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THE
INDEPENDENCE ENTERPBI8E, INP
EPENDENCE, OREGON.
EIGHT PAQEi
I The Son of
Tarzan
By EDGAR RICE
BURROUGHS
Copyright by Frank A. Muntey Co.
CHAPTER XVII Continued.
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Meriem was almost at Korak'e side
when Tantor saw n long knife la her
hand, and then he broke forth, bellow
ing horribly, and charged down upon
the frail girl.
Korak screamed commands to his
huge protector In an effort to halt hlui.
but all to no avail. Merlcm raced to
ward the bordering trees with all the
speed that lay In her swift little feet,
but Tantor, for all his huge bulk, drove
down upon her with the rapidity of an
express train.
i What was that? Korak's eyes start
ed from their sockets. A strange fig
ure had lenpel from the tree the shade
of which Meriem already had reached
leaped beyond the girl straight Into
'the nnth of the charging elephant.
t it was a half nnked white giant.
'Across his shoulder a coil of rope was
looped. In the band of his gee-string
was a hunting knife.
A sharp command broke from the
stranger's lips. The great beast halted
la his tracks, and Meriem swung her
self upward Into the tree to safety.
Korak breathed a sigh of relief, not
unmixed with wonder. He fastened
his eyes upon the face of Merlem's de
liverer, and as recognition slowly fil
tered into his understanding they went
wide In Incredulity and surprise. Tan
tor, still rumbling angrily, stood sway
ing to and fro before the giant white
man.
Then the latter stepped straight be
neath the upraised trunk and spoke a
inw word of command. The great
heast ceased his muttering. The sav
age light died from his eyes, and as
the stranger stepped rorwaru iuwu.u
Korak, Tantor trailed docilely at his
heels.
Meriem was watching, too, and won
dering. Suddenly the man turned to
ward her.
"Come, Meriem I" he called. And
then she recognized him with a star
tled "Bwnna !"
"Jack !" cried the white giant, kneel
ing at the ape man's side. .
"Father!" came cnomngiy irom uio
Killer's lips. "Thank God that it was
you I No one else in all the Jungle
could have stopped Tantor."
i Quickly the man cut the bonds that
held Korak, and as the youth strug
gled weakly to his feet and threw his
arms about his father, the older man
turned toward Meriem.
"I thought," he said, sternly, "that
I told you to return to the farm."
Korak was looking at them wonder
lngly. In his heart was a great yearn
ing to take the girl in his arms, but
in time he remembered the other the
dapper young English gentleman and
" that he was but a savage ape man.
Meriem looked up pleadingly into
Bwana's eyes.
"Ynu told me." she said in a very
small voice, "that my place was be
side the man I love." And she turned
her eyes toward Korak, all filled with
the wonderful light that no other man
had yet seen In them and that none
other ever would.
Tha Killer started toward her with
outstretched arms, but suddenly he
fell upon one knee before her Instead
and, lifting her hand to his Ups, kissed
it more reverently than he could have
kissed the hand of his country's queen.
A rumble from Tantor brought the
threo. nil lunsle bred, to Instant alert
ness Tantor was looking toward the
Korak laid his hand affectionately
npon his father's shoulder.
"There Is but one Tarzan," he said.
"There can never be another." v
CHAPTER XVIII.
A Family Reunion.
Two days later the three dropped
from the trees on the edge of the p.ain,
across which they could see the smoke
rising from the bungalow and tho
cookhouse chimneys. Tarzan of the
Apes had regained his civilized cloth
ing frn.n the tree where he had hidden
It. and as Korak refused to enter the
presence of his mother in the savage
half raiment that he had worn so long
and as Meriem would not leave him
for fear, as she explained, tmu ne
would change his mind and run off
into the Jungle again, the father went
on ahead to the bungalow for horses
ami clothes.
My Dour met him at the gate, her
eyes filled with questioning and sor
row, for she saw that Meriem was not
with him.
"Where Is shet" she asked, her voice
trembling. "Muvlrl told me that she
disobeyed your Instructions and ran
off into the Jungle after you had left
them. Oh, John, I cannot bear to lose
her, too !" And Lady Greystoke broke
down and wept as she pillowed her
head upon the broad breast where so
often before she had found comfort In
the great tragedies of her life.
