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Train the fruit trees to low heads
by proper pruning.
The roosters should have long since
Jbeen taken from the breeding pens.
Profits of the dairy are dependent
largely upon the comfort of the stock
A good rule in feeding all stock is
to feed only what they will eat up
clean.
Frequent cuttings will kill off sweet
clover which becomes a pest in some
places.
Surprising what a difference a hand
ful of grain will make in the ewes and
lambs if fed daily.
The National Orchard congress will
hold its second annual exposition at
Council Bluffs, la., November 15 to 20.
Look on the bright side of the
weather and the crops. They both
generally turn out better than it is
ieared they will.
The drinking water in the summer
is an important matter with the stock,
especially with the dairy herd. Re
member that foul water is sure to
breed disease.
Sometimes a stick becomes lodged
in the nostrils of the cow. Thre
will be indications of labored breath
ing. Always investigate, and remove
the cause of the difficulty.
Good fencing is required with sheep
and its cost deters many farmers from
keeping a small flock. It should be
remembered, however, that the sheep
will pay for the extra fencing neces
sary if given an opportunity.
Are you particular to see that the
horses are watered in the field as
you are yourself. You take water
with you, why not for the horse,
which is doing far harder work, and
needs the water much worse than do
you.
According to an experiment by the
Kansas experiment station, an early
cut alfalfa will produce more pork
than will late cut alfalfa. A ton of
the former fed with grain produced
8G8 pounds of pork, while the late cut
alfalfa fed with an equal quantity of
grain produced only 333 pounds, less
than half as much.
The poorly lighted, poorly ventilat
ed barn is a poor place to keep any
farm animals, especially the cows.
Pure milk cannot be produced from
such surroundings. During 'the sum
mer time while the cows are out most
of the time anyway and the barn lit
tle used, plan to make improvements
which will improve the conditions
and make your barn more sanitary.
Put in more windows and put in some
kinl of a ventilating system.
At the Wisconsin experiment sta
tion the five poorest cows in the herd
ate $140 worth of feed and returned
$143. The five best cows ate $204
worth of feed and returned 395.
There is a chance to do some think
ing on that showing. Thousands upon
thousands of farmers have herds do
ing the same kind of work as those
five poorest cows and they do not
yet know about it
Cement paint which is easily spread,
hardens without scaling and will not
wash off, can be made as follows, the
formula being for one barrel of the
paint: One-half bushel white lime,
three pecks cement, ten pounds um
ber, ten pounds ocher, one pound Ve
nltian red, one-fourth lampblack. Slake
the lime, cut the lampblack with vine
gar and mix well together, then add
the cement and fill the barrel with wa
ter. Let it stand 12 hours before using
and stir frequently while putting on.
Cultivation may be stopped in the
orchard late in the season and a crop
can then be sown upon the land. This
crop may serve as a cover or protec
tion to the soil and as a green ma
nure. A green manure improves the
soil by adding fiber to it and by in
creasing its fertility. It catches the
nitrates which, earlier in the season,
are used by the tree-roots. Vegetable
fiber in the soil increases its power of
holding both moisture and plant food.
The crops well adapted to this late
sowing are few. "Vetch is probably
the best which has been well tested
in the state. But everything points
to crimson clover as the ideal orchard
cover and green manure.
What does it cost you to produce
your eggs? Do you know? Prof. Gra
ham of the Storrs (Conn.) experiment
station says: "I have been very much
surprised at the data received from
several of the experiment stations re
garding the cost of egg production.
In some cases I find eggs have co3t
as high as 18 cents a dozen and some
as low as 8 cents a dozen, including
labor. I find that, speaking generally,
the larger the range the less food
was required; In fact, where birds
had free range the cost was anywhere
from 8 to 10 cents, and in cases where
the birds were on limited range the
cost was under twelve cents. Tnis
has forced me to the conclusion that
ft is very hard work for a man to
run an intensive poultry nlant and
compete with the farmer in egg pro
duction.
A Inzy man is sure to hare lousy
fowls.
