Ewe and lamb body condition, breeding and production data from the Montana Agricultural Experiment station, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT from 1960 - 2012

Red Bluff Research Ranch is a 13,750-acre ranch is part of the Montana Agricultural Experiment station, and associated with Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. The ranch occupies most of the once thriving late 19th- to early 20th-century gold mining community in the Hot Springs Mining District, which was second only in gold production to Alder Gulch. The ranch nearly surrounds the town of Norris. Historically about 900 head of sheep were maintained year-round at the research ranch. The livestock, as well as the rangeland, are used for both teaching and research. Sheep nutrition studies included nutrition levels, management practices and sheep behavior. Animal scientists look at breeding as a major way to improve livestock production. Hybridization was studied in sheep to help predict staple length, open faces, smoothness and body conformation related to better and more meat. These data include ewe and lamb body condition, breeding and production data from 1960-2012.
Supported/funded by Montana State University College of Agriculture, Montana Agricultural Research Service, Montana Wool Lab., and the USDA Agricultural Research Service.
Resources in this dataset:Resource Title: MSU_EWES_1960-2012. File Name: MSU_EWES_1960-2012.csvResource Title: MSU_LAMBS_1960-2012. File Name: MSU_LAMBS_1960-2012.csvResource Title: Data dictionary for Montana State University ewe data 1960-2012. File Name: MSU_Ewe_DataDictionary.csvResource Title: Data dictionary for Montana State University lamb data 1960-2012. File Name: MSU_Lamb_DataDictionary.csv

红柳滩研究牧场占地13,750英亩，隶属于蒙大拿州农业实验站，并与位于蒙大拿州博兹曼的蒙大拿州立大学紧密相关。该牧场占据了曾一度繁荣的19世纪末至20世纪初的黄金采矿社区——热泉采矿区的绝大部分，其黄金产量仅次于奥尔德谷。牧场几乎环绕着诺里斯镇。历史上，该研究牧场全年维持着大约900头羊。牲畜及牧草地均被用于教学与研究。羊的营养研究包括营养水平、管理实践及羊的行为。动物科学家将育种视为提高牲畜生产的重要途径。在羊的杂交研究中，旨在预测与更好的肉质相关的基部长度、面部特征、光滑度和体型。这些数据包括母羊和羔羊的身体状况、育种和生产数据，时间跨度为1960年至2012年。本数据集由蒙大拿州立大学农业学院、蒙大拿州农业研究服务局、蒙大拿州羊毛实验室以及美国农业部农业研究服务局资助。数据集包含以下资源：

资源标题：MSU_EWES_1960-2012。文件名：MSU_EWES_1960-2012.csv
资源标题：MSU_LAMBS_1960-2012。文件名：MSU_LAMBS_1960-2012.csv
资源标题：蒙大拿州立大学母羊数据字典。文件名：MSU_Ewe_DataDictionary.csv
资源标题：蒙大拿州立大学羔羊数据字典。文件名：MSU_Lamb_DataDictionary.csv