Lord Greystoke raised her head and
looked down into her eyes, his own
smiling and filled with the light of hnp-
Plness- . ' w
"What is it. jonnr- sue mcu.
a -vua Do not keep me
Have uvwj " .
ivnlHnir for It."
r ,-nnf to be aulte sure that you
can stand hearing the best news that
ever came to either of us," he said.
t novor kills I" she cried. "You
have found her?" She could not bring
for the impossible.
"Yes, Jane." he said, and his voice
was husky with emotion. "I have found
her and him 1" iv
Is he? Where are uiej
w-itw wpnlth of her father and
mother nor all the powerful rew
of tho great French republic were ab o
to wrest the secret of her wherMboutt
from the Inscrutable desert that hua
swallowed her and her abductor.
A reward of such enormous propor
tions was offered that many adveo-
attractea io ui
Tnnsson and Mnlblnn.
Thls was no case ior uiu -
Courageous Men f
Carried Civilization Into the
Dark Corners of the tarw
small place wore " c,vU,Mtton
mio - n ...i,,i noono,"
, ftn article entlt 1 " ..An .
which appears In ls l- ,
mienohnble ,,,,n,,mf .. '". , .!
- . i .i...... fnmi u i"""
breasts, lias union " - , m,vo
paths for their geiiornt l,Mf thft
penetrated the dark n r
rth.!th.:r ll r i , !.; m.
forfeit wnn " " f ,:
, t ber. I look Mm at ,. (lie .-.wlw '' "w
mini D'AtoOt, bo I '"! !, hrlnt W' ""' 1 . ,.
.i.j.man r-onrrnl Africa. 1U8 wau m . L- ,lnilllI)0(I I'.v i
turers were
among thorn
tectlve of civilization, yet several of
these threw themselves into u
The bones of some are bleaching be
neath the African sun upon the Blunt
sands of the Sahara.
"I have come to you," Pllll"ef
General Jacot as he concluded, be
cause our dear admiral tells me that
there is no one in all the world who
Is more Intimately ncqmuuu-u
Central Afrlcu than you.
"We did all that love ami mvuvj
t .,.ii omllll do tO
even govemiuem iuouu.
discover her. but all to no avu.u
"A week Blnce there came w .u
rarls a swarthy AraD, wi.u
IN
MAKING ALFALFA HAY EXACT METHODS
OF HANDLING ARE OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
mt w
i.j v o,i,irii tn helleve that
siory iu iu Uu. ...... nns
the place where tne gin me
posed to be my aauguier
another son was
slain from am
the
Upon
Then Ha Charged Down
Frail Girl.
trees behind them, and as their eyes
followed his gaze the head and shoul
ders of a great ape appeared amid the
foliage. .
For a moment the creature eyed
them, and then from his throat rose a
loud scream of recognition and of Joy,
and a moment later the beast had
leaped to the ground, followed by a
score of bulls like himself, and was
,oriiino- tnwnrd them, shouting In the
primordial tongue of th anthropoid :
returned! Tarzan, lora
'nt fha Inncle 1"
. t AW.'nnd Instantly he com
menced leaping and bounding about
the trio, uttering hideous shrieks and
"....', tn anv other human
beings might have indicated tne most
ferocious rage, but these three knew
that the king of the apes was do to
homage to a king greater iu-
self.
"Where
"Out there at the edge of the Jungle.
He wouldn't come to you in his savage
leopard skin and his nnkedness. lie
sent me to letch mm vmu
Ing." .
She clapped her hands In ecstasy and
turned to run toward the bungalow.
"Walt I" she cried over ner uum. M Know
"I have all his little suns. uu
saved them all. I will bring one to
yTarzan laughed and called to her to
stop. , .v
"The only clothing on the place that
will fit him," he said, "is mine if It
Isn't too small for him. Your little boy
has grown, Jane."
She laughed, too ; she felt like laugh-
. ,.crT7ftiin! or at nothing. The
ma a oil lOVU nnQ nuoumcao
4 nra mnr!. the world that had
been shrouded in the gloom of her
ereat sorrow for so many years, fco
great was her J07 mat iur
ment she forgot the sad message that
.mnltAll TortPm.
