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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-04
MISLEADING PRECISION

MISLEADING PRECISION
ooh, l just love this cake" remark
ed little Dorothy, as she regarded the
sugared confectionery in front of her
with high approval. cts awfuhJ
nice" p.
Love cake, indeed" exclaimed her
mother reprovingly. my dear child,
you mustn't say such things. Say
you like the cake, and, instead of
calling it 'awfully nice call it good
Really you must be more careful
with your grammar And, by the
way, you should also have omitted
the word Just Now, dear, make
your remark correctly; then you can
take Slice"
81 like this cake" the child re-
peated slowly, "1t is good"
Eyes: that's much better" said
her mother.
But little Dorothy was far fror,
being satisfied. 1T sounds =
though were speaking Of bread
she added, with an air of infinite di5-
gust.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-04
ONE FOR THE NEWsBoY

There were some twenty or thirty
people waiting on the platform of the
railway station for the CUP express;
and among them the great comedian
who had just finished an engage
ment at the local theater.
The bookstall humorist, therefore,
was having a great time running
about the station selling papers;
and doing good business, too. Pres
emily the comedian stopped him.
81 say, sonny" he asked, "d'you
want a new joh?"
Eyes, sir" replied the boy. What
is it,"
"Well, my manager is looking for
a lad like you to play the fool"
ooh, he is, is he?" retorted the
newsboy. Whats his idea? To fire
you, or keeptwo of us?"
do you mean to say that you flirt
with your wife all the evening at the
masked ball and didn't know herr"
"That's right. But she was 80 .deuced
ooraaohIa Laxxy xryox5T ~ Iyaoua or 9O
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-04

WIEN SaOHCN NEE = IUACk
| "WeI, sir?" said the quack aural
4 specialist, as he rose to greet pros
pective client.
'1've come to claim that one hun
dred dollars you offered if your patent
failed to affect a cure"
The would-be man of science
coughed nervously Then, Indeed,
sir?" he beloved. Have you really
tried it without obtaining relief"
! I'm sorry to say that it is SOL
replied the stranger.
Cant you hear anything?"
"Only very indistinctly.'
| "Then I'm afraid you'll have to be
given the one hundred dollars The
words were said in the merest whis-
per; but before he realized the mis-
take that he was making, the stran-
/ ger had seized the quack's hand and
was pouring forth a profusion of
&grateful thanks Then he went sor-
8roWfully away.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
A Chance of School Books

Will the State Board of Educa-
ton, when it meets in Baton Rouge
on February 10, suggest change of
school books as in the past?
The change OF books involves an
outlay of money which should be
spared, especially to the parents of
limited means. The only bene-
flciaries in this unnecessary chang
ing of books is the book trust.
There should be an emphatic pro-
nouncement by the people against
these changes of books. 1t was in
1910 that there was an adoption of
text books which aroused the peo-
pie to significant resentment,
which Prof. Harris should bear in
mind. 1t is simply nOnsensical, the
extreme of the ridiculous, to even
suggest change of books for the
use of the public schools.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Real Estate Market.

Record of transfers of real estate
as furnished by the Caddo Abstract
Company, office in Commercial Ma
ito nalBank building.
Claude Bell ct al to w. T. Caldwell
ne IA of Sc IA section IS, %, Is;
81 900.
Louisiana Real Estate and Devel-
opment Go, to Harry G. Shut. lots
3t5 and 3i6 Land SUBJ; 81, 254.5O.
Mrs. Lucille F. McMillin to John
Fossett, lot IL block 3 1O-acre lot 8,
Shreveport; $500.
Mrs. Jessie LaRobediere to Mrs.
Lucille C. Brewer, lots 6 and Z block
3 Mooringsport; $3.50.
Jas. M. Montgomery to DR.. r. N.
Keoun, sw IA and n i-2 Of Sc IA
section 4, and NV IA of frac. sw IA
section B, %, IA; $4,000.
J. S. Noel to G. A. Morse, lots 8
and 4 block C, Oil City annex; $1,000.
C. X. Clark to John New. Ford,
lot 20, block G, Thornhill; $4,5OO.
r. G. McCutchen to ]. G. Hester,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
REALIZED TOO LATE.
Man Underestimated Speed Of
Car and Killed. =.

