American RBST Foundation Flock USA0001
Breeders of
British Registered Soay sheep
LITERATURE
selected bibliography of
DVDs & Videos, Books, Magazine Articles and Journals
Soay sheep, the Care of Sheep, Livestock Protection Animals, the Conservation of
Endangered Livestock Breeds, St. Kilda
A number of the books listed are out of print, but may be available
through used book dealers.
DVDs & Videos
DVD of Soay Sheep on St. Kilda
Darlow,
Michael, SOAY Sheep on the Island at the Edge of the World
22 minutes packed with pictures and facts about the oldest type of sheep in the
world and the remote, stunningly beautiful North Atlantic islands they come from – St
Kilda. available in both NTSC (US) and PAL (UK) formats. Direct
Inquiries to: sales@boams.co.uk
(UK): kathiem@soayfarms.com (US)
Soay Sheep Photo
collection by Beth Maxwell Doyle
wonderful photos and video of the Soay sheep on St. Kilda taken in 2007
http://www.ramshornstudio.com/soay.htm
Books
Books on Soay Sheep
Buchanan,
Meg, ed. St. Kilda: the Continuing Story of the Islands.
Edinburgh: Glasgow Museums, 1995 ISBN# 0-11-495172-1 (chapter on Soay on St. Kilda)
Clutton-Brock,
Tim and Pemberton, Josephine, Soay Sheep Dynamics and
Selection in an Island Population, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004.
Darlow, Michael, Sam’s Soay Sheep Book. Bradford On
Avon: BOA MS Ltd., October 2005 Stories,
facts and lots of pictures about the most mysterious and loveable of all sheep. A book for
children that grown-ups love. For information contact
www.boams.co.uk
Jewell, P.A.,
Milner, C. and Boyd, J. Morton. , ed. Island Survivors: the Ecology of the Soay Sheep of St.Kilda.
London: Athlone Press, 1974. (out of print)
ISBN 0 485 1114 1 (The
seminal work on Soay sheep)
Kinsman,
David. Black Sheep of Windermere, A History Of the St.
Kilda or Hebridean Sheep. Windermere, Cumbria: Windy Hall Publications, 2001.
ISBN 0-9540283-0-9 (some mention of Soay
sheep)
Ryder, M.L. Sheep and Man, London: Gerald
Duckworth & Co., Ltd. 1983, ISBN 00-7156-1655-2 (the
history of sheep, important information about Soay sheep)
Books on Care of sheep
American Sheep Industry Association. SID Sheep
Production Handbook
6911 South
Yosemite, Englewood, CO 80112-1414
Castell, Mary. Starting With Sheep
available from Country Smallholding,
Tel: 08700 718 817 (7 days a week, 24 hour)
Postal Book
Orders: Country Smallholding Bookshop, PO Box 60, Helston, TR13 0TP ISBN 906 137 28 4
Email: books.csh@archant.co.uk
Frazer, C.M.ed. The Merk Veterinary Manual.
Rahway, N.J.: Merck and Company, Inc.
Henderson, David C. The Veterinary Book for Sheep
Farmers. Ipswich, UK: Old Pond Publishing, 2002 ISBN1-903366-30-5
Parker, Ron. The Sheep Book, A Handbook for the Modern
Shepherd, Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, U. of Ohio Press, 2001 ISBN#
0-08040-1032-3
Simmons, Paula
& Ekarius, Carol. Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep,
Breeding, Care, Facilities, Pownal, Vermont: Storey Communications ISBN
1-5-8017-262-8
Weathers, Shirley A.. Field Guide to Plants Poisonous to Livestock, Western
U.S, Fruitland, Utah: Rosebud Press, 1998, ISBN0-9-660397-3-4
.
