Volume 25 Number 3 May/June, 2004 Cover photo by Linda Cummings, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. (See Photo Contest on page 7.)

Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest Winners 7 Meeting of Minds 8 Vet Check 24 Shearing Notes 26 Newsbleat 29 Sheep May Safely Graze Snaring Depredating Coyotes 50 Price Tables 53 Poor Will’s Almanac 58 Wool-Gatherings 61 Features Rams: Respect Them But Don’t Fear Them 12 Specialty Wool: You Can Fill a Widespread Need 16 Grow Roots Now For More Lambs Later 19 Basic Vaccinology 25 Tapetes de Lana 28 Tribal Sheep: Bizarre Lambing Instincts That Work 47 Fiber Processing 55