Volume 24 Number 3 May/June, 2003 Cover photo by Nathan Griffith, of North Country Cheviot and Mixed breeds of sheep in May, on John Stroud’s Mountain Meadows farm in Williamsburg, WV.

Departments Scribblings The “Blessings” Of Generic Lamb 6 Meeting of Minds 9 Wool-Gatherings 13 Newsbleat 15 Vet Check 37 Price Reports 38 Poor Will’s Almanack 40 Book Review Where There Is No Vet 46 Cooking Lamb in Suitcases/Eggplant & Lamb 47 Make It Yourself Weigh Those Sheep: Homemade Pulley System 50 Windows Into The Past Pumpkins For Sheep 60 Features Photo Contest Winners 8 Tetanus in Farm Animals 14 Coyote Predation Control: Spring & Early Summer 22 Small Flock Soars Using CVM Sheep 25 Profits From Direct-Market Lamb 27 27 The Icelandic Sheepdog 29 Needle Felting Basics, Another Use for Wool 32 NZ Machine Bones Lamb 34 Ewe Mentioned Sheep Cheese? 52 An Idea To Help Revive the U.S. Sheep Industry 58 An Interview With Helmut Lang 59