Weaver, Sue,. Storey's Guide to
Raising Miniature Livestock, North Adams,MA
Storey Publications, 2010. ISBN 978-1-60342-481-3
includes Soay sheep
Winter, Agnes C. and Hill, Cicely W.A Manual of Lambing Techniques. Ramsbury,
Marlborough: The Crowood Press Ltd. 2003 ISNB1-86126-574-3
Books
on Livestock Protection Animals, Dogs, Donkeys, llamas
Dawydiak, Orysia, Sims, David E. Livestock Protection Dogs, Selection, Care and
Training, second edition. Loveland, Colorado (P.O. Box 7027). Alpine Blue
Ribbon Books 2004 ISBN1-57779-062-6
Dohner,
Janet Vorwald, Storey's Working Animals, Livestock Guardians, Using Dogs, Donkeys and
Llamas to Protect Your Herd. North Adams, MA. Storey Publishing 2007 ISBN
978-1-58017-695-8
Books on Conservation of
Endangered Breeds and Related Topics
Alderson,
Lawrence. The
Chance to Survive, Rare Breeds in a Changing World. London: Cameron &
Tayleur, 1978 (this is the first edition, there have been two reprints)
Bixby, Donald E.,
Christman, Carolyn J., Ehrman, Cynthia J., Sponenberg, D. Phillip. Taking Stock, The North American Livestock Census, Blacksburge, Virginia:
The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Co., 1994 ISBN
0-939923-35-1
Clutton-Brock, Juliet, A Natural History of
Domesticated Mammals.Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN
0-521-63495-4
Dohner, Janet Vorwald. The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and
Poultry Breeds, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001. ISBN
0-300-08880-9
Erskine, Kent, ed. Colored Sheep and Wool: Exploring
their Beauty and Function. Ashland, OR: Blacksheep Press, 1989 ISBN 0-9608736-2-7
Lundie, Roger S. and Wilkinson, Elspeth, ed.The World
of Coloured Sheep, New Zealand, Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders' Association
of New Zealand, November 2004. ISBN 0-476-00928-6
Sponenberg, D. Phillip and Christman, Carolyn J. A
Conservation Breeding Handbook, Pittsboro, North Carolina: The American
Livestock Breeds Conservancy, 1995, ISBN 1-887316-00-0
Sponenberg. D. Phillip and Bixby, Donald E. Managing Breeds For A Secure Future
Strategies For Breeders And Breed Associations, Pittsboro, North Carolina: The
American Livestock Breeds Conservancy, 2007, ISBN 978-1-887316-07-1
Books on St. Kilda
Fleming, Andrew. St. Kilda and the Wider World, Tales
of an Iconic Island. Macclesfield, Cheshire: Windgather Press, 2005 ISBN
1-905119-00-3
Harman, Mary. An Isle called Hirte, A History and Culture of St. Kilda to 1930.
Isle of Skye IV55 8GD: Maclean Press, 1997 ISBN 1 899272 03 8
Love, John A., A
Natural History of St. Kilda, Edinburgh: Berlinn. Ltd., 2009
ISBN 978 1 84158 797 4
Maclean, Charles. Island on the Edge of the World, the
Story of St. Kilda, New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1972 ISBN# 0-8008-4263-4
Steel, Tom. The Life and Death of St. Kilda, the
Moving Story of a vanished Community, Glasgow: William Collins Sons & Co.,
Ltd. 1975.
ISBN # 0-00-637340-2
Books on Fiber and Cooking
Simmons, Paula. Turning
Wool into a Cottage Industry, Pownal, Vermont: Storey Communications, Inc., 1991 ISBN: 0880890045
Magazine Articles
"Ancient Treasure: Soay Sheep", Sue Weaver, Hobby Farms, Rural Living for Pleasure and
Profit, January/February 2008
"History on the Hoof",
Steve Werblow, Homestead
Life Beyond City Lights, published by John Deere, winter 2006.
"History on the Hoof, Steve
Werblow, The Furrow,
published by John Deere, November 2006
Two lovely articles about saving endangered livestock breeds from extinction
"The
Need to Conserve Different Types of Shetland Sheep", Sponenberg, D. Phillip, D.V.M.,
Ph.d., NASSA NEWS, vol.3, no. 3, Summer, July 1993
An article written about Shetland Sheep that can equally apply to the Soay
"Counting
Sheep", Clutton-Brock, Tim, Natural History, 3/94
Magazines/Journals (US and UK)
The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy
Newsletter
P.O. Box 477, Pittsboro, North
Carolina 27312
Phone: (919) 542-5704
Email: albc@albc-usa.org
The Ark, Journal of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust
National Agricultural
Center, Stoneleigh Park
Warwickshire, CV8 2LG England
024 7669 6551
Email: enquiries@rbst.org.uk
Wild Fibers
P.O.Box1752
Rockland, ME 040841
207-7853932
www.wildfibersmagazine.com
Email: info@wildfibersmagazine.com
Hobby Farms
P.O. Box 37188,
Boone, IA 50037-0188
www.hobbyfarms.com
E-mail: hobbyfarms@bowtieinc.com
Countryside
and Small Stock Journal (USA)
W11564 Hwy 64
Withee,WI 54498
1-800-551-5691
http://www.countrysidemag.com
Country
Smallholding, ( UK)
Archant Devon, Fair Oak Close,
Exeter Airport Business
Park, Clyst Honiton,Near Exeter, EX5 2UL
Subscriptions: Linda James Tel: (01392) 444274
Email: subs.csh@archant.co.uk
http://www.countrysmallholding.com
Smallholder (UK)
Katie Short, (Newsquest) South
West
3 Falmouth Business Park,
Bickland Water Road, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 4SZ
Telephone (01326) 213333
http://www.smallholder.co.uk/index.html
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