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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.