Polyface Designs: A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastructure

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Joel Salatin Chris Slattery

Polyface Designs

A Comprehensive Construction Guide for Scalable Farming Infrastructure

Joel Salatin, Chris Slattery, Justin Rhodes

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Polyface, Incorporated
08 April 2021

Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Building construction & materials; Agricultural engineering & machinery; Animal husbandry

A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm's signature designs--with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and error

Have you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting started, folks adding enterprises, or folks wanting a cheaper bootstrap way to build portable livestock infrastructure, Polyface Designs has all the diagrams and do-it-yourself building specifications. Joel Salatin wrote the text and Polyface former apprentice and engineer extraordinaire Chris Slattery did the drawings. Ultimately practical, the book includes how to build a corral, a home-made head gate and even how to select the right axle for your project. Square footage requirements for the deep bedding hay shed and area advice for pig pastures make this the definitive repository for a lifetime of Polyface experimentation.

A massive volume, its 568 pages are in full color and beautiful enough to be a coffee table book even though you'll use it in your shop. Don't let the cover price scare you; one building tip can more than save the price of the book.

By: Joel Salatin, Chris Slattery
Foreword by: Justin Rhodes
Imprint: Polyface, Incorporated
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 280mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 64mm
Weight: 2.023kg
ISBN: 9781733686617
ISBN 10: 1733686614
Pages: 568
Publication Date: 08 April 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Chickens Broiler Shelter Shelter Dolly Egg Mobile Millennium Feathernet Mini-Brooder Cows Shademobile Cattle Working SHute Homemade Head Gate Winter Hay Feeding Pigs Basics Pasture Infrastructure Handling Rabbits Raken Harepen Turkeys Gobbledygo Winter Hoop Houses Basic Layout Bulk Feeder Platform Standing Nest Boxes Waterer Cover Mobile Mezzanine Materials Handling Bulk Feed Buggy Hay Wagon Chassis Log Forwarding Cart Appendix Poultry Watering Shade Cloth Tips Fencing Basics How to Cut Notches Templates

Joel Salatin and his family own and operate Polyface Farm in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. The farm produces pastured beef, pork, chicken, eggs, turkeys, rabbits, lamb and ducks, servicing roughly 6,000 families and 50 restaurants in the farm’s bioregion. He has written 14 books to date, is editor of Stockman Grass Farmer Magazine, and lectures around the world on land healing and local food systems. Polyface Farm operates a formal apprenticeship program and conducts many educational workshops and events. Chris Slattery is a mechanical engineer turned farmer/homesteader. With years of experience in CAD/3D modeling coupled with his experience working with his father in the trades and a formal apprenticeship at Polyface, he is uniquely gifted to bring drawings to life. He currently resides on his family's 112-acre farm in south central Kentucky.