Show black sheep prove costly counters neckties viewed the common cummon practice of mingling black sheep with white ones for use as counters is costing U wool growers per year according to alexander johnston wool specialist at the university of wyoming the general idea is to mingle one black sheep with about white cheep sheep io that the owner at of a big flock can pick up the black specks with his eye and estimate roughly how bow many sheep there arc are in any segment of it but sheep not being color conscious mingle freely and black wool gets entangled in white mr Joh johnstun estimated that wool frowen growers would get more for wool in an average year if there were n no 6 black counter counters the cost t comes in employing people to sort the black fibers out with their fingers new methods suggested are 1 soluble branding paints in bright colon to be applied to a certain proportion of the white sheep 2 bright canvas coats al ready used by some western growers to keep the wool cleaner and prevent its being torn off by trees etc 3 bright colored neckties |