I""" -
fihD oniiPd to Tarzan arrer ue um.
ridden away to prepare her for it, but
he did not hear and rode on without
knowing of It himself.
when thev arrived tne mouier iu cu
iUCt lUl
o-ooin tho hnnnlness from her eyes.
nt in the
"My uttie gin. bu '"p
mirlst of our happiness a great sorrow
awaits you Mr. Eaynes did not sur
vive his wounds."
Tho oTnrosslon of sorrow In Mer
lem's eyes expressed only what she
innm-,.iv folt. but It was not the sor
row of a woman bereft of her best be-
loved.
T nm Rorrv." she said quite simply.
"But it was not love, I did not know
what love was until I knew that Korak
,. a nA cho turned toward the
UVUU,
wilier with a smile.
Lady Greystoke looked quickly up
into the eyes of her son, the son who
one day would be Lord ureysxoKe.
thought of the difference In the sta
tions of the girl and her boy entered
her mind. To her Meriem was fit for
a king. She only wanted to know that
Juck loved the little Arab waif.
The look In his eyes answered the
itn in hor heart, and she threw
her arms about them both and kJssed
them each a dozen times.
"Now," she cried, "1 snau reuuj
have a daughter I"
It was several weary marches to tne
nearest mission, but they waited at
the farm only a few days for rest and
preparation for the great event before
setting out upon the Journey, and after
the marriage ceremony had been per
formed they kept on to the coast to
take passage for England.
They had been home but a week
when Lord Greystoke received a mes
sage from his old friend D'Arnot. It
was in the form of a letter of intro
duction brought by one General Ar
mand Jacot. Lord Greystoke recalled
the name, as who familiar with mod
ern French history would not? For
Jacot was In reality the Prince de Cad
renet, that Intense republican who re
fnaoa tn use. even by courtesy, a title
that had belonged to his family for
,e Arab sup- wlt that flume or
was held in bush. 1 , lllH r,st, never
. 0 once turned aside. Almost Hh.luu.d-
Youl I Know
Cried.
Youl" Sht
captivity was not far from your Af
rican estates, and he advised that I
come at once and call upon you that
you would know if such a girl were la
your neighborhood.
once mm lc.nv
, t. ...,.io,i ilw. cront state or Iven
ea no .,.., in
ele-handed he planted the banner of
human advancement W miles beyond
the then farthest frontier.
Great Scientist, Scholar,
Thinker. Usually NOi an
All Around Good Fellow
rr-hnm u nhvavs diinuor when any
i,ot dm rnnrentra-
one conceninui-s .
tlon will be carried too far-so far
h. it nrniinoos a narrow, one-sliloa
,rT,i nolnt of view, observes
Uliv. I' ,
a writer. The great sciemii.
great scholar and groat timiKor n.
line, Is usually not an nil around
.nni1 follow." "Crabbed." "queer,
-noiiinr" "odd." "funny." '
a-nrnpil" are those not the udjec-
tlves that generally describe the ge
niuses of the world?
Tho vprv effort to concentrate mi
anhinrt which 1ms brought
o has mndo It Impossible to
Vpon In touch with the thousand and
one currents or thmignis aim i'i-i.-
of conversation which go to make up
comfortable and easy-going life.
TJke the old sea captain, these ge
niuses miss something In their effort
1
. .... c.n.nt Tool to Use In Maklna AlfK. l...
Bu U t S hou I d B 0 Sid B-f.r. tv.. B.com, Dry EnouBh t, 8h.cr."
bfciuiHO the loaves are tho uiojt Dfr
trltlouM part of the plmit.
In tho went, where there It hiiu
HAVE A LAUGH
Couldn't Be Another John Smith?
Mrs. Gusher (after Introduction to
out-of-town guest) Oh, Mrs. Smith,
do tell me, do you know John Smith,
who used to live In Indianapolis?
Mrs. Smith Not very well. He's my
husband and travels.
Behind the Times.
"Things move
rapidly these
days."
"That's right."
"Yes ; the old
wheelhorse politi
cian is liable to
be run over."
son vpnrs.
"There is no place for princes In a
republic," he was wont to say.
