Volume 32 Number 3 May/June, 2011 “New Beginnings,” by Marlene Bell of Shafter, California. See the full story on page 10.

Features Controlling Weeds & Frost: Multiple Profit Streams In Wine Country 26 Wash That Fleece At Home! 34 Hoarding Faded Genes: Feds & Non-Profits Team Up To Store Rare Breed Remnants For Future 42 America’s First Sheep Breed: Lost Treasure Regained (Part One) 50 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Dry Lot Keep 12 Idaho Opportunity: Trailing Of Sheep Fest Needs Volunteers! 13 Bloat In Bum Lambs 15 How Much Hay To Feed 19 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 20 Vet Check 25 Shearing Notes 29 Sheep May Safely Graze Busting the Overstuffed Pride, Thinning Dangerous Gluts of Lions 30 Wool-Gatherings 33 DVD Review Cole Ward’s The Gourmet Butcher, From Farm to Table 37 Price Reports 38 Poor Will’s Almanack 45 News Bleat 54 Brit Govt.: Beware Red Meat (Unless Grazed) 54 Cool Season Forages Boost Production 54 Eastern Cougar Declared Extinct 54 Ethanol Biz Wants More Corn 54 Georgia University: Sheep Can Rid Invasive Privets 55 Herbal Pastures More Productive Than Grass 55 Irish Clinic: Common Neurological Diseases Of Lambs 55 New Anti-Farm Tactic: Claim Rural Air “Dirtier Than City” 56 Organic Stain Makes Microscopic Parasite Eggs More Visible 56 Pesticides: Not Just Affecting Livestock Semen 56 Wool Insulation Biz Growing 56 World Wants More Food From Today’s Acreage—Profits To Rise 57 Wyoming Predator Loss Stats 57 Breeders & Classifieds 60