Volume 31 Number 4 July/August, 2010 Submitted by Jaymi Meeks, Belle Fourche, South Dakota. See the full story on page 10.

Features Rigged Shears Two-Pack For Two Jobs 29 Down-Under Sheep Dairying Official Report “Longest Survivors Market Locally” 34 The Rare, Ancient Soay Small, Tasty, Easy-Care Sheep 42 Mountain Meadow Wool Wyoming’s Place To Process Wool 50 Competition Blade Shearing Return of an Ancient Tradition 58 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Breech Birth and Cotswolds 12 A Market for Sheep Milk 14 Sheep Do Snore 18 USDA’s Side of the Vermont “Mad Cow” Sheep Confiscation 20 Scrapie Lab Shenanigans 22 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 26 Sheep May Safely Graze “Old 3-Foot” And The Mountain Lion Mystery 30 Wool-Gatherings 33 Shearing Notes 37 Price Reports 38 Vet Check 45 Poor Will’s Almanack 46 News Bleat 52 New “Obamacare” Tax Data Nightmare for Growers and Others 52 Brits Reject Anti-Meat Extremists 52 “Safe”Ag Sprays Cause Cancer—Or Was It Just Too Much Sun? 52 “Food Miles” Carbon Footprint Debunked 53 Hops May Cut Ruminant Protein Requirements 54 New Zealand Approves Gene-Modified Sheep 54 Fighting The OPP Virus Family 54 Ohio Professor Says Show “Fancies” Cut Sheep Meat Value By 40% 55 Oregon Sheep Grazing To Help Restore Wetlands 55 Aussies Exploring Fast-Food Lamb Applications 55 Scots Say Abortion Vaccine May Cause Abortions 56 Group: “Sheep Threaten Grizzlies and Wolves” 56 DVD Review Shearing Made Easy with Doug Rathke 59 Breeders & Classifieds 60