History of the Karakul Sheep

The goat was the first ruminant to be domesticated. A ruminant is an animal that has more than one compartment in the stomach. Goats began arriving in Plymouth in 1623. In A History of Domesticated Animals, goats were a good source for milk, meat, hides, and some

population. Farmers have slowly moved up from farming 300-800 acres of land, to 1,500 to 3,000

According to Ohio State University, Brangus cows originated from Brahman and Angus cattle. Brangus cattle come in different colors such as red and black. The Brangus breed is actually a very muscular breed. Brangus have ears that are similar to Brahman, a little droopy. They have an appealing look, they have a smaller hump-like figure on their backs similar to a Brahman. Brangus cows can be a mix of one to three-quarters brahman, the rest Angus.

The American Mink (Neovison Vison) is a semi-aquatic animal that lives in forested areas where there are ponds and lakes for them to swim. They feed on frogs, cray fish, muskrats, birds and ground squirrels (Fur Commission USA). Their ranges vary by gender, male minks can inhabit 2.5 miles of stream or river to about 2, 500 acres of wetland territory while female minks inhabits much less wetland only about 40 acres and about 1 mile of stream or river. Male minks tend to hunt more than females during the spring time, so it is more likely a male mink will be spotted over a female mink (Magnusdottir et al. 2014). There has not been a mink spotted in Abernathy filed station

Although fur trade did continue in many other areas. It continued until the 1850s, but in many ways it was a declining business as early as the 1820s. Beaver had become over-hunted by the 1790s, and by the 1820s the species was nearly extinct in southern Wisconsin (Wisconsin U). Some species such as muskrat, deer, and marten remained abundant, but prices for these pelts were often low. Moreover, once the government began buying the Indians' land, in the 1830s, the Indians had an alternative source of income. Traders still took furs, but during the 1830s and 1840s they made more money selling goods to the Indians in exchange for their annuity money from land sales. In the 1850s, the Indians lived on reservations and could no longer harvest furs in their old hunting grounds (Wisconsin U). Numerous Indians swung to different types of job, especially logging and timber factories. The American Fur Company stopped operations in 1842 when it sold its interests in the upper Mississippi valley to Pierre Chouteau, Jr., and Company of St. Louis. By 1854, the partners who shaped this organization had stopped the fur trade and moved into different organizations. A little gathering of men assumed control over the American Fur Company's operations at Mackinac Island in 1834, yet by 1854 this worry had likewise closed down. The Great Lakes

The most profitable of all being the beaver pelts. The beaver pelts were so remunerative due to the demand of fashionable beaver pelt hats in Europe. With Natives utilizing trade for positive relationships and the French utilizing trade for profit and alliance, the fur trade was booming. With constant hunting, the beaver population on native land was quickly depleted. Though the beaver population on the native land was exhausted, the demand for their pelts was not.

Once one of the numerous mammals of all time, by the late 1800s bison as we knew they were nearly extinct. We began setting up preserves for them to live safely. We also bred bison in captivity for their meat. Their life span has gone up since being in captivity; from 10 years in the wilderness to around 20 in resorts. In the late 1900s farmers bred their “meat” bison with their cattle, hoping to produce better meat. The problem? When you breed bison and cattle, you get infertile hybrids. Therefore, leading to an impact on the bison population.

However, as a result of a prolonged trapping and killing of the animals, they became nearly extinct. The decline in the population of the fur-bearing animals and the high demand for fur lead some of the Cree to relocate to new areas to trap and hunt. The fur trade became such an important aspect of the Cree’s lives that they became dependant on it. The native people relied upon the trading posts for firearms and ammunition to hunt for their own food and would also buy European food with the income they made. Because they were devoting most of their time hunting for the fur trade, they stopped hunting for their own food as they did in the past. Hunters were forced to forego parts of their yearly cycle traditions. Aside from the extinction

Digestion is the result of competition between the rates of digestion and passage. As passage rate increases, the digesta flowing from the rumen will contain greater amounts of undigested feed particles, resulting in a lower DMD (Varga and Kolver, 1997). Mwenya et al. (2003) in comparing indigenous fat-tailed and Dorper sheep found that Dorper sheep had significantly (P<0.05) in Dorper than in Merino sheep and this occurred when fed the lower quality, wheaten chaff diet. Therefore glucose synthesis may potentially be higher in Dorper compared to Merino sheep. This is an important finding and this may have contributed to the superior production responses reported by several researchers including Scanlon et al. (2013) of Dorper compared to Merino sheep, especially when fed on low quality, roughage

The Kwele people have a maintained economy with many ways to get what they need in order to get what they need and want. Their diet is based on animals such as monkeys, warthogs, antelope, and other animals which are hunted. They also farm and grow crops and plants which provide them bananas, taros, yams, and cassava. Because of the iron ore that was transported to a Kwele populated place, many of the iron ore was given to an iron working business which held jobs only for the men of the Kwele people. Blacksmiths made bracelets, iron balls, currency which contained a ship anchors, weapons used to throw like spears and harpoons, and weapons used in combat such as knives and swords. They also made items used to hunt such as dog bells, machetes,

The origins of the breed came from various sheep dogs found in Germany during the last century. In the second half of the 19th century, dog breed fanciers began to fix the type of sheep dog found in Germany that would eventually form the basis of the modern

For this project I had lots of favorite items to choose from but I chose Boer goats. I chose Boer goats because I show them and I wanted to know more about their background. The Boer goat was thought of in the 1900’s by the Dutch. They wanted to use them for their meat. ( ABGA )

The breed dates back over 2000 years and is a native of Alaska. They were originally used as sled dogs by the Alaskan Malamute Eskimo tribe. In addition to a companion dog, the Alaskan Malamutes are still used as sled dogs for racing, exploration and families living in arctic

Sheep were a very important aspect of people’s lives back in the 1600’s. They raised them to cloth their backs and feed their families. Since then, we have blossomed the sheep industry into a 1000 different breeds, all with different purposes, like growth, wool, meat, and dairy. My family raises a Suffolk-Hampshire mix, along with a few mixed white face that we have bought, but we don’t know their breed(s). Suffolks are a combination of Southdowns and Norfolk. They were bred for meat purposes. Hampshires are a combination of Southdown, Wiltshire Horn, and Berkshire Knot. They are also bred for meat, and high growth rate purposes. Suffolks and Hampshires originate from England, and both have medium wool.

The color of their fur is yellowish gold and brown tipped. The color changes during different seasons and climates.