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Sheep and Goats . Agri-science Mr. Bailey. 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). Sheep!!!!!.
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Sheep and Goats Agri-science Mr. Bailey
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)
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)
Sheep!!!!! • Efficient in converting feed to meat • Different breed for different purposes
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
Breeds of Sheep • Dorset • Hampshire • Suffolk
Breeds of Goats • Pygmy goats • Cashmere • French Alpine • Boer
Five Types of Production • Farm Flock • Purebred Flock • Range Band Method • Confinement • Lamb Feeding Production
Favorable Factors • Easily raised • Dual income • Less susceptible to disease • Return of investment fast • Suited for young people
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
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.