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The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable |  | Author: Juliette de Bairacli Levy
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Category: Book
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 150321
Media: Paperback
Edition: 4 Sub
Pages: 471
Number Of Items: 1
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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Amazon.com Review
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 Baïracli 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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 Save your money!! November 2, 2009
G. Knapp
I have many of the breeds of animals that she refers to and was really excited about getting this book!! I am all about natural ways to take care of my animals......However,
I am absolutely not impressed with this book!! Aside from the measuring that I read about and the fact that she downplays a good vetrinarian.....she doesn't even touch on the most common problems in a few of the breeds...mainly goats!! She talks about very rare and obscure things, but nothing of problems that can occur with some regularity.
DISAPPOINTING!!
 The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable July 6, 2009
Kay Lytle (Oklahoma)
This is the very best book I've ever come across to teach how to use herbs and natural remedies for specific animal situations! I love this book and will never be without it. I have already started using some information from the section on sheep/stock dogs, with immediate and visible improvements. It is the most in depth book I've ever found, as well as the most knowledgeable author I've read for this subject.
The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable May 11, 2008
C. Nollner (USA)
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
B. Wynn (lincolin, ca)
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
J. Venis (Colorado)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
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