Item Name: Animal Industry 1972 - 1975

Item ID: AniInd-H1

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements June 1972 until December 1974

1. Name three breeds of draft horse and two breeds of light horse. Tell the country each came from.

2. Name four leading breeds of dairy cattle. Tell the merits of each.

3. Describe the color markings and characteristics of five different breeds of beef animals.

4. Tell what’s needed for successful and money-making raising of beef on a farm. 

5. Describe how hogs are made profitable.

6. Name four leading breeds of sheep. Describe them.

7. Show one first aid requirement related to farm animals.

This merit badge may be earned as a 4-H’er by completing a club project in that subject or as an FFA member by meeting these requirements through the FFA - supervised farming program.