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Title: A Field Guide to Cows: How to Identify and Appreciate America's 52 Breeds
ISBN: 0140273883
Author:
John Pukite
Publicate Date: 1998-05-01
Publish: 1998-05-01
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Real information and amusing
Having previously read Pukite's "A Field Guide to Pigs", I was interested in trying out another. I found myself smiling as I read through the "cows" book, and enjoying pointing out passges to guests as they flip through as well. Filled with information, but written with words for interest. Now we can all appreciate the 52 breeds!
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2: Cow Guidebook
I got this as a gift for my son for Christmas, because he loves cows. The book came on time and he was very happy with it.
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3: Well done field guide
An encounter with a herd of "Oreo cows" prompted me to buy this book. What's an Oreo cow? Why a Dutch Belted, as is easily determined using this book.
This slightly tongue-in-cheek guide has many of the features associated with quality field guides:
- a diagram showing the terminology for the various parts, or points, of a cow
- a short essay on how to study the cows in question to make identification easier
- instructions on how to use the Guide
- a Key which groups cows by the easiest feature to identify: color
There's even a Life List checklist -- which any serious nature watcher knows is essential for keeping score in the friendly contest of "Who's seen the most kinds?" Also included are a glossary, a bibliography, a list of breeders' associations for many of the breeds featured, and all kinds of cow-related facts and graphics.
(I could have done without the "Cow Call" -- a silly cut-out cow mask on the back page of the book)
Several other reviewers objected to the lack of photographs in this book. I have used various types of field guides with various subjects over the years and have found that a good black-and-white line drawing with good accompanying text describing the colors is nearly always superior to a photograph. That said, a few photographs would have been nice to give some idea of the actual colors of the red and brown breeds -- black and white are pretty much black and white ;-)
Anyone who prefers using secondary roads to the interstate highways has passed many a herd of cows/cattle on their journeys. This book is an excellent companion to take with you on those trips so you can be informed as to just which kind of cow you are looking at.
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4: No Cow Photo
The book had lots of good information, but only line drawings of the cows. I was disappointed in not having color photos since this was an identification book.
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5: A Field Guide to Cows:
I was hoping it would show colored pictures of the different breeds of cows. The inside, unlike the cover, was not in color and showed parts of the cow more than breeds. Guessed wrong on what I wanted to buy.
My husband and I really like Amazon though.
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