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Show I Opium. Opium Is (be diled Julep nf the white poppy, u Mower Unit grows III iniiliy pin is of Asia. A few diiys lifter tlie (lowers hnu' fallen off the plants men go tlirotiiili the Holds in the iifternoon mid mnke little culs in the poppy bend. Out of these cuts n milky Juice oozes, which dtles Into n'brown. slleky paste. Kery morning the men go through tho Heidi ngnU and t-crnpe off this paste, which they put Into Jars. Later on It Is made Into half-pound balls and then packed for shipment. |