Volume 31 Number 3 May/June, 2010 “High To The Mountain Top” by Alta Barker of Evanston, Wyoming. See the full story on page 10.

Features Vegetable Abuse: An Exposé 33 More Than Double Your Acre-Yields! Managed Grazing Boosts Productivity; Cuts Labor 34 Breeds That Pay Their Way In Michigan’s Rugged Upper Peninsula 42 “Felt” Big Demand For Your Wool? “Go-To” Event In Growth Market Owned By Wool 50 USDA Treachery Proved! Even Good Staffers Taught Harmless Growers Cruel Lessons 57 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Profit Hints From a Real “Outback Insider” 12 Do Sheep Snore? 13 Is Sheep Dairying Hurtful or Harmful to Sheep? 15 What Are “Christian” Slaughter Methods? 16 Does Maple Syrup Have Too Much Copper For Texels? 19 Noisy Lambs 20 University of Illinois Curriculum Tackles Anti-Livestock Propaganda 20 Tough Winter May Affect Ewe/Lamb Bond Duration 21 Quick Ways to Make Good Money With Sheep 22 Diatomaceous Earth Wormer 24 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 27 Sheep May Safely Graze Flock Feedlot Bandits Politics & Cage Traps Hike Removal Costs 30 Wool-Gatherings 32 Shearing Notes 36 Price Reports 38 Vet Check 45 Poor Will’s Almanack 46 News Bleat 53 UN Got It Wrong—Meat Animal Greenhouse Gas 53 Money In Guts 53 Foretelling a Lamb’s Potential Profitability at Birth 53 Gov’s Wacky “Meat-Out” Proclamation Sparks Big BBQ 54 Kangatarianism 55 Sheep Entrepreneurs Profit From Far More Sheep Than Thought 55 New Sericea Lespedeza-Based Wormer Patented 55 NAIS Retools For Revival 55 Viagra Enhances Fetal Development Rates 56 Professional Sympathists Lose Bid to Represent Beasts in Court 56 Breeders & Classifieds 60