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In this issue of sheep!

Volume 35 Number 6
November/December 2014
“Untitled,” by Pam MacKenzie of Brookfield, Nova Scotia, Canada. See the full story on page 10.

Features:
Lake Superior Woolen Co., Getting Wool Back Into The Profit Mix 38
Products & Services, A Flock Doing Both Can Augment Income 42
Sheep in Jars, A New (Old) Way to Process Meat 48
First Aid Salve For The Farm, Making Your Own 50
Scouring Fleece, DIY May Cut Your Cost & Turnaround Time 56
Departments:
Scribblings
Year-End Gambits, Next Year’s Profits 6
sheep!Photo Contest 10
2014 sheep!Photo Contest Winners 12
Meeting of Minds 14
“Organic” Label That Allows 30% Non-Organic Ingredients 14
Calculating Carcass Size and Price From Live Weight 16
Publicity: Dyeing Live Sheep 17
Tips for Faster Wool Processing Turnaround Times 19
Ridgelings & Monkey Jaw 20
Do Full Grown Cotswold Rams Stay Mild Tasting 22
Four-Footed Grass Seed Spreaders 24
Plan Now to Get Better Lambing Season Success 27
Road Map? Just Follow Drivers Going the Right Way! 29
Hair Sheep Reports First Hand Experiences With Many Breeds 30
Wool Gatherings 32
Vet Check 33
Sheep May Safely Graze
Black & Grizzly Bears, Historical Control Methods
34
Shearing Notes 37
Price Reports 44
Poor Will’s sheep!Almanack 52
Book Reviews:
Ellen Jean Diederich’s Samson’s Gift
60
Roxanne Dean’s The Sheep Of Celtic Herd, What Are Ewe Thinking? 61
Sales Ring 62
News Bleat 63
Wild Dog & Fox Bounty a Success! 63
Bluetongue Virus Lives Longer In Midges Than Previously Known 63
High Red-Meat Demand Good Omen For Sheep Expansion 64
If Global Warming Resumes, Blood-Suckers Will Abound 64
Two Simple Traits Empower Sheep Herding Dog Success 64
“Herding Robots Will Run Out Of Puff” 65
Sheep Methane: Preparing For Global Warming’s Return 65
Parasites Reduce Lambing Rates 66
Targeted Drenching to Delay Wormer Resistance 66
Cabbage Makes 49 Pesticides Without Genetic Modification 66
Sheep Dairying With Andy Karras
Steaming Up
67
sheep!Breeders & Classifieds 68




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