Level: 1
Category: Outdoor Industries
Year: 1944

Sheep Husbandry

1. What kind of areas do sheep naturally inhabit?
2. What kind of vegetation furnishes the feed most ideal for sheep?
3. What kind of shelter or barns should be provided for sheep?
4. How much space is needed for each animal in the following conditions:
   1. Loose barn space for adult sheep
   2. Outside lot space for adult sheep
   3. Loose barn space for large lamb
   4. Loose barn space for small lamb
   5. Pasture required for one ewe
   6. Feed trough space for mature sheep
   7. Lambing
5. Which are the most favorable seasons of the year in which to make a start in sheep raising?
6. What considerations should be taken into account when selecting the breed of stock?
7. What is the ideal size of flock for inexperienced beginners in sheep raising?
8. What winter feed is most ideal for sheep?
9. What type of care should be given to lambs?
10. Know the meaning of the following terms:
    1. Castration
    2. Grease weight
    3. Commercial
    4. Heat
    5. Concentrate
    6. Lactation
    7. Cross breed
    8. Polled
    9. Dam
    10. Purebred
    11. Dock
    12. Ram
    13. Drench
    14. Ration
    15. Ewe
    16. Registered
    17. Flushing
    18. Scours
    19. Forages or roughages
    20. Scurred
    21. Gain
    22. Sire
    23. Gestation
    24. Wether
11. Care for two or more lambs until marketed or until six months of age.