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1205. A sheep ranch (Atocsaico Ranch) on the high plain of central Peru near Junín a station on the railroad from Oroya to Cerro de Pasco (13000 feet). The ranch is devoted mainly to sheep raising. Some of the sheep are here shown in a corral. The lambs are to have their tails cut off and the males to be castrated.

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1374. Sheep feeding upon the high plain at Chuquibambilla (see page 11). The large grass is ichu grass (Stipa ichu) which is eaten rather sparingly because so wiry and woody. The sheep are feeding mainly on smaller grass between the bunches of ichu.