While attempting to flag . North
Texas Traction Railway company
car five miles north of Dallas T. Fl.
Foster, fifty years old. a leading, citi.
zen of McKidney, was struck by the
moving car and instantly killed.
Mr.. Foster had been visiting WAT.
Hume, who lives near The scene, -StoE
n, and was preparing to return,to his
heme. According to trainmen, limited
car passed FIRST and he attempted to
board it, not knowing that it made no
local stops. He saw that it did not
stop for him and then noted the local
spproa ching. he stepped fairly in
front of the car when ii was about dfty
feet from him and did not move when
the motorman shouted at him. 1t was
evidently his intention to make sure
the car would stop and pick him up.
In this plan he underestimate speed
of interurban cars and the distance
between himself and the car He was
struck in the head, hts neck broken
and other injuries, death being slmost
instantaneous.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Delivery by Express Extended.

AS indicated by letter from
Traffic Manager George T. Atkins of
the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor
Eastman has been advised that the
Southern Express Company, follow
ing a conference with .Superintend-
ent Crumbaugh and Local Agent
Sharpe, will deliver packages on
Fairfield avenue as far out as the
outer boundary of the 270O block
an extension of the delivery limits
will be made to Olive street, the
present limits being Herndon ave-
nue.; on Travis street to the 1900
block and the paved portions of
East College, Wilson and Douglas
streets. The date On which this
service is to be effective is 10 be an
as soon as the formal order
is received from the general super
of the company.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
A White Slave Roundup.

It would seem that Commissioner
Newman is one of the most active
of the officials of the City of New
Orleans. Ole is directing his efforts
to the greater efficiency of the pO-
lice, and has inaugurated a policy
for the enforcement of law which
is very creditable. He seems to have
the lynx eyes and is alive to the
conditions prevailing in that city. A
few nights since ne directed a raid
which eliminated in a white slave
roundup which totalized the arrest
of six women and three men who
are guilty of infractiOns of the mu-
nicipal ordinances.
Commissioner of Safety Newman
by his example is stimulating the
efficiency of the police and is being
viewed as terror by the law
breakers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
The Louisiana State Guard.

On his return to Baton Rouge a
few days since from Bogalusa
where he mustered into service
Company G Of the First Regiment
with y-eight members, Adjutani
General Neese has issued a general
order, the substance Of which re-
lates to drill and practice of the
troops of the Louisiana National
Guard during the year The order
models the drills of the National
Guard upon the requirements of the
regular army.
Each company shall have mini
mum number of forty-fOur drills a
year, assuming an average of four
drills per month during eleven
months, and excluding the twelfth
month, or its equivalent, thirty
days, not necessarily consecutive,
which is to be devoted to target
practice, attendance at camp and
field training.
Five hours must be devoted dur
ing the year to bayonet exercise,
eleven hours to close drill order, six
and twO-thirds hours to drill in ex-
tended order, seven hours to guard
duty, seven and One-third hours to
inspections, fourteen hours to mis-
cellaneOus, seven hours TO physical
exercises and eight hours to small
arms.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Stockholders Meet9n0

Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the stockholders OF the
Star BOttling Works Ltd. of Shreve-
port, La, will be held at the Office
OF said company in Shreveport, La,
on February 10, 1913, for the pur-
pose of advising as to whether or
not the capital stock shall be in
creased, and to decide upon the
amount Of said increase, and TO
amend Articles II and III of said act
OF Incorporation, and such other
business as may come up before the
body. o. L. BEILDENHARM.
President.
Shreveport, La, Jan. Q, 1913.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Personal.

The Caucasian has been informed
that Mr.. James Edgar Davenport,
who has been division passenger
agent of the Louisville & Nashville
Railroad in st. Louis since 1901, has
been appointed assistant general
passenger agent at st. Louis of the
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain,
effective February 1. Mr.. Daven-
port is one of the best known pas
senger men in the country. He is a
native of Salem, Ill.,, where he be-
gan his career as a telegraph Ope-
rator for the old Ohio & Mississippi
railroad, now known as the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern. Later
he was agent for that company at
Lebanon, ILL.,, and then came to st.
Louis as city passenger and ticket
agent for the Cotton Belt. Next he
was made district passenger agent
for the Glover Leaf, which position
he resigned to accept one as travel
ing passenger agent for the Choc-
taw Line at Cincinnati. He resigned
to become division passenger agent
of the Louisville & Nashville at ST.
Louis Mr.. Davenport has large
circle of acquaintance both in st.
Louis and other sections of the
United States and is extremely pop
ular with railroad men and the
travelling public.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
SheriH's Sale.

