Volume 25 Number 1 January/February, 2004 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 21 Vet Check 36 Book Review Shearing Day 38 Wool-Gatherings 48 Poor Will’s Almanac 51 Price Tables 57 Features Photo Contest Winners 8 Managing Grass In Corn Belt & Lake States 11 Successful Indoor Lambing: Winter Methods 15 Which Lamb Should Be Bottle Fed? 17 Margarito: The Life Of A Shepherd 18 Beads & Snakes, Felting Cotswold Wool 20 When The Sheepshearer Comes To Dinner 39 Invasion Of The Knee Walkers: Dealing w/Foot Rot 40 Snares: Part II, Preliminary Notes 44 Facts About Lambing With Hair Sheep 49 Life (And Death) On The Farm 59