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25 Cards in this Set
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the Natural waviness of the wool fiber
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Crimp
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to remove the tail of a sheep, also the area around the tail
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dock
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female sheep of any age
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Ewe
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female sheep less then a year of age
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ewe lamb
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wool produced from one sheep
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fleece
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flock
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a group of sheep
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offspring of a sheep of either sex, less than one year of age
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lamb
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the grease form the fleece that has been refined and used in products like hand lotions
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Lanolin
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meat obtained from a mature sheep greater than 1 year of age
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Mutton
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the species name of sheep
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Ovine
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an intact male sheep of any age
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Ram
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Disease in sheep Like BSE(Mad Cow Disease)
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scrapie
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the Numerical system fro grading wool, # of hanks of yarn that can be spun
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Spinning count
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Length of wool fiber
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staple
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Heavy manure covered wool
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Tag
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a male sheep castrated before reaching sexual maturity
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Wether
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fibers produced from one sheep
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Wool
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% of clean wool fibers after scowering
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yield
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what is the dressing percent on lambs
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52-55%
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what are the thee major breeds of lambs
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wool breed (Ewe), ( meat breeds)Ram, Dual breeds
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breeds of lambs fit into wool type?
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Merino, Rambouillet, Romney, and lincoln
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what are the Meat type lambs
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Suffolk, hampshire, southdown, finnsheep
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what are the dual breed sheep
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corriedale, columbia
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what are the fine wool sheep
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delain-merino, rambouillet
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what are the medium wool sheep
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columbia corriedale dorset hampshire southdown sffolk
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