No. f6,720-ln the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of CaddO Parish, La.
A. H. Leonard vs.. A. BOarman
Administrator.
BY virtue of writ OF seizure and
sale to me directed from the Honor
able First Judicial District Court of
Caddo Parish, La, in the above
numbered and entitled suit, l have
seized and will offer for sale at pub
lie auction, for cash, without the
benefit of appraisement, during the
legal hours Of sales, at the principal
front door of the court house OF
Caddo Parish, Louisiana, on
SATURDAY, FEB. 8, 1913,
Lots three and four Of block twenty
of the City of Shreveport, La, with
all the buildings and improvements
thereon. Said property to be sold for
cash without the benefit of ap-
praisement to pay and satisfy the
debt as specified in said writ, say
in the sum of four thousand six
hundred and fifty dollars, with eight
Per cent per annum interest thereon
from the 9th day Of November 1912
until paid, and subject to a credit
OF $4,000, together with all the
costs Of this suit, and ten per cent
on said principal and interest as at
tOrney's fees. J.P. FLOURNOY,
Sheriff, ex-Officio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, January 2, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
EStPaY Notice.

Taken up by R. C. Pickens one
mile east of LeRosen Station and as-
trayed before me, the undersigned
authority, one red heifer, months
old, with white spot in face, also q
white spot in each flank; no mark
visible brand. The owner will come
forward, prove property and pay
charges, or the heifer will be sold at
the residence Of r. C. Pickens &C
cording to law on the 28th of Janu-
airy 1913, at 10 o'clock am.
J. +. HENDERSON.
Justice of the Peace, Seventh Ward
of Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
Caucasian, December 26, 1912.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28

lots 1 and Oak Grove SUBJ; $3,337
Chas. w. Hardy to c. L. Bland, lo
Is, block 7; $4,000.
c. L. Bland to Chas. w. Hardy, lol
81 and part Of lot % in block G
Texarkans Annex; S4,950.
w. w. Page ct al to John M. Mil
Ter, t-2 of ne IA section 81, 49,
16; $50.
Mrs. Emma J. Ivey to Geo. Kerr
lot I block F, Texarkana Annex
81, $50.
NJ. E. Weaver to p. j. Dennig, lot
10 Barron subdivision; 81 400.
f. A. Carmouche to r. 0. Coorpen-
der, lot q block 3 Howard Cole adj
dition; Si,70O.
Sol Alexander to J. H. Rowland
part of lots 6, ], g. block 81; $500.
D0llie Sneed to Peter YOuree, lot
Al Brooks subdivision; 500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
ASKS INVESTIGATION
Of Attorney Generals Office Il
i Purport of Resolution.

Speaking to his resolution calling
for a sweeping investigation of Texas
attorney generals Office the last five
years, Senator McGregor in the sen.
ate said he had been reliably informed
suit fled in the district court of Hsr.
ris county for the recovery of 5000
to 4, 600 acres of school land, worth
more than s400. 600. was directed by
the attorney general last month to be
dismissed, and this in face of the fact
that the state had an excellent case, he
claimed.
Assistant Attorney General John l.
Terrell, he said, and John J. Terrell.
former land commissioner, who had
worked up the case protested agains,
this.
Mr.. McGregor said that he was in
formed that G. A. Leidy of Greenville
and former assistant attorney gen.
eral, had resigned because instructed
for political reasons to enforce the
anti-clnb law less strictly in the Ger
man section of the state than else
where.
He declared that the department
had gathered mass of data concern
ing the lumber trust, but had institut-
cd no suit
He charged that there is cotton
seed crushers' trust in Texas and that
20 action has been taken.
Frank Putnam was quoted to the
effect that the attorney generals de.
partment was hand in glove with the
rice millers.
He said there is q report to the eff
feet that a suit against the Security
Oil company was compromised three
or four years ago. after which mock
trial was gone through with so that
the states attorneys might be able to
collect fees.
The senator did not himself charge
that these things we're true. He said
they constituted sufficient reason for
an investigations
Resolution provides for the appoint
ing of committee of five senator's, to
enter at once, with full powers, into
an inquiry covering the five years
preceding Jan. 1, 1913, taking in the
administrations of Lightfoot. Walthall
and part of Davidson's.
Senator baltimore saidttime should
be given to investigate such charges,
as he did not think that so grave q
thing, rejecting on one of the states
DEP artments, should be gone into in q
headlong manner. On his Emotion the
matter went over.
In the senate g. bill was introduced
abolishing the fee system.
OF the twenty one members OF the
house committee on liquor,trafflc the
speaker appointed twelve pros, in.
cluding the chairman, w. C.\ Nick amy
off Dallas.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Fruits and Nuts.

