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In the early 1950s

ob Rulfs, a kid from downstate with hay fever, dreamed of becoming a farmer. When he was old enough, he took a train to the North Country, first digging in on a friend’s farm in Peru, just beyond the Blue Line. He knew this was the place for him (and those allergies disappeared), so he bought his own piece of Peru. Back then he had just four milk cows, two heifer calves and a

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