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Shallow rather than deep cultiva
tion for the corn. j
Musk melons picked green will be
lacking in flavor.
Crimson clover is the ideal orchard
cover and green manure.
Select large sheep for breeding
ewes, for size tells in the offspring.
Skim milk and clover pasturage !
will make profitable pork out of your
pigs.
Corn should be cut out of the ra
tions for the chickens during the hot
weather.
Turn the horse that Is not given
regular work loose in the paddock for
part of each day.
If you have never tried a field of
alfalfa, get the ground in shape and
plan to make the start next year.
Make the trees of the orchard send
their roots deep into the soil by hav
ing the soil well-drained, and by deep
plowing.
Select land which is well drained
for the orchard, for it is drier in wet
spells and moister in dry spells than
other lands.
Nitrogen promotes growth and for
this reason should be used with cau
tion in the orchard where fruit rather
than wood is desired.
How are the roads in your section?
Set a good example and put them in
good condition alongside your place.
It will encourage otaers to a like ser
vice. Don't try to make the weather, just
keep busy trying to fit your work into
the weather an all wise providence
provides and all will come out right in
the end.
In the warm weather it is a good
plan to churn every day. This avoids
the necessity of mixing the different
days' cream and insures a better fla
vored butter.
Look out for the farmer whose
chickens scatter and run every time
he passes through the barnyard. He's
ill-tempered and is a pretty good man
to leave alone.
Sod-bound orchards cannot be ex
pected to be productive. Break up
the ground and give a covering of ma
iure. You will be surprised at the new
vigor which your trees will display
another season.
Sod is sometimes allowable in ap
ple and standard pear orchards, but
never in other fruit plantations; but
even then it should be pastured close
ly with sheep or hogs. If the stock
is fed at the same time, the land will
fare better.
Join the boosters' club and give
your neighbor a good boost every
chance you get. You will be sur
prised how many boosts you will get
in return for the favors you bestow
upon others. That is a poor motive
for extending the helping hand, but
nevertheless such service always
brings its rewards.
Prof. Spillman, United States agri
cultural department expert, declares
that the paying dairy consists of cows
that eat heartily and do not make
meat, but do make milk of their feed.
This means that they must be dairy
and not beef cows. A good dairy cow,
though she be killed and buried when
she gets too old to give milk, will give
a profit that will buy each year three
good beef cows.
Hog feeding experiments by the Mis
souri station produced the following
results:
Corn and bluegrass $3.27 per 100
Corn and rape 3.34 per 100
Corn and red clover 2.9S per 100
Corn and alfalfa . 2.53 per 10C
Corn and skim milk ." 2.17 per 103
Corn and middlings 3.99 per 100
Grade Poland China pigs of 50 pounds
each were used in the experiment
and the prices quoted were the cur
rent market prices at time of the ex
periment. Late cultivation in the orchard is
apt to be injurious for the reason that
it induces late growth. At all events
it can be of small utility when the
tree begins to mature and rains be
come frequent This season of res
pite gives the grower the opportunity
of raising a green manure, and of add
ing fertility to his land at trifling ex
pense and with no harm to his trees
Fall plowing may be advisable for
farm crops, but it should generally
be discouraged in orchards. The land
in orchards should be left compact in
the fall.nd it is advisable to cover
it with some close herbage.
The San Jose scale is distinguish
able from other scale by the small size
of the scales, which measure com
monly about one-sixteenth of an inch
in diameter, though rarely specimens
are found nearly an eighth of an inch
across. The scales are circular and
somewhat elevated in the middle,
which bears a small black or yellow
ish pointed process. In badly infested
orchards they completely cover the
trees, giving the branches an un
healthy, grayish, scurfy appearance
In winter the scales are to be found
only in half or nearly full grown con
dition, and completely dormant. With
the first flow of sap in spring they
begin to feed again, and become full
grown in May and June, when the first
brood of larvae is produced. So fat
as known, all these larvae are bora
alive. They move about actively foi
a few hours or even a day or more,
finally settling on tender twigs, leaves'
or fruit into which they gradually in
sert their beaks and begin to suck
juices from the plant From this time
on broods are produced incessantly
through the summer, and the insect
can be found in all stages until late in
October. Shortly after settling on a
spot the larvae secretes a waxy sub
stance, the beginning of the formation
of a scale.
