Volume 25 Number 2 March/April, 2004 Cover photo by Marian Schultz-Callison of Minden, Nevada. (See Photo Contest on page 8.)

Departments Scribblings 6 Meeting of Minds 9 Wool-Gatherings 25 Vet Check 32 Newsbleat 35 Price Tables 49 Poor Will’s Almanac 51 Features Photo Contest Winners 8 Free Speech: Should Farmers Have it? 15 Bed & Breakfast, Sheep=Good Business 16 Making a Shofar 18 Earning More On A Small Sheep Farm 19 Hog Island Breed: Goats in Sheep’s Clothing 21 Who’s Buying Hair Sheep? And Why! 24 Sheep For Rent In Vineyard & Orchard 28 Shearing Notes 30 Contagious Ecthyma 34 Power Shearing “A Fleece In One Piece” 58 Iowa Lamb: “Case Ready” 61