Lord Greystoke received the hawk
nnopri trrnv mustuched soldier In his
library, and after a dozen words the
two men had formed a mutual esteem
that was to endure through life. And
the soldiers' words laid vividly before
his host scenes and events nearly two
decades old. He told his host how he
hn,i hppn a caotain In the Foreign Le
gion of France stationed at that time
in Africa. He told how he had hunted
.n mnrniirlincr bands of Arabs and
blacks in the heart of the great desert
of Sahara. He told how he had In
Camp with him his little four-ye-ar-old
a A hnr I16 came back to
camp one day to find that fiho had
mysteriously disappear
"What proof did the Arab bring that . fl tner attention on one thing
she was your daughter?" a3ked Lord Jn gpUe of thls ,jlinK,.ri jt is n good
Greystoke. thing to work for concentration. The
None." reolied the otner. i.uui ,n,iihnnH nf hpcnmlns one-sided Is big
why we thought best to consult you where gonU3 3 concerned, but then
hofnro nrcrnnlzlmr an expedition. The . ,uj Atimt of us can
twvv v-0 " .. . . ,11! LUU UK! V A v II ' . . - ' "
fellow had only an old photograpn 01 gafely concentrnte our attention and
hpr n tha back of which was pasted r .... thnt .... ...in tp-.n ia
.... . t ."Mill ict-i nui 1 '
a newspaper cutting describing ner ana touch wUh thg woH1 al)()Ut ug
offering a reward, we reareu iuuw
having found this somewhere, it had
aroused his cupidity ana lea mm w
believe that in some way he could ob
tain the reward, possibly by foisting
upon us a white girl on the chance
that so many years had elapsed that
we would not be able to recognize an
impostor aa such."
"Have you the photograph with
you?" asked Lord Greystoke.
The general drew an envelope irom
his pocket, took a yellowed photograph
from it and handed It to the English
man. Tears dimmed the old warrior's
eyes as they fell again upon the pic
tured features of his lost daughter.
Lord Greystoke examined the-photograph
for a moment. A queer ex
pression entered his eyes. He touched
a bell at his elbow, and an instant
later a footman entered.
"Ask my son's wife if she will be so
good as to come to the library," he
directed.
The two men- sat In silence. General
Jacot was too well bred to show io
any way the chagrin and disappoint
ment he felt in the summary manner io
which Lord Greystoke had dismissed
the subject of his call. As soon ns th
young lady had come and he had been
presented he would make his de
parture.
A moment later Meriem entered.
Lord Greystoke and General Jacot
rose and faced her. The Englishman
spoke no word of introduction. Ha
wanted to see the effect of the first
sight of the girl's face on the French
man, for he had a theory, a heaven
born theory, that had leaped into hlg
mind the moment his eyes had rested
on the baby face of Jeanne Jacot.
General Jacot took one look at
Meriem, then turned toward L.ora
Greystoke. "How long have you known
It?" he asked, a trifle accusingly.
"Since you showed me that photo
graph a moment ago," replied the Eng
lishman.
"It Is she," said Jacot, shaking with
suppressed emotion, "but she does not
recognize me. Of course, she could
not." Then he turned to Meriem.
"My child," he said, "I am your "
But she interrupted him with a
quick, glad cry as she ran toward him
with outstretched arms.
"I know youl I know youl" she
cried. "Oh, now I remember I" And
the old man folded her in his arms.
Jack Clayton and his mother were
summoned, and when the story had
been told them they were only glad
that little Meriem had found a father
and a mother.
"And really you didn't marry an
Arab waif aftftf all," said Meriem.
"Isn't it fine?"
"You are fine," replied the Killer.
"I married my little Meriem, and I
don't care for my part whether she Is
an Arab or Just a little Mangnnl."
"She Is neither, ntt 6&V paid Oen
eralArmand Jacot ""She is A prlneeiir
In hef own right"
I (TEtHENDJ '
1 1 ,1 i.f AiiH.-omiro)
Vlln,b.o .-''!!:.t
drawbacks. H Is 1 '' ,
, ,,,,,.0 imrlH or tne "
tty , tbo castor,. Ma os t ,!-
euroftil inotlious " " '
crop for .ho carelcs farm., b Un
vorv prol tnhie 0110 1. -
tnk,.H .no .row . .- I
. iiimdlo t from 1110 '
r h- --.-r Six
to learn Is J""t "w l" " V ,
according to hp'omi -
Vnltod Statos .loi.artmont or bk."u.
ture. . ,. ...
