Looking for a few good shepherds.

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It was big business in biblical, days, but shepherding has fatten on hard times. Tens of thousands of U.S. sheep ranches have disappeared in recent decades. In North Dakota, the shepherding industry is taking action: It's trying to entice a new generation to tend the sheep by awarding high school and elementary school students their own "starter flocks." North Dakotans from 10 to 18 who write winning essays about their interest in the sheep industry will each receive 10 ewes (female sheep]. Five to 20 novice shepherds will be chosen and...