APPLES Green $3.50; red si.75a
zoo: bbls. $i.00a4.5O.
ORANGES California valencias
per box 1925.
LEMONS Per box $7.00a7.5O.
WALNUTS- Cal. per ID. zoe.
PEANUTS Raw hand picked per
ID. 7a6c; roasted ic higher.
RAISNS-Per box $i.75.
ALMONDS-per lb. 2ic.
GOCOANUTS--Per 100 $5.OOa6.OO.
BRAZIL NUTS-per lb. i3c.
PECANS- Per Id. zoe.
CURRANTS-Per ptckage &c.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Brovo Girl.

Mrs. Mary Hebron, q young tee
phone operator Of Chicago, weighing
but r.nety pounds, held fast to the
coat OF burly negro who offended
her Attracted BY her screams, two
city fremen came to her rescue and
assisted in the capture OF the culprit
He insulted me-" Mrs. He6ron said.
aud ss had no knife to siab him
with grabbed his coat and proceed
- to scream" The negro, rsslizing
that escape was impossible, made no
attempt to get away. A large number
Of persons were attracted to the scene
and threats to lynch the negro were
nada Police rushed hin swey In .
patrol wagon.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
For Judge of the First Judicial Dis
tricl Court.

The Caucasian has been author
lied TO announce that Hon. Emer-
son Bentley is candidate for the
office of Judge of the First Judicial
District at the election to be held on
Tuesday, February 4, 1913, subJec.
to the decision Of the qualified got
ers OF Caddo Parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28

FecdStufHs.
OATS-per bushel SOC.
CORN-per bushel zoe.
BRAN-per 90-lb sack $t.20.
CHOPS Per 90J-lb sack $3.50.
HAY-Per ton: Arkansas $3.50;
timothy $1,000, alfalfa $3.50, Mexi-
can native alfalca $500.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
DIAMONDS ARE
CARRIED away
From the Residence of Banker
of Dallas.
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
Approximate Value, and Burglar
Secures His Booty While Fam
lily Was Down otsirs Eating
Supper.


j Approximately s5, 900 worth Of dis
monds from the homo OF E O. Tension
at Dallas. formerly president Of the
City National bank, were taken. The
jewels were the property OF his wife.
Mrs. Tension returned from a re-
ception Ut 9 o'clock. She went to her
blessing room and took of some OF
her jewels, including . diamond, neck
lace and some rings She then went
down stairs to supper.
About 10 O'Clock Mrs. Tension went
to her dressing room to place her
jewels in . case and send them 10 the
strong box OF the bank when she saw
the dressing table had been looted OF
everything of value. She wore down
stairs . bracelet and two rings.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Flour and Meal.

s FLOUR-High patent $3.50; Sec
ond patent 1925; extra fancy $500
common $500; sacks f0c less.
MEAL-Standard 24-lb sacks 35c
cream 24-lb sacks 40c; cream meal
in wood $3.50. :
GRITS-per Dbl. $40.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Notice.

This is to notify the public and
whomsoever it may concern, that
Lloyd Brunson, now in the Louis
lana State Penitentiary, serving a
five year sentence from the District
Court OF Caddo Parish, La, is ap-
plying for a pardon. This January
8, 1913. LLOYD BRUNSON.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
DIR. E. G. Allen.

Office in the Cooper Building. DR..
Allen is a graduate of both schools
and carries a full line OF homeopa-
THO remedies. Special attention TO
chronic diseases.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
River STAGE.

Denison 0.8, fall of 0.3; Arthur
City &c; Fulton 20.4, fall of o.; Rim
go Crossing t.2, fall of ~; Finley
40; Spring Bank ia, rise of 0.4;
Shreveport 9.8, rise of O.5.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28

Women Poker Pieyers Arroetod.
Fifteen women and seven men, oil In
full evening dress, were caught in .
police raid at New York. One woman
Is said to have lost 81, 400 Several
tainted and others pleaded: Don lst
our husbands know"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
FERN tor inebriotes /.

Kansas is to have q farm for ine-
briates II the legislature passes the
legislature passes a bill having this
purpose in view introduced by Repre-
sentative Atchison.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Dairy Products.

BUTTER Country, good to choice
i5c; fancy creamery 35c; lib bricks
38c.
CHEESE-Per h.: Daisy zoe.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
q
Notice OF Removal.

