In our overview of the livestock industries, it was recommended
 that you read the following chapters in Scientific Farm Animal 
 Production (8th Ed.) by R. E. Taylor and T. G. Field.
    Chap. 2   An Overview of the U.S. Animal Industries
    Chap. 26  Feeding and Managing Beef Cattle
    Chap. 28  Feeding and Managing Dairy Cattle
    Chap. 30  Feeding and Managing Swine
    Chap. 32  Feeding and Managing Sheep
    Chap. 34  Feeding and Managing Horses
 
 The following review questions are intended to point out and
 help you understand some of the major points in the reading
 material.
 
 CHAPTER 2:
 
 2-1.  Cash receipts for all livestock products comprise
       approximately what percentage of all agricultural
       commodities in the U.S.?  (25%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 75%)
 
 2-2.  Which country has the most cattle?
       Which country has the most beef (meat) production?
       Which country has the greatest per capita beef
       consumption, and where does the U.S. rank?
 
 2-3.  Cattle can be used for food, fiber, and draft animal
       power.  What is the primary use in developed countries? 
       What about developing countries?
 
 2-4.  Beef production in the U.S. has increased, but the
       number of cattle raised has decreased.  List 4 reasons
       for this relatively higher production of beef from fewer
       cattle.
 
 2-5.  What are the three phases of beef cattle production?
 
 2-6.  Most cows (75-80%) are located in what three
       geographical regions of the U.S.?
 
 2-7.  Do most of the marketed fed cattle come from commercial
       feeders or farmer-feeders?
 
 2-8.  What is (are) the primary reason(s) for having a stocker
       or yearling operation?
 
 2-9.  Which country has the most dairy cows?  The most total
       milk production?
 
 2-10. In world dairy trade, is fluid milk or manufactured
       dairy products most important?
 
 2-11. In the U.S. the number of dairy cows has decreased, but
       total milk production has remained constant or
       increased.  How has this occurred?
 
 2-12. Compare the historical importance and use of horses in
       the U.S. to how they are used today.
 
 2-13. What have been the trends of how horse numbers have
       changed in the U.S., and what factors have contributed
       to these changes in the horse population?
 
 2-14. What is unique about the diets of cattle, sheep, and
       goats that allows them to be grazed together?
 
 2-15. Sheep and goats are closely related and are similar in
       many ways.  Compare (climatic regions) where sheep and
       goats are generally located.
 
 2-16. Which countries have the greatest per capita consumption
       of lamb and mutton?  Which countries export the most
       lamb and mutton?
 
 2-17. In what region of the U.S. does most sheep production
       occur?  
 
 2-18. Compare sheep production in the Midwest (and far west
       coast) to sheep production in the western U.S.
 
 2-19. Do most U.S. sheep growers specialize in sheep?
 
 2-20. How does the purebred sheep industry contribute to the
       U.S. sheep industry?
 
 2-21. Which country has the most hogs?  The greatest pork
       production?
 
 2-22. In which region of the U.S. is hog production the
       greatest?
 
 2-23. Name the types of swine operations?