Your 4-H sheep project will provide an opportunity for you:
--To learn how to select and raise sheep.
--To learn to accept responsibility by having an animal of your own to care for regularly.
--To develop business ability by having a business of your own.
--To learn how to keep...
Your 4-H sheep project will provide an opportunity for you:
To learn how to select and raise sheep.
To learn to accept responsibility by having an animal of your own to care for regularly.
To develop business ability by having a business of your own.
To learn how to keep...
The present study was designed to investigate the relationship
of milk production and milk quality to growth rate and certain organ-oleptic
measurements of lambs of mutton breeds, Nine mature ewes
in their fourth lactation of the Border Cheviot, Dorset Horn,
Columbia, Suffolk, and Willamette breeds were acquired making a
total...
In the present study, five breeds of ewes and their lambs were
utilized. The breeds used were: Border Cheviot, Dorset Horn, Columbia,
Suffolk and Willamette. In all, 31 ewes and 42 lambs were involved.
The blood constituents which were determined for the ewes and
lambs were: acid and alkaline phosphatase,...
A total of 399 crossbred ewes from two birth years were raised
under two management systems, irrigated vs. dryland hill pastures.
The crossbred ewes were sired by North Country Cheviot, Dorset, Finnsheep
and Romney rams that were mated to Suffolk and Columbia-type
ewes. Hampshire rams were the terminal sire breed...
A sheep enterprise can be ranch size or it can fit into a few acres. It can be a full-time occupation, but it also is well suited for diversified and
part-time farmers, or it can be expertly handled by the spouse or younger members of the farm family. Sheep are...
Published November 1955. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Raising rabbits is fun. At the same time, a 4-H Rabbit Project can provide an important source of food for the family. Rabbits do not require fancy or expensive equipment. Rabbits can be confined to hutches.
As you work with your rabbits you will find something different is always happening....
