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Trailing of the Sheep is an annual October festival and parade in Sun Valley, 
Trailing of the Sheep Festival OrganizationA Photo Essay
Sheep in popular culture Agriculture in Idaho Sheep farming in the United States bar:Oimotrieb de:Almabtrieb fr:Almabtrieb pl:Redyk ru:Альмабтриб {{sheep-stub
Ketchum Ketchum may refer to:
Towns, cities, and, geographic features
* Ketchum, Idaho, United States
* Ketchum, Oklahoma, United States
* Lake Ketchum, Washington, United States
* Ketchum Glacier, a glacier in Antarctica
* Ketchum Ridge, a large ridge i ...
and Hailey, Idaho
Hailey is a city in and the county seat of Blaine County, in the Wood River Valley of the central part of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 7,960 at the 2010 census, up from 6,200 in 2000.fall
Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southe ...
to move the flocks off the mountain to their winter grazing homes. It is similar to the ''Almabtrieb
The Almabtrieb (in Switzerland: Alpabzug, Alpabfahrt, or in French speaking Switzerland: Désalpes; German language literally: ''drive from the mountain pasture'') is an annual event in the alpine regions in Europe, referring to a cattle drive t ...
'' in Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, and is intended as a celebration of the history and tradition of sheep husbandry
Sheep farming or sheep husbandry is the raising and breeding of domestic sheep. It is a branch of animal husbandry. Sheep are raised principally for their meat (lamb and mutton), milk (sheep's milk), and fiber (wool). They also yield sheepskin a ...
in the Western United States.
See also
*Grazing
In agriculture, grazing is a method of animal husbandry whereby domestic livestock are allowed outdoors to roam around and consume wild vegetations in order to convert the otherwise indigestible (by human gut) cellulose within grass and other ...
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Trailing of the Sheep Festival Organization
Sheep in popular culture Agriculture in Idaho Sheep farming in the United States bar:Oimotrieb de:Almabtrieb fr:Almabtrieb pl:Redyk ru:Альмабтриб {{sheep-stub