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  1. Targhee sheep are one of the youngest North American breeds, having been developed in the middle of the 20th century. Rams weigh between 200 and 300 lbs, with ewes weighing between 125 and 200 lbs. Ewe fleeces average 10 to 14 lbs, with a micron measurement of 21 to 25 and a Bradford count of 58 to 64.
  2. Targhee Origin - U.S. Sheep Experiment Station Dubois, ID. Type - Dual-Purpose (Wool and Meat Quality) Wool - Crossbred (Fine Wool x Long Wool Cross) Descriptors - Thick, high quality fleece, open faces, white wool, face, and legs, large framed. Important Traits - Wool production, meat production, hardy and adaptable.
  3. Aug 26, 2024Targhee Sheep Characteristics The Targhee sheep is among the medium to large sheep breeds. It is light brown or pure white in color. These animals are very good for quality wool production. Each ewe on average will produce about 4.5 to 6.3 kg fleece. The fibre diameter is about 21 to 25 micrometers and spinning count of 64 to 58.
  4. raisingsheep.net

    The Targhee breed is a combination of the Columbia, Corriedale and Rambouillet - all white-faced sheep breeds known for their production. The reason for the name "Targhee" stems from the area in which flocks of the experiment station sheep graze during the summertime, which is the Targhee National Forest.
  5. breeds.okstate.edu

    This is the true foundation of the Targhee breed: The large bands of Western ewes top crossed with Targhee rams from the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station and Henry Yoppe. Many of the ranches that bred up to Targhees were in Montana and they included Hughes Livestock, Mt. Haggin Livestock, Fulton Ranch Company, and Sieben Live Stock.
  6. targheesheepus.com

    The western range industry has long demanded a breed of sheep, thick in natural fleshing, producing high quality apparel type wool, and adapted to rugged conditions. Such a breed would contribute to breeding stability and simplify marketing problems with uniform body type and fleece grade. Many sheep breeders thought the ideal range breed would be ¾ fine wool and ¼ long wool breeding. This ...
  7. en.wikipedia.org

    The Targhee is an American breed of domestic sheep. It was developed in the early twentieth century at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station of the Agricultural Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture at Dubois, Idaho, [1] and is named after the Targhee National Forest which surrounds it.
  8. Though the development of the Targhee breed foundation wasn't initiated until 1926, the roots of the Targhee go back much further. In 1912, the search for the perfect U.S. ewe was in progress using USDA-Bureau of Animal Industry sheep flocks housed at the F. S. King Brothers Company Ranch near Laramie, WY.
  9. The Targhee sheep was developed by the U.S. Sheep Experiment station at Dubois, Idaho, in response to the industry's demand for a breed thick in natural fleshing, capable of producing high quality, apparel type wool, and adapted to both the rugged range and farm flock conditions.
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