Separating ewes to improve wool production and reduce overgrazing in Peru
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Item information
- Title:
- Separating ewes to improve wool production and reduce overgrazing in Peru
- Description:
- Transcribed from back: A program was set up in Puno Department by the North Carolina contract Technician Lou Twombly with the Peruvian Agricultural Extension & Transcribed from back: A program was set up in Puno Department by the North Carolina Contract Technician, Lou Twombly with the Peruvian Agricultural Extension & Research Agency (SIPA) to exchange one good ewe for two poor local sheep. The good ewes being selected in the photograph costs about $8.00 each and the two sheep taken in exchange can be sold for meat at abuot $3.00 to $4.00 each. The money has been provided by DIPA, and Mr. Twombly is selecting the sheep with the local SIPA Agents making the exchanges. Near Pruno, Peru. Elevation: 13,000 feet. Photograph by: Earl E. Smith, USAID/PeruResearch Agency (SIPA) to exchange one good ewe for two poor local sheep. The good ewes being selected in the photograph costs about $8.00 each and the two sheep taken in exchange can be sold for meat at abuot $3.00 to $4.00 each. The money has been provided by DIPA and Mr. Twombly is selecting the sheep with the local SIPA Agents making the exchanges. Near Puno, Peru. Elevation: 13,000 feet. Photograph by: Earl E. Smith, USAID/Peru
- Subjects:
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Agricultural extension work
Sheep
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 10 x 8 inches
- Item identifier:
- 0007502
- Photographer:
- Smith, Earle E. more info on Smith, Earle E.
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Action photographs
- Names:
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North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
more info on North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
- Location:
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Puno (Puno, Peru)
- Digital Project:
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University Archives Photographs
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- University Archives Photograph Collection. Agricultural Extension and Research services (UA023.007) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).