Show wool blindness open faced rambouillet sheep of the U S department of agrical ture tures s breeding laboratory at dubois idaho have proved again that wool blindness is a definite handicap last year the herd excelled by 25 per cent the wool production of commercial flocks under similar management the open faced sheep also produced an average of 12 per cent more pounds of lamb per ewe these figures confirm early work of prof P E neale of new mexico A M wh who has proved conclusively that wool on the face hinders sheep in finding teed feed and sometimes results in their becoming d from the flock |