1 / 11

Sheep and Goats

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!!!!!.

bat
Télécharger la présentation

Sheep and Goats

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  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.

More Related