Volume 33 Number 1 January/February, 2012 “Good Morning Olive,” by Frank J. Kenney of Cropseyville, New York. See the full story on page 10.

Features Breeding A Better Flock It’s All In Your Records 26 How Sheep Recording Software Adds Profit 28 Good Shepherd Cheese A Leap Of Faith 34 Grandvewe Tasmania’s New Dairy Sheep Breed 42 Farmlink Local Sheep Goods Sell Even Before Harvest! 50 Flooded Pastures Repairing Soil Damage 54 Departments Scribblings 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 New “Child Labor” Rules To Hurt Family Farms 12 Is There Any Non-Industrial Way To Moth-Proof Wool? 14 Flock Inbreeding Notes 15 Best Length To Shear Cotswolds 17 Keeping Sheep & Shearing In Front Of The Canadian Public 18 East Friesians For Meat & Wool 19 News From “Down Under” 21 More Advantages Of Inbreeding 22 Lingering Toxins… 24 Getting More Ewes Born 24 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 24 Wool-Gatherings 29 Sheep May Safely Graze Dances With Rattlesnakes Part Two 30 Shearing Notes 37 Price Reports 38 Poor Will’s Almanack 45 Vet Check 53 News Bleat 80 Percent Less Foot Rot… 55 Grazed Lamb Healthiest Meat 55 New Meat Wrap Stops Germs 55 Orange Waste Fights Germs 55 Save Rare Breeds: Eat Them 55 Soremouth Contagion Warning 55 “Upscaling” Lamb Industry Via Breed-Based Flavor Promo 56 Breeding For Bigger Chops 56 Memo: Beware Chinese Lamb 56 Tours Based On Eating Scary Sheep Heads 56 WTO: “Nix COOL: Unfair” 57 Breeders & Classifieds 60