Alfalfa .loo not euro : an rem,.,.
nn,l good quality hay Is hard to p i.
Klciniiy 1- "'" "f th" flrHt c,ut'
K which cou.os )..,. heavy ruin-.
,ro apt to Intorfore with IW proper
curing. Tho bright green hay o com
num in the Irrigated Ho-tio.m U nl
rnost never seen In (ho humid region,
due to Injury from rain.
Time of Cutting.
Most fanners nro prone to cut their
...f..if t,. .Mirlv. They are anxious to
..... ,r.. euHlno. thereby thinking
7.. ..... lilL'L-er rrP. The fact Ik. the
,.,,tiii,L. fiodii.ntly mndo nt
the exponse of total tonnage. The
real tost of the size of the HoaHoll
crop is total tonnnue rather man num
ber of cuttings. Where four cuttings
re possible, three usually are more
. ... r...it.ii.li. More
(losirunie mm in..i- i
hy is actually nunlo for the Hcii.non;
and tho plants nro left In bettor con
dition for the winter.
The first growth usually H rnnK.
sometimes causing the farmer to tlilliK
It should ho cut before It reauy 1
ready. Tho stage of growth is 1110 in
dication for cutting rather than the
size of the plants. The general rule
Is to cut alfalfa Just as It Is coining
Into bloom and tho basal shoot are
tnnklnir a good start for the next crop.
t tt... eastern states, cutting earlier
mnv injure and frequently kiun ine
plants. Cutting later lowers the feed
lug value of the hay.
Methods of Harvetlno.
M..thiiiis of making alfalfu bay
vnrv In different sections of tho coun
trv: hut the basic principles are the
same The motto everywhere is: "Cure
i.m.lfn hav (Hilohly. with as little
handling and cxi"suro to the weather
ns possible." Unpld curing holds the
loaves on better. Loss handling knocks
fewer of them off. This Is Important,
ruin during tlm haying wanon, tv
niower are started In tlm niomlnj
and the hay rnked into windrowi tb
following day. The- liay In then Met
d or U stucked or haled direct faa
the windrow 111 soon uh the hay li
sufllclenlly cured. The rnklng m
iiioncoM as sxn as the leaven re wilt
ed, but when the t'MH are mill pen.
It U cmked when the nloms ar1ulf
dry. It tuuy he ntack.il whra tsut.
ture can no longer bo twisted oottf
a wisp of tho liny.
In tho humid ttln of tht win
try Urn procew of curing the hay It
......... .nm....it t t
iiiui 0 ni"t iitiiii.uii. 1 iiu vuiiiii in
quently must bo dflnyed wveral diyi
on account of bad weather. Theoi
tlon and inothodH lire practlnllj tb
same ns In the dry ne.tlm, eicept
that more time Is required. Hunpi
and stack, covers may prov tm
sary.
Stack Alfalfa Hay.
High moisture content aomettaa
makes It doslrabN' to stack ildlli
hay Instead of putting It In the bm
This I" especlully true of the irt cut
ting. Hulld Btucks carefully aad ta i
thnpo that will fspiHie as little n
the hay to the wi'iuiier aa jwmim
Cover tho top wltn iimrsii grow, as-
dan grass, inlllet. or mie other m
grass that will make a C'J1 tlulA
Anchor a well miuio itiatcn wiiupkb
nn the ends of wire 011 top of ipmfk
rly mndo stack, and the hay !H
keep almost M well ns m in uimu
fact. It may keep better, on icwmt
of tlio likelihood of now alfalfa ktj
heating la the mow.
If the hny Is put In the mow, it
well to provide for nie extra
Illation, especially if H moisture t
tent Is high. Thl tun he arranged!?
placing horizontally nt frequent Into
vats ventilators rondo of Inmbw.
These may bo simply a frnmeworitt
triangular or recti.ngular
placed In the hay ns the mowli m
HayniBklng Is nn operation
must be done In a certain P
time that Is short nt best, vAW
Is always llablo to be made inow
by bad weather. For thh
.1 1. trm nocrntlon tn W
Iiirru in
a.Fullim fl wt plllcloneV count iw B"x'1
i ...in M. .v.tv fanner to aw
till It, Y"i --- , .1
tr u-hon and Just ltw to makeun
most of his alfalfa crop.
