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Beef ... the Pioneer Way
The Beef
Production System Poster shows today's system for producing beef.
Ontario's pioneer families raised most of their own food on their own
farms and had very little extra grain or animals to sell to others.
- Research the way the pioneers lived more
than 150 years ago in Ontario.
- Hypothesize (suggest) the difference
you might expect in the size of the farms, number of people working
on the farms, number and types of animals that might have been
raised on the farm, breeds of animals, etc.
- Prepare a system plan or picture that
would show the pioneer way of raising beef and how it would be
different from modern methods.
Sharing
Habitat
From Beef
Production System Poster observe the areas
where the cows and calves live.
- Make a
list of the features of the area where they eat and spend their
time. This might include items like fences, forests, ponds, and
wetlands.
- Beside each feature write the name of an
animal, bird, amphibian or insect that might live in that same
environment.
- Write a story or song from the perspective of
one of these creatures that tells what it is like living with the
cows and calves.
Different
Breeds
- Collect illustrations
and photographs of beef cattle.
- Contact the Ontario Cattlemen's Association who
can provide contacts for breed information materials.
- Create a chart of the various names of breeds
of beef cattle.
- Use the collected resources to identify the
important characteristics of each breed (name, colour, height,
weight, country of origin, special characteristics) and illustrate
your information in chart form.
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