DR.. George A. Harper, Dentist, has
removed to the Hutchinson building,
on Texas street, opposite the court
house. Old phone 623.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
River Forecast.

The fall will continue at Fulton
during the next 10 hours, and the
change unimportant at Shreveport.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Coffee.

COFFEE-per h.: Fair IL i-2c;
medium TIC; better grades 2Oc.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
PROVISION MARKET
Quotations Carefully Revised and
Corrected.
Hoo Products.

BACON-Clear rib sides i3c; dry
sale i2c.
HAMS-Per lib. lie.
LARD-Per Id: Tierce compound
8 Lac; pure lard Ia i-2c.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Judge Of the First judicial Dis
trict Court.

trict Court.
/ hereby announce myself as a
candidate for the Office of District
Judge, First Judicial District, at the
election to be held on February 4,
1913, subject to the action OF the
qualified voters of Caddo Parish.
Z. T. BELL.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-01-28
Sugar and Molasses.

SUGAR-Standard granulated per
lib. 5 i-lc; choice Y. C. sc. o.
MOIASSES-Cho 3Oc; prime
BIC; common 25c; pure sugar ho"se
45c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-26
Announcement.

would like for the old set
tier to write me giving the early
"reminiscences of their life that
helped to make the early history
of Cherokee county. This data
will be used during the Old Set
tiers Reunion, Aug. 5, g, z.
Having decided to add another
department, the display of old
obsolete tools, machinery and
other things that show the de-
velopment of same in the past
decades, l want every citizen OF
Cherokee county who has any
thing old which was used in
Cherokee county in the early pi'
oneer days, to write me describ-
ing it and make arrangements to
bring it in for display. Stanley
Walbert, President of the Cher
okee County Old Settlers Reun-
ion Association.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-26
better Than Spanking.

Spanking will not cure chill
dren of wetting the bed, because
It is not a habit, but dangerous
disease. The C. H. Rowan Drug
Co. Dept. 1908, Chicago, ILL.,,
has discovered a harmless remedy
for this distressing disease, and
TO make known its merits they
will send a SOC package securely
wrapped and prepaid Absolutely
Free to any reader of The News.
This remedy also cures frequent
desire to urinate and inability to
control urine during the night or
day in old or young. The c. II.
Rowan Drug Co. is an Old Relia-
BILE House; write them today for
the free medicine. Cure the at
fiicted members of your family,
then tell your neighbors and
friends about this remedy.NAdv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-26
First published June y, 1919.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

In the Probate Court Of Cherokee coun'
ty. Kansas.
In the matter of the estate Of Chas. M,
Jones. deceased
To All Persons Interested in Said Estate,
and to All Whom II May Concern:
You are hereby notified that l. Maud
M. Jones, administrative of the estate Of
Chas. M. Jones. deceased, did on the 9th
day Of June. 1913. file a petition in the
Probate Court of Cherokee County. Kan
sas, asking that l be directed to sell the
following described real property. to-wit;
The east half and three feet of Of the
east end of the west half Of lot twelve (ra),
and two (2) feet of of the north side Of the
east half of lot eleven (II). and three Isl
feet of of the east end Of the north two
(2) feet of the west half of said lot eleven,
(II), all in block nine (o) of the Original
Plat of the City Of Baxter Springs; also
lot four I'd, in block six (6), of the Origi-
nal Plat of the city of Baxter Springs; all
of the above described real property be-
ing situate in the County of Cherokee.
and State of Kansas, for the payment Of
debts of the said Chas. M. Jones, de-
ceased. and you are further notified that
said petition will be heard by the Probate
Court of Cherokee County. Kansas, at
the Probate Court Room in the City Of
Columbus, Kansas, on the and day of
July. 1913. at the hour Of 3 o'clock p. m.
Signed this roth day Of June. 1913.
MAUD NJ. JONES, Administrative.
Grant waggoner, Atty for Administrative
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1913-06-26

Remember. the Chautauqua is guar
anteed and deserves your patronage.

farms name is worth much. It
is trademark that guarantees
the products that are produced
on it and offered for sale by the
manager. The name gives the
manager a chance to specialize
in producing choice products that
can be sold under the trademark
of the farm. This will be a
guide to your customers who
wish to patronize the farm, be-
cause it has a name and stands
for quality, honesty and economy.
Were there more farms with
names, more owners who take
pride in making homes on. these
farms and producing crops, an
finals, fruits, truck, ETC., that
have merit worthy of the name,
there would be more young men
and women willing to remain on
the farm.