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Hansen, Ann Larkin.
Beef cattle: keeping a small-scale herd for pleasure and profit / by Ann Larkin Hansen.
p. cm.—(Hobby farms)
Includes index.
eISBN : 978-1-935-48493-6
1. Beef cattle. 2. Beef cattle—United States. 3. Farms, Small. 4. Farms, Small—United States.
I. Title. II. Series.
SF207.H34 2006
636.2’13—dc22
2006010532
 
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