AY Honors/Livestock/Requirements

Livestock

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Requirements

1. Distinguish between the draft horse and the light horse.

2. Identify from pictures or personal observation, and record the height, weight, color, and disposition of at least three of the following horses:

a. Percheron

b. Belgian

c. Clydesdale

d. Arabian

e. Shetland

3. List four physical characteristics of the mule.

4. Identify a burro from a picture or live. Give its size, color, and usefulness.

5. Identify from pictures or live animals four kinds of milk cattle and four kinds of beef cattle.

6. Know the milk-producing qualities of the Jersey, Guernsey, and Holstein breeds.

7. What is the difference between the Angora and milch goats? Give the distinguishing colors of at least three different breeds of goats, such as Saanen, Toggenburg, Nubian, and British Alpine.

8. Identify from pictures or live sheep and note wool and meat production, size, markings, and general appearance of three breeds of sheep, such as Merino, Rambouillet, Shropshire, Hampshire, and Lincoln.