The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals
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The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals

Observations from a Family Farm

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eBook - ePub

The Wisdom of Sheep & Other Animals

Observations from a Family Farm

About this book

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SECRET LIFE OF COWS

'Elegiac, funny, warm and wise, The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike.' KATHERINE MAY
'A wonderful antidote to the hectic pace of modern life.' JAMES OSWALD

We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience.

Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.

Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kite's Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly 'bird-brained' hens, 'conversations' between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .

'Delightful.' ALAN BENNETT, ON THE SECRET LIFE OF COWS

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Table of contents

  1. Landing Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction: The Journey to Kite’s Nest
  6. A Cold Late Winter
  7. The Four Seasons
  8. London, 1899
  9. A Royal Visitor
  10. Body Language
  11. Love of Birds
  12. Hardy
  13. BSE Strikes
  14. When the Wind Blows
  15. Words of No Syllables
  16. Grahame
  17. Civilisation and Its Discontents
  18. Compassionate Sheep
  19. Nocturnal Vigils
  20. Stress-free Food
  21. Sheep Playing
  22. On the Character of Cows
  23. proverb
  24. The Power of Music
  25. Trevelyan
  26. An Extremely Windy Night
  27. At the Bidding of Bulls
  28. Wildlife Corridors
  29. The Heart of the Meadow
  30. Milking by Braille
  31. Let the Cows Speak
  32. Psychology and Sleep, Ditto and Sheep
  33. Dink
  34. Cold Feet
  35. Exploitative Animals
  36. proverb
  37. Housebuilding
  38. Water
  39. Duped by a Cow
  40. Isaiah
  41. Rough-shouldered by a Hen
  42. Ruminating on Ruminants Anthropomorphically
  43. The Fire
  44. Ruskin
  45. I Wouldn’t Thank You for an Office Job
  46. On the Physiology of Wool
  47. A National Asset of Immeasurable Value
  48. Lindén
  49. The Bovine Scarlet Pimpernel
  50. Communication
  51. Dickens
  52. A Field of Frogs
  53. A Balanced Diet
  54. A Critical Threat
  55. Wilcox
  56. Intensive Care
  57. How Not to Worry
  58. Chanel
  59. Egalité, Fraternité
  60. Under the Stars
  61. Drovers and Rovers
  62. Nature and Nurture
  63. Stevenson
  64. A New Field of Study
  65. Don’t Forget to Put the Moth out
  66. Herding and Droving
  67. Fit for a King
  68. Exuberance
  69. proverb
  70. A Retrospective Diary Entry
  71. Life and Luck
  72. Gray
  73. The Old Coppice
  74. Another Use for Hazel Wands
  75. What Is There to Be Glad about in November
  76. On Bottle-rearing Lambs
  77. A Woodland Arrival
  78. On Being Skittish
  79. Christmas
  80. What No Man Learned Yet
  81. Clare
  82. Staying Youthful
  83. Midsummer Madness
  84. Birdwatching
  85. Talking Turkey
  86. Never Too Late
  87. The Hunt for Red Nell
  88. King Diarmait
  89. A Sheep Learning Curve
  90. Milk and Comfort
  91. An Austro-German Knitting Circle
  92. Allergic Reactions
  93. Butler
  94. Jumping for Joy
  95. White Dot
  96. Dandelion
  97. Hale
  98. Making Hay
  99. Daphne
  100. Trees Be Company
  101. Gambolling by Night
  102. proverb
  103. All Is Dark Again
  104. Sprawling Beauty
  105. The Psychology of Farming
  106. And They’re Off
  107. Emerson
  108. Here Is Just a Field of Grass 

  109. The Very Minutest Beauties
  110. Hues That Lift the Spirit
  111. Winnowing the Wheat
  112. Barnes
  113. A Special Friendship
  114. Life Lessons
  115. What’s in My Land Rover
  116. Learning Lessons
  117. How to Navigate a Field of Cows
  118. Barnes
  119. Tasting the Past
  120. Time Is the Only Thing Any of Us Owns
  121. Old Hens and New Tricks
  122. What Time Do Bats Get up?
  123. Tenderness and Tragedy
  124. The Keeping of Secrets
  125. Acknowledgements
  126. Bibliography and Further Reading
  127. About the Author
  128. By the Same Author
  129. Copyright