Volume 27 Number 5 September/October, 2006 This issue’s cover photo of “Spike Feresten & Company” was submitted by D.J. Lubel, of California. (Learn more about it in the Photo Contest Winners section on page 8.)

Features Fox TV’s Talk Show with Spike Feresten Features 30 Canadian Breeds: How Arcotts Developed 32 When Sheep Limp And It’s Not Footrot 34 How To Rid Sheep Worms Without Drug Dependence 36 A Lamb’s Pedicure 42 8 Sheep Pelt Profit Secrets 44 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest Winners 8 2006 Photo Contest Winners 10 Meeting of Minds Dairy Sheep Profits Waiting For You! 13 Win Valuable Rare Breeds 14 Flavor of Different Breeds’ Meat 23 And much more… Hair Sheep Reports 25 Vet Check 39 Shearing Notes 40 Sheep May Safely Graze Things To Expect From Guard Dogs And Other Predator Control Methods Using Dogs 47 CD Review: All Among The Wool: Old Time Shearing Songs 49 Book Review: The Shepherd’s Rug 50 Price Reports 52 Wool-Gatherings 54 News Bleat 55 Wool Affects Lambing Rates 55 Vitamin E Feeding Adds Shelf Life To Meat 55 Whole Foods, Inc. To Support Local Farms 56 Sheep Die After Eating GE Cotton 57 And much more Poor Will’s Almanack 58 Breeders & Classifieds 62