General 4H
4-H members between the ages of 11 and 13
What are intermediates?
A castrated male sheep
What is a wether?
An adult female pig
What is a sow?
Gestation length for a goat
What is 5 months/150 days?
What is a steer?
The 4H sportsmanship motto
What is "Keep your head when you win and your heart when you lose?"
Ruminants
What are animals that chew their cud?
Farrowings
What are pig birthings called?
Freshening
What is coming into milk/kidding also called?
Polled trait
What caused an animal to be naturally hornless?
The 4-H motto
Prevents and controls footrot
What is regular hoof trimming?
Type of digestive system of a pig
What is a monogastric digestive system?
Milk fever
What is caused by low calcium intake or heavy milking in a lactating animal?
Flavor and juiciness
What is the importance of marbling?
4-H was founded
What happened in 1902?
Four major primal cuts of lamb
What are the leg, loin, rack, and shoulder?
Loin and rib
Where are the most tender cuts of pork?
Junior doe
What is a doe that has never freshened and is under 2 years called?
The most expensive cuts come from these places.
Why are the loin, rib, round, and rump important?
The Smith-Lever Act
What established cooperative extension between 4-H and universities?
What is removing wool from a ewe's udder prior to lambing called?
What prevents a pig from turning around while lactating (and keeps her from laying on the litter)?
La Mancha
What goat is "earless"?
or
What goat breed was developed in the U.S.?
Freemartin
What is a female calf that is sterile as a result of exposure to hormones produced by a male twin?