Book Reviews

• The Shepherd's Rug: A Braided Wool Rug From Roving

Breeds

• Super-Hardy Damara Sheep
• New U.S. Breed: Low Input-High Returns
• Hog Island Breed: Goats in Sheep's Clothing
• Cruisin' With Lincolns
• Hardy, Handy Gotland Sheep
• Reclaiming Old-Style Merinos: A New Wrinkle At Firestone Farm Living History Museum
• True Blue Calling: The Bluefaced Leicester In America

Breeding

• Making New Bloodlines Using the Ram You Have
• Campylobacteriosis in Ewes (Vibrionic Abortion)
• Facts About Lambing With Hair Sheep
• Which Lamb Should Be Bottle Fed?
• Successful Indoor Lambing: Winter Methods
• Ovine Abortion
• Enzootic Abortion of Ewes
• Preserving Ram Semen
• Cut Work Loads with More & Healthier Lambs

Business

• Dual Purpose Sheep Breeds Can Increase Profits
• Building a Wool Business
• Tawanda Farms Romney Success
• New Profits, Old Breed
• Bed & Breakfast, Sheep=Good Business
• Specialty Wool: You Can Fill a Widespread Need
• Sheep Gone to The Dogs?
• Diversify Your Sheep Farm: Grow Pumpkins
• Teaching Crafters To Buy Your Wool
• Sheep Adoption Earns $120 Per Fleece
• Sheep Fests Enhance Flock Success
• Dairy Sheep Big Opportunity
• The Lamb Shoppe: Serving Top Buyers
• How Retail Flock Profits Are Made
• High-Tech Record Keeping: Electronic ID Boluses
• Money In Wool! Sell Shrink-Proof Fibers Now
• Outfitting New Buyers (At Low Prices) Sells More Wool (At Top Prices!)
• Well-Paying Sheep Dairies: Always Have Apt Equipment
• Milk Sheep For Profit: Dairy Sheep Symposium Shows & Tells How
• Teen Spins Wool Into Gold: Brains, Effort & Sheep Add Up To Success, Part I
• High-Paying Wool Production: Demands Proper Growth & Handling
• A Profitable Fiber Guild: Beginning & Growing Your Own
• Big Success with Local Lamb! North Carolinian Shares Great Profit Tips
• Herd it Through the Grape Vines: A Flock in the Vineyard
• Wyoming Lamb Makes Money: Better Meat & Methods Gain Better Prices

Community

• Margarito: The Life Of A Shepherd
• Pennsylvania Shepherdess Turns TV Icon
• Cattleman Takes Ewe-Turn
• The Reluctant Shepherd
• Faithful Shepherds Share Flock Wisdom
• Lambtown USA: City Folks Love Seeing & Buying Real Sheep Stuff
• Don Bailey, D.V.M.: 25th Year With
• Hopping Acres
• Base Flock: Serving Time at Ft. Leavenworth

Feeding

• Comparison of Pasture Supplementation
• Grow Roots Now For More Lambs Later
• Plant Triticale: Cut Hay Bills, Boost Lamb Profits
• Evaluating Grazing Forage Electronically
• Time of Feeding Can Affect Your Bottom Line
• Winter Feeding Strategies After A Drought
• Hay Analysis: Looks Like Greek To Me!

Health

• A Cider Vinegar Miracle Cure
• 4 New Inventions Help Cut Sheep Stress
• The Horns They Wear
• Cutting Stress: Boosting Survival
• Serum Antibodies: Protection & Treatment
• Contagious Ecthyma
• Vet Check
• Basic Vaccinology
• Vet Check
• Stinting Singlers: Old-Time Ways Of Beating "Pulpy Kidney"
• Vet Check Broken Legs In Lambs, Toxoplasmosis Abortions, Ewe Gives Birth Twice, Two Weeks Apart, Prolapse
• Cyclopia: New Evidence More Flocks At Risk!
• Vet Check Undefined Lameness, Does Testicle Size Matter?, Epididymitis: To Vaccinate, Or Not?, Dietary Copper, Pizzle Rot
• Colostrum Help Saves Lambs
• The Killing Fields: Managing Sheep To Prevent Bloat
• When The Rumen Goes Awry
• Heat Stress & Sheep
• How To Rid Sheep Worms Without Drug Dependence
• When Sheep Limp And It's Not Footrot
• Vet Check "Fixing" Mean Rams, Natural Suckling Instinct
• Vet Check Scar Tissue In Udders; Best Breeds For Oregon; Twinning, Teasing, Worming, Knots; Coughing Feedlot Lambs
• Vet Check Locked Knuckles, Too Many Teats, Sore Joints & Screwworms
• Pre-Pubic Tendon Rupture
• Bluetongue In The West
• Vet Check - Repair Of Broken Horns, Will Castration Stop A 4-Year-Old Ram From Butting?, Strangely Lame Ewe

Helpful Hints

• Reaping More With Less: Katahdin Secrets
• Rams: Respect Them But Don't Fear Them
• Crutching for Better Lambing
• Inverted Eyelids? Try An Alligator Clip
• Soil Affects Sheep & Wool
• Power Shearing: Doing it Right
• eWood^TM Fences: Office Machines Into Corrals
• Mid-Pregnancy Shearing Pays
• Taking The Work Out Of Working Sheep
• Thistles: The Shepherd's Thorn
• Sheep Dog Secrets: Good Dogs Save Time, Effort & Money

Make It Yourself

• Cutting Labor With Homemade Portable Feeders & Sheds
• Lamb Cradle
• Feeder Invention Stops Injuries to
      Frenzied Pregnant Ewes

Shearing Notes

• Shearing Notes
• Shearing Notes

Sheep May Safely Graze

• Llama Hints For Economical Flock Protection
• Sources of Predator Control Equipment
• Dogs: An Ancient Answer to Predator Control

Shows / Showing

• What About Showing Sheep? Pros & Cons

Voices

• Free Speech: Should Farmers Have it?
• The Invisible Hand: Remaking The Old American Sheep Industry
• Nat'l Animal ID System: Threat to Personal Privacy