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It is indeed surprising to find how J
unfamiliar the English are as a race
with the beaufies of their own coun
try. How many of them spend their
holidays on the continent in search of
beautiful scenery, not knowing that
within easy access they have scenery
difficult to equal and practicaclly Im
possible to supersede.
The glorious county of Devon Is lit
erally teeming with beauty spots, the
climax being reached in the delightful
little twin villages of Lynton and Lyn
mouth, nestling between precipitous
hills and ending in the gigantic rock
bound cliffs which skirt this portion
of the Bristol channel.
Blackmore's romantic novel of
"Lorna Doone" and Whyte-Melville's
"Katerfelto" have done much to make
these beauty spots familiar to us, and
those who travel to Lynton and
Lyninouth via coach from Minehead
can acquaint themselves with most
of the points of interest with which
the readers of these famous novels
are familiar.
Leaving Minehead we pass varied
and beautiful scenery till we arrive
at the quaint little village of Porlock,
where we pull up at the picturesque.
"Ship Inn." Two additional horses
are here attached, for we have a very
steep climb of several hundred feet
before we reach our next stopping
place, and even with the six horses
we now have the ascent is none too
easy. Behind us we see gradually dis
appearing the exquisite vale of Por
lock. on the right are the gleaming
waters of the Bristol channel, whilst
on the left we obtain glorious views
of hill and moorland.
At Yearnoor Moor the horses are
changed, and the rest of our journey
through Somerset past County Gate
into Devon is indeed one of the love
liest. On our right we still have the
Bristol channel, and on our left breezy
Exmoor, and if we have selected a
fine day for our journey we experi
ence an indescribable feeling of ex
hilaration as we inhale the pure air
of the moors and enjoy the beauties
of hills and coombes surely un
equaled elsewhere.
If we have chosen the autumn for
our visit, we revel in a wealth of glo
rious color that is indescribable; mile
after mile of purple heather inter
mixed with brilliant golden gorse, and
a glimpse of Exmoor under these con
ditions is never to be forgotten, whilst
if fortunate wo may catch a glimpse
of the red deer for which the district
is so famous. After a glorious ride of
about twenty miles we reach Countes
bury Foreland, and we now commence
our descent into Lyninouth. On our
left are towering hills, whilst on our
right is a sheer drop into the sea of
several hundred feet, and we hold our
breath as the coach gradually de
scends the steepest hi'l in England,
till the rushing waters of the Lyn re
mind us that we are rapidly nearing
our destination. The coach stops at
the Lynbridge hotel, where visitors to
Lynmouth alight, and one and all
agree that the latter part or the jour
ney has left an impression that noth
ing will ever efface.
The coach is now lightened of
much of its luggage, and the horses
start on their arduous climb to Lyn
ton, several hundred feet above, and
here again the impression created is
most profound.
And now for a few words about
these exquisite villages immortalized
by Shelley. Southey and others of our
poets, and eulogized by Gainsborough
among famous painters.
City Built Over Vast Tomb
Many Districts of Paris, France, Are
Directly Above the Spacious
Catacombs.
Paris in many of its districts is built
over the catacombs. These vast sub
terranean chambers and galleries pro
duce that peculiar cavernous sound
which is heard in the . Luxembourg.
Montparnasse, Vauglrard, Montrouge
and Montsouris quarters when heavy
carts pass rapidly along the coarsely
metaled roads. The streets are then
like monstrous drums beating funeral
marches to the graves over that vast
common grave of ten centuries of
Parisians with its millions of skele
tons dead.
The quaint little Gothic house at the
corner of the recently prolonged boul
evard Raspail, which many an Ameri
can artist must remember from his stu
dent days, actually lias a private stair
case leading to the catacombs from
henoath a hermetically closed 3tone
j slab just in front of the doorstep.
