35.00 plus shipping & handling.

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Reproduction & Animal Health
How to Select, Breed and Manage a Herd for Health and Performance on Grass
By Gearld Fry and Charles Walters

This book represents the combined experience and wisdom of two leaders in sustainable cattle production.  Gearld Fry offers a lifetime of practical experience seasoned by study and observation and observation.  Charles Walters, former editor of "Acres USA" magizine, draws on his own observations as well as interviews with thousands of eco-farmers over the past four decades.  The result is an insightful book that is practical in the extreme, yet eminently readable.  Cost is $35.00 plus shipping & handling.

In this book you will learn:
 

• How to “read” an animal
• What linear measurement is
• Why linear measuring selects ideal breeding stock
• The nuances of bull fertility
• The strengths of classic cattle breeds
• The role of pastures
• The mineral diets role in health

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