Sheep and Goats

Agri-science Mr. Bailey

• How many sheep/goat products can you name

Meat

(chevon for goat) •

Clothing

(wool, cashmere, mohair) •

Milk

• Chammy (leather from sheep/goats) •

Lanolin

(grease from sheep wool, used in hand lotion) •

Medicine

(adrenaline)

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

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Dorset

Breeds of Sheep •

Hampshire

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Suffolk

Breeds of Goats •

Pygmy goats

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Cashmere

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French Alpine

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Boer

Five Types of Production

1. Farm Flock 2. Purebred Flock 3. Range Band Method 4. Confinement 5. 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

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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.