CASTJLE ROCK .LYtTOf 3tP
Nestling between gigantic hills is
the tiny village of Lynmouth. its one
street skirted by the East Lyn, whose
waters rush and tumble over the
rocks in their haste to reach the sea.
and here stretched before us is a
scene of loveliness.
On our right reaching far out to sea
is the gigantic headland of Countes
bury Foreland, whilst on our left are
stupendous cliffs covered with bril-liantly-hued
flowers or wooded almost
to the water's edge.
If we retrace our steps and follow
the course of the Lyn, in a few mo
ments we find ourselves in a scene of
beauty, and we can wander along the
banks for several miles lost in won
derment at the glories opening out
before us.
Below is a ravine down the center
of which is a rushing stream, the bed
of which is strewn with huge rocks,
round which the water whirls and
lashes itself into foam. On either side
are precipitous hills densely wooded,
and we here and there obtain a
glimpse of banks of gigantic foxgloves
and other wild flowers, whilst near the
water's edge are ferns in bewildering
variety, some of which are almost
tropical, reaching a height of nearly
six feet.
A walk of about two miles brings us
to the famous "Watersmeet," where
the Coombe Water joins the Brendon
Water in a succession of beautiful
falls, and the grandeur and manifold
beauties of the scenery at this point
may tempt us to remain here till we
are read' to resume our journey back
to Lynmouth.
Should, however, we decide to pro
ceed, we can follow the Brendon Wa
ter for another four or five miles
through .scenery momentarily growing
more beautiful until we at length
reach Doone valley, where we can ex
pore many of the points of interest
referred to in Blackmore's novel, in
cluding the famous Waterslide. and
the tiny church at Oare. in which
Lorna and Jan Kidd were married.
There are two or three routes by
which we can wend our way home
wards, each equally beautiful, but as
we are probably tired, we may find it
advisable to charter one of the car
riages which ply for hire near the en
trance of the Doone valley.
A tiny cliff railway for a small cost
will take us from Lynmouth Into Lyn
ton near the North walk, probably the
finest coast walk in the kingdom. Cut
in the face of the cliff between six and
seven hundred feet high with jagged
masses of rock towering above us for
another two or three hundred feet, we
have a scene of superb grandeur, and
after a walkuif about a mile find our
selves by Castle rock, and at the-entrance
of the famous Valley of Rocks.
Days and weeks fly quickly by In
exploring the beauties of this roman
tic little spot Lee Bay and Woody
Bay are within easy distance and their
delightful glens, coombes and rushing
streams, beyond which Is the steep
gorge of Heddons Mouth, whilst coach
rides to llfracombe. boat trips to
Clovelly. and the toy railway to Barn
staple give us the opportunity or fa
miliarizing ourselves with beauties of
which all Englishmen should be proud.
Different Pitchers.
Gunner (reading about antique
sale) See where an old Roman pitch
er brought a thousand dollars.
Guyer An old Roman pitcher?
What club would want an old Roman
pitcher? Why. I should think his
arm would be stiff.
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From time to time, says Harper's
Weekly, certain municipal officials
visit this grim entrance, the existence
of which is known to only very few
people. A former occupant of the house,
surprised by one of these visits, the
reason of which was mysterious to
him, was accustomed to relate that
once in the dead of night while he
watched, quaking, from the room
above, convinced that he was wit
nessing the final scene in some Bor
gialike political tragedy, a party of
men the chief of whom wore half con
cealed under his coat the tricolor scarf
of a police commissary, had conveyed
a body through, this entrance into the
catacombs below.
And That's All.
"Some of the brightest people in the
country read my poems."
"Yes, editors are very bright peo
ple generally."
PdDir tike
Cfc&i 03j Topics of"
Amusements for Summer Parties.
This is the' season of outdoor enter
tainments, for mo3t of our readers, if
not sojourners by the sea or a the
mountain top, may arrange far novel
entertainments in the open air by uti
lizing what is near the parks, the
reaches of inland lake- or rivers, the
shady lawn of the home place or some
adjacent country side reached by the
ever-present trolley car.
