Volume 24 Number 6 November/December, 2003 Cover photo by Mrs. Maggie Perry of Brookfield, Nova Scotia, Canada. (See Photo Contest on page 8)

Departments Scribblings 6 Meeting of Minds 9 Newsbleat 14 Price Tables 26 Wool-Gatherings 27 Vet Check 40 Book Review Lamb Country Cooking 52 Poor Will’s Almanack 53 Features Photo Contest Winners 8 A Sheep Barn For Today: Saving Labor & Lambs 2 Profit Secrets: Combining Rare Skill & Breed 31 New Profits, Old Breed 34 Out of Season: Reaping Better Returns 37 115-lb. Lamb at 15 Weeks! Without Grain 38 Serum Antibodies: Protection & Treatment 41 Snares: Great Tools for Removing Predators 42 An Interview With Helmut Lang, Part II 46 Reaping More With Less: Katahdin Secrets 48 Cutting Stress: Boosting Survival 51