Volume 31 Number 6 November/December, 2010 “Untitled,” by Shawna Eubanks of Blair, Oklahoma. See the full story on page 10.

Features The Clover That Worms Sheep: Sericea Lespedeza 34 Reducing Transmission Of Q Fever When Working With Sheep 42 Sheep Covers: An Ancient Secret To Futuristic Profits 50 Think Like A Consumer When Marketing Meat 53 Departments Scribblings 6 2010 Photo Contest Winners 9 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Fly Repellants Approved For Sheep? 12 How Could Flocks Have Survived? 12 FFA National Sheep Shearing Contest In Michigan 13 How Soon After Lambing Can A Katahdin Ewe Rebreed? 16 Three Best-Tasting Breeds? 16 Rafter 7 Ranch: Strong Merino Interest, Good Sale Prices 17 Greeting Cards Cheerily Remind Where To Get Flock Products 18 Black-Nose Swiss Sheep: Establishing A “New” Breed 19 Function Beats Fashion 21 “Itty-Bitty Foreign Lamb Cuts” Remark Touches Oz Nerves 21 Who’s Been Buying Royal White® Sheep? 23 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds Safe, Speedy Lamb-Butchering, With Handsaw And Knife 25 Sheep May Safely Graze Mountain Lions: Key Strategies, Tales Of The Mysterious Mountain Lion 30 Vet Check 33 Wool-Gatherings 37 Price Reports 38 Shearing Notes Poor Will’s Almanack 46 News Bleat 54 Imports Rising Despite Shrinking Foreign Supplies 54 Antibodies Reveal If Sheep Is Worm Resistant 54 Livestock Welfare Newscasts Cut Meat Demand For Six Months 54 Europeans Pushing For Ban On Ads For Livestock Drugs 55 Brits: Eat More Guts! 56 Prenatal Exposure To Sheep Dip Linked To ADHD 56 Food Not Always A Motive When Predators Massacre Sheep 56 New Type Of Sheep Industry Emerging 56 West Virginia Entices Flockmasters With “Free” Scrapie Tests 57 Wool For Wound Dressings, Bone Graft, Sutures 57 Make It Yourself A Handy Sheep Hauler From Discarded Lawn Tractors 59 Breeders & Classifieds 60