A fagot party is not new, bt this
way of conducting one has new fea
tures: A circle, of pine trees was the
setting for a little fireplace made or
stones, on which paper and dry twigs
were ready to be touched off.
Each guest was presented with a
bundle of fagots to which was at
tached a number; a duplicate number
was given out The hostess re
quested the guest who drew No. 1 to
look at the fagots; if he had No. 1 the
bundle was laid on the blaze, and he
had to tell a story, sing a song or
dance a jig while the fagots burned
It really was another way of conduct
ing a "stunt" party. One guest re
cited some clever negro dialect,
bits she had collected while in the
south; a man gave some college
stories; a sweet singer rendered some
Hawaiian love songs which she
learned from the natives while on the
island. The result was very good.
There were 12 guests and 12 bundles
of fagots burned underneath the tall
pines. Refreshments were served on
the inclosed porch of the summer cot
tage. A candle was at each plate
held by a drop of melted wax onto a
wooden picnic plate; by it was a
wooden skewer; with it marshmallows
were toasted over the candle and
eaten with ice cream and small cake3.
There was impromptu singing of col
lege songs to the accompaniment of
the hostess' guitar. All the girls wore
tub suits and the men came with neg
ligee shirts with duck or flannel
trusers and serge coats.
A Progressive Picnic.
The guests were children from
eight to ten; the hostess was a fa
vored lass,- who went to the country
One-Piece
i
0N3 piece slip-over nightdress is easily made and laundered. Measure
from shoulder to floor and add your hem. For the model it takes 3Va
yards. Fold cloth in middle, running halves together to hold securely.
Find middle point of this fold and lay a dinner plate on the cloth so that
the center of it comes over this point Mark around the edge of plate and
cut out to make neck of gown. On the edges of the cloth measure down
nine inches from the fold, then eight inches in from this point, for the
place where the kimono sleeve joins the body. From this point cut through
both thicknesses of cloth diagonally to the raw edge. Also cut a diagonal
line to the selvage, at a point just one foot from the fold, to make the
sleeve. The long triangular piece that has been cut out must now be
stitched together along their selvage edges, turned upside down, and set
into the body or the gown under the arms, to give an added fulness to the
skirt. I have just finished one, using 40-inch muslin, taking up two tucks
on each shoulder three-quarters of an inch deep and stitched them down
front and back five inches. I bad fulness enough without inserting the tri
angular pieces. I used beading at neck, but this foundation is capable of
either sime or elaborate treatment. Embroider a scallop at neck and bot
tom of sleeves or finish with hamburg. This gown is very pretty on. The
shoulders can be reinforced by cutting a circular piece a little larger than
the dinner plate and feather-stitching in to form a yoke which also makes
the edge to be embroidered stronger. Boston Globe.
Proper Care
Use of Cold Cream and Avoidance
of Sudden Changes of Tempera
ture Are Important.
The greatest dangers to the skin of
the face with housekeeping lie in fire
and dust. The face, like the hands,
should be washed twice a day that is,
well washed but with soap only at
night. If the morning sweeping has
coated it with dust, take this off first
with cold cream and a soft rag. Pre
pare the bath with warm or hot
water. I find hot most beneficial use
an oily soap and see that the face
cloths are frequently changed and
always sunned after using. Never for
get for a moment that the skin of the
face is more delicate than that of any
part of the body, and that swift
changes of temperature, such as going
directly from a hot fire into a cold
cellar, are very injurious to it. This
tends' to thicken and harden the skin,
to give it the coarse, badly-treated
look which the faces of so many hard
worked women present
Mdmtte:
Masjy BCifjs, by a
every summer. A regular hay-rack
wagon met them at the station; it had
boards across the side so no one could
spill out and was'gayly decorated
with sunflowers, boughs of trees and
cattails.
The unique feature of this picnic
was in the serving of refreshments.
Each child was given a wooden plate
and a paper napkin. Then