Author Melissa G. Nelson presents general interest readers with the second edition of her comprehensive guide to starting and effectively running a small-scale farming operation focused on the raising of beef and dairy cattle, rabbits, ducks and other small animals. The author has organized the main body of her text in twelve chapters devoted to starting small with chickens, the world of waterfowl, keeping turkeys and game birds, the curious goat, the serene sheep, and a wide variety of other related subjects. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)