General Decoration.
"The battleship was sighted"
"Good heavens. 1 knew dogs and
pigeons were, but were even the fshlpe
decorated?"
Crack.
"Flubdub poses as a slick proposition."
"Maybe. But some day he'll run up
against the crack of doom."
"Oh, he expects to wriggle through
that."
Unanswered.
"Are you sure
you understand
this subject?"
asked the by
stander. "Of course I un
derstand it," re
plied the soap-box
orator.
"Who explained
It to you?"
"I thought most
of it out for my
self." "Then why dis
turb and confuse
the rest of us who
are trying to do
the same thing J"
Looks Brighter to Weary.
Frayed Phil Dis paper says dey's
quite a lot of people dat thinks it's
unlucky ter begin any work on Fri
day. Weary Walker Well, dat's encour
agin'. Mebbe after er while people
will be dat sensible about every day
er de week.
Dropping a Passenger.
Traveler (on the aerial express) "1
want to drop Into Ilickville, conduc
tor!" Conductor (looking at watehi
"Strap on your parachute you walk
I the plank la eeven minutes I"
CO-OPERATIVE PLAN IS GOOD
Farmers In One County In Florida
Make Saving of $113.50 on
Carload of Potatoea.
(Prepared by tlio UnltnJ Btatca Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
When the farmers of Madison coun
ty, Florida, sold a curload of sweet
potatoes co-operatively and by ho do
ing saved $1i:5..riO they began to realize
the benefits of selling their produce In
this way. The county agent, has been
showing them how to got orders for a
number of other cars of potatoes and
the co-operative plan Is growing In
every pail of Hie county. The Mgi-nt
hopes before long to have a good co
operative organization among the
fanners for buying and selling nil
farm produce and equipment co-operatively.
ARSENATE OF LIME AS SPRAY
May Be Used In All Situations Where
Paris Green Has Been Used Good
Lead Substitute.
Experiments thus far made by the
bureau of entomology, United States
department of agrlcullure, indicate
that arsenate of lime may be used In
all situations whore purls green has
been employed, and that for pome
fruits (apple, pour and quince) It will
often be a satisfactory substltuto for
arsenate of loud, the present cost of
which Is much above normal, when
used with lime or fungicides contain
ing limn.
COW ENTITLED TO VACAT1CS
Experienced Dairymen Will W
mala Stand for Six WetKi w
fore Freshening.
The cow that works all the tl J
not give ns much milk nn the oe"
U allowed to take a vacation J
few weeks (luring the year. BJ
enced cow owners never bJe
cows continually, but J ttf
rtnnddry for at lea. V,
fore freshening. A dairy J
i,or.i..orkPd animal and needs
for recuperation.
.MflfllV
SOURCES OF WATER Sum
w.tii and SDrlnaa May
- w AHiinuati"
tamlnated-Purltynr..-Are
Essential.
" " . mli IXP1"1'
Pr.nftrod by the Unl ea
m - 1 - Arrr rUHUiW .. M
mem ' " m tne
essentlnls of water b "Pi"'; o( &ib
springs are tho usual source
wnter, but botn may ghouldth
innted, nnd the 7
fore be Inspected mr i'"-
of pollution.
PROFH
CARE OF TREES ON ARRIVAL
Make Examination Immediately on Re
ceipt ana see That They Are Free
From Disease.
Examine your trees ns soon as they
arrive and sec that they are free from
dlsonso and Insects. It Is best to set
hem out at once, but If for any reason
tills cannot be done, heel them In. To
do this dig a trench about one and a
half feet deep and spread the trees
thinly In this trench, pm with soil,
covering the trees six to ten Inches
deeper than they were in tho nursery
row. . '
HOGS ARE VERY
Brood Sow That ll
ters of Average 8I '
Most Dealrab'9-
A good brood sow thai
litters of average Btoe a g
duco considerable wef
who feed and care - ,de
litter. There are ve 3 :
equal to hogs, when the w
erly cared for,
P
CONSIDERATION
. . Aiani j
It la Highly ut,a ,
Crops Be Saved I
P on the Far"1-
it ishoped tha f j;;pWij
careful conslderat on
made for consent t erf J
year. It la . dVii
L .rrown. It 13 WB , nd gtP
, rtiru ,
tho farm,
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