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"Farming books" anybody know of good ones?

  • 01-10-2014 07:01PM
    #1
    Feckthis
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    My father is looking for me to get him a book "the farming ladder" by George Henderson.

    I'm just wondering is there any more interesting Farming related books you would recommend?.thanks


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  • #2
    Bullocks
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    Feckthis wrote: »
    My father is looking for me to get him a book "the farming ladder" by George Henderson.

    I'm just wondering is there any more interesting Farming related books you would recommend?.thanks

    Early to Rise , a Suffolk Morning by Hugh Barrett
    Yesterday's Farm by Valerie Porter

    They are both about farming years ago but are nice to read . I dont know where I got them but im sure they can be found on the interweb


  • #3
    Miname
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    Teagasc beef manual is an interesting read through and you can skip chapters without missing the plot.
    Nuts is another great read, just dont follow all the advice.


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    Nekarsulm
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    The story of a Norfolk farm, by Henry Williamson.
    The Farm by Richard Benson
    Any fool can be a dairy farmer by James Robertson


  • #5
    coolshannagh28
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    Cold comfort farm by Stella Gibbins


  • #6
    Genghis Cant
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    Animal Farm. George Orwell.


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  • #7
    Kovu
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    Christ GC, I don't know if you can call that a farming book!

    The three James Herriot books are very good; All Things Wise and Wonderful. All Creatures Great and Small and Vet in a Spin


  • #8
    Genghis Cant
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    .Kovu. wrote: »
    Christ GC, I don't know if you can call that a farming book!

    Not in the conventional sense I suppose.
    I was using a very loose definition.
    Still worth a read though. :-)


  • #9
    kowtow
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    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Any fool can be a dairy farmer by James Robertson

    +1 +1 +1

    Was reading this last night, woke the house up laughing...

    then spent the early hours hunting back calves and wondering whether I had subconsciously written this book in an earlier life.


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