Livestock Judging Ch 26

Many producers in the western states are now using mixed grazing, that is grazing sheep and cattle on the same land.

• True

• False

A common way to classify sheep is by the type of wool

• True

• False

Breed selection is not a matter of personal preference

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Range production accounts for ____ percent of the total sheep production in the US

• 10

• 30

• 50

• 70

Sheep are a major farm enterprise in the ____ area of the US.

• Southern Range

• Eastern Range

• Western Range

• Northern Range

____ is a general build of the sheep

• Style

• Type

• Quality

• Balance

What is the only breed of sheep raised for fur in the US

• Karakul

• Merino

• Dorset

• Cheviot

The most commonly used method of classifying sheep is by

• carcass type

• Point of origin

• type of wool

• the number of young produced

Small flocks of fewer than 100 heads account for ____ percent of the sheep operation in the US

• 30

• 50

• 60

• 90

The only breed of sheep used in the US for producing carpet wool is

• Hampshire

• Suffolk

• Black-faced Highland

• Oxford