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In this issue of sheep!
Volume 30 Number 6
November/December, 2009
On The Cover
      "Traffic Jam," by Ellen Lehfeldt, of Lavina, Montana. See the full story on page 10.
    
Features
Ordure's Piling Up (Piling Up Profits, That Is)29
History Sells: Re-Enactors & Period Farms Lure Wool Buyers34
Old-Time Sheep Pioneers: Fading Treasure Of Americana42
The Shocking Truth Part III: Building Electric Fence50
New Sheep Breed Registry For Trophy Breeds With Horn Genetics58
  
Departments
Scribblings6
2009 Photo Contest Winners9
sheep! Photo Contest Winners10
Meeting of Minds12
     Pro-Wrestler Secret Cure For Mean Rams12
     Tunis History Questioned12
     What Breeds For Mild Flavor?12
     Finding The Right Breed 14
     Estimating Acreage and Hay Requirements Per Sheep 17
     Fertilizing Sheep Pastures20
     Scrapie and Spider Points23
     Why Dock Tails?24
     Lost Lambs Due To Social Upset in Guardian Dogs27
Book Reviews:
Changes In The Sheep Industry In The U.S.28
Sheep, The Remarkable Story Of The Humble Animal That Built The Modern World28
Sheep May Safely Graze
Why Didn't a Coyote Show Up?30
Shearing Notes33
Vet Check37
Price Reports38
Poor Will's sheep! Almanack45
Wool-Gatherings49
News Bleat53
     Sheep-Product Imports To Rise As U.S. Production Falls 53
     "Warmers" Want Taxes On Meat And Dairy, Tax-Funded Anti-Livestock Promotions53
     Brit Comic: Keeping Meat Sheep Too Kindly "Is Wrong" 53
     Aussie Flockmasters Threatened With Forced Competency Testing54
     Hippie-Theme Lamb Promo Hits Aging Baby-Boomer Nostalgia54
     Wolf Comeback With Vengeance 54
     Texel Ram's Sale Price Surpasses All World Records54
     Switching Rams Brings On "Ram Effect," Stimulates Ewe Heat55
     Lincoln Luster Wool Locks Built Into Hi-Fashion Wedding Gown55
     Sheep-Killer Wolves Get Death Warrant: Greens See Red56
     Presence Of Gene May Indicate Out-Of-Season Breeding Ability56
sheep! Breeders & Classifieds60
  




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