Sheep and Goats

1. Sheep and Goats Agri-science Mr. Bailey

2. How many sheep/goat products can you name • Meat(chevon for goat) • Milk • Chammy (leather from sheep/goats) • Medicine (adrenaline) • Clothing (wool, cashmere, mohair) • Lanolin (grease from sheep wool, used in hand lotion)

3. Sheep!!!!! • Over 7.8 million sheep in the U.S. • Provide average of 1.7 lbs. meat and 0.8 lbs. of wool per person • Raised where other animals cannot be (climate or food availability)

4. Sheep!!!!! • Efficient in converting feed to meat • Different breed for different purposes

5. Goats!!!! • Low importance economically • Prefer to eat twigs and leaves • Mohair is hair taken from angora goats and is used to make a wooly fabric

6. Breeds of Sheep • Dorset • Hampshire • Suffolk

7. Breeds of Goats • Pygmy goats • Cashmere • French Alpine • Boer

8. Five Types of Production • Farm Flock • Purebred Flock • Range Band Method • Confinement • Lamb Feeding Production

9. Favorable Factors • Easily raised • Dual income • Less susceptible to disease • Return of investment fast • Suited for young people

10. Unfavorable Factors • Price for wool changes • Consumption not as common • Cotton and other materials taken place of wool • More susceptible to parasites • Can be killed by predators easily

11. Exit Slip • Name three of the five products that sheep provide for people. • Name one breed of sheep and one breed of goats. • Name two of the five types of production using in sheep/goat operations.