Volume 25 Number 5 September/October, 2004 Cover photo is by Agnes Titus, of Valley Ford, California. (See Photo Contest on page 8.)

Departments Scribblings 6 September/October Photo Contest Winners 8 2004 Photo Contest Winners 9 Meeting of Minds 11 Newsbleat 26 Price Tables 40 Wool-Gatherings 42 Sheep May Safely Graze Sources of Predator Control Equipment 43 Shearing Notes 49 Book Review Training the Sheep Dog 52 Poor Will’s Almanac 54 Features Plant Triticale: Cut Hay Bills, Boost Lamb Profits 17 Sheep Gone to The Dogs? 20 Sick of Giveaway Wool Prices? Internet Secrets 21 Sheepherding in Idaho’s Wood River Valley 24 Ovine Abortion 48 What About Showing Sheep? Pros & Cons 50