Volume 29 Number 4 July/August, 2008 This issue’s cover photo was submitted by Marlene Bell, Shafter, California. (Learn more about it in the Photo Contest Winners section on page 10.)

Features Herdwick Sheep: Sturdy & Scrumptious 26 Shearing the Biggies: How To Clip Difficult Sheep 34 14 Flock Secrets: To Cut Your Costs & Save You Time 38 Turning Shepherding Into Scholarship Cash 42 New Tropical Sheep Industry 59 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Legal Defense Fund Moves to Stop Intrusive NAIS Program 13 Ground Hay—Cut Costs and Waste 14 Grazing Off a Crop of Rape 15 A Low-Labor Shepherd’s Garden 15 Aloe as a Wormer 17 Proven Cheaper Cures for Foot Rot, Worms and Pink Eye 17 Another Way to Get Lambs to Take the Bottle 20 Can Sheep Survive in the Wild? 21 St. Croix Fight California Wildfires 21 Hair Sheep Reports 23 Vet Check 28 Sheep May Safely Graze How Toxicants Were Used To Save One Marriage & Lots of Sheep 30 Shearing Notes 33 Price Reports 40 Poor Will’s Almanack 44 Product Review Allen Gemmell’s Rigged Shears: A Potent Little Tool for Tough Shearing 50 Catalog Review Premier’s New Fences That Work A “How-To” Catalog 51 Book Review 400 Years of Log Fences, A How-To Book 52 News Bleat 53 Consumers Trust Local Sellers More Than USDA 53 More Folks Grilling Good News for Lamb & Mutton Growers 53 New Blood Test for Scrapie 53 Scrapie from Colostrum & Milk? 54 NIAA-Backed Group Issues Demands for NAIS Expansion 54 Ethanol & Soy Co-Products Good Cheap Feed 55 More Shearing=More Lambs 56 Administration Proposes Moving Foot & Mouth Disease Lab to Mainland U.S 57 Wool Garments Preserve Male & Female Fertility 57 Make It Yourself: Lambulance for Easier Ewe-Jugging in Pasture Lambing 58 Wool-Gatherings 60 Breeders & Classifieds 61