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Title: Garden Center
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Description: Publication features articles focused on innovative marketing and merchandising of new and traditional retail categories, retail business management, store design and retail technology. Columnists offer opinion and information about hands-on retail experience and designing a business, from store design and merchandising to […]
Care of Sow and Piglets
Tuesday, June 10th, 2008Farrowing to Weaning
The most critical period in the life cycle of a pig is from birth to weaning. On average about two pigs per litter are lost during this period. Poor management is the major contributing factor, although the actual cause may be crushing, bleeding from the navel, anaemia, starvation or disease.
Raising Ostrich in the Philippines
Friday, March 7th, 2008Introduction
Ostrich growers are rapidly expanding their flocks throughout the world to meet the increasing demand for high quality ostrich livestock and ostrich products.
During the breeding season (approximatelyFeb-Oct. in the Philippines) a good ostrich hen lays an egg every other day if the eggs are removed for artificial incubation. If the eggs are left with the […]
Raising Pigeons
Friday, March 7th, 2008Raising pigeons is not only a hobby but a good earner too. They multiply fast if proper care is given, and almost every part of a pigeon has use. For instance, the feathers and bones, after flesh meat has been removed, can be used as feed for chicken; its manure is feed for cows.
At the […]
Raising Dairy Cows for Milk
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Temperate breeds of dairy cattle that have been raised successfully in the Philippines are the Holstein Friesian, the Jersey, and the Brown Swiss.
The Holstien-Friesian has an average daily milk production of 22 kilograms with an average butterfat content of 3.6 per cent. The Jersey produces an average of 13 kilograms of milk while the Brown […]
Raising Free-Range or “Galang” Chicken
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Chickens raised and produced through open type? In western Mindanao, open-range type upgraded native chicken production is a common practice to increase the fowl’s protein requirement in a semi-commercialized enterprise. A demonstration farm is found in one of the research stations of DA-Regional Field Unit XI of the Western Mindanao Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESMIARC) […]
Guide in Turkey Raising
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Technical advances in turkey genetics, production, and processing have created a turkey which produces a pound of meat, using a smaller amount of feed, in less time than most other domestic meat-producing animals.
All commercial turkeys produced today are the white broad breasted turkey breed. This breed was first used for commercial turkey production in […]
Understanding Dairy Goat Production Part 1 of 3
Friday, February 29th, 2008THE DAIRY GOAT
Goats are among the smallest domesticated ruminants and have served mankind longer than cattle or sheep. They thrive in arid, semitropical, or mountainous countries. More than 460 million goats in the world produce over 4.5 million tons of milk and 1.2 million tons of meat annually, besides mohair, cashmere, leather, and dung for […]
Understanding Dairy Goat Production Part 2 of 3
Friday, February 29th, 2008FEEDING DAIRY GOATS
The goat is a ruminant, having a four-part stomach like the cow and sheep. The first part, called the rumen, is the largest; it receives food that has been swallowed without much chewing and stores it until it is regurgitated and chewed again. The food eventually goes to the third and fourth stomachs, […]
Understanding Dairy Goat Production Part 3 of 3
Friday, February 29th, 2008SHELTER AND SPACE
Although goats have adapted to diverse and adverse climates without the aid of man-made shelters and support, maintenance of good health and dairy productivity require minimizing the stresses associated with excessive heat, cold, humidity, and wind.
