Volume 29 Number 3 May/June, 2008 This issue’s cover photo was submitted by Diane Spisak, of Wellsville, Kansas. (Learn more about it in the Photo Contest Winners section on page 10.)

Features So, That Lamb Won’t Nurse 28 Base Flock: Serving Time at Ft. Leavenworth 34 Scapegoated: Healthy Flocks Singled Out Via National ID for Unjustifiable Destruction 42 The Importance of Hill Breeds in a Structured Breeding Program 51 Wyoming Lamb Makes Money: Better Meat & Methods Gain Better Prices 58 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest Winners 10 Meeting of Minds 12 “Fight NAIS” Says Former Australian Livestock Official 12 Don’t Make the Mistake of Running Rams with Does 15 What to do With Lambs that Refuse the Bottle? 16 How to Market Lamb Locally 17 Rigs & Rams 19 Great Ideas to Improve Your Sheep Profits! 23 Hair Sheep Reports 24 Vet Check Sheep May Safely Graze Strychnine in the Old Days: A Safe & Organic Pest Control Material For Shepherds Who Obeyed the Rules 30 Shearing Notes 33 Wool-Gatherings 37 Price Reports 40 Poor Will’s Almanack News Bleat 53 Brit Flockmasters Burning Wool 53 Ethanol Byproduct Food for Lambs 53 Hygienic More Important than Environmental Packaging 53 Global Sheep Meat Prices on Rise 55 Sheep: Environmental Ozone Clean-Up Crew? 55 Be Wary of Androvax® 55 Microbe That Eats Arsenic 56 Grilled Sheep Tails, Anyone? 56 Rangeland Rotational Grazing Not Supported by Science 57 Breeders & Classifieds 61