Volume 34 Number 5 September/October, 2013 Untitled, by Edward Sell of Georgetown, Pennsylvania. See the full story on page 10.

Features: A Breed For Every Yard, Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Break New Ground 26 Shearing Classroom In A Fold-Out Trailer 38 All Ailments Turn Deadly When Sheep Lack Cobalt 46 From Market Niche To Core Industry, Down-To-Earth Plan For Wool Biz Expansion 56 Arapawa Sheep: DNA Evidence Says Closest Relative…In U.S.! 61 Departments: Scribblings Autumn Tricks, Bottom Line Treats 6 Photo Contest 10 Meeting of Minds 12 Do Sheep Segregate Themselves According To Color? 12 A Mother’s Love 12 Curing Beer Deficiency 14 Despite TLC, Even Good Flocks Sometimes Lose Sheep 15 Knowing When To Butcher 16 Good Weather & Fallen Aussie Dollar May Keep U.S. Sheep Prices Low 18 Two Ways To Cook Up A Sheep Heritage Event, Idaho Style 20 Hard Year For Hay Makes Hard Times For Flocks 21 Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 23 Vet Check 29 Sheep May Safely Graze Very Tough Coyotes, Abatement Strategies, Part One 34 Wool Gatherings 41 Price Reports 42 Poor Will’s Almanack 50 Shearing Notes 55 News Bleat 63 Vegans Elated At New Slime-Grown Meat 63 Obama Admin. Releasing Private Grower Info. To Hostile Inquirers 63 Aussie Idea Cuts Anti-Farmer Professional Sympathist Funding 63 Chicory Helps Worm Sheep, Improves Carcasses 63 Common Sheep Myths Cost Growers 64 Downtown Instant Shearing Event Gets Urban Attention 64 Embryos Frozen 12 years Produce Rare Breed Lambs 64 ‘Immunizing’ Against Worms 64 Senate Bill To Ban All Antibiotics In Feed And Water 65 USDA Discovers OPP Resistant Genes In Sheep 65 Wrongly Managed American Grass Kills Sheep In Australia 66 Breeders & Classifieds 68