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Breeds of Cattle

published: September 17th 2008
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Breeds of Cattle, 2nd Edition

by Herman R. Purdy, R. John Dawes, Dr. Robert Hough
with Revisions by Don Hutzel
Foreward by Holstein U.S.A.'s CEO John M. Meyer

    The highly-anticpated second edition of Herman Purdy's classic 1987 Breeds of Cattle is now avilable for same day shipping. Completely revised, updated, and expanded text by John Dawes and Dr. Bob Hough includes twelve additional breeds, bringing the grand total to forty-five with a page count of 400.

    The new edition is fully illustraed with over 400 color and B&W images, including reproductions of rare historic 19th century paintings depicting what the older breeds might have looked like as well as modern ideal full-color formal portraits of a mature bull and cow of each breed to complement the thorough and engagingly written text. The book's breed association authorized documentation includes the history, origin, and the phenotype of each breed as well as current statistics.

To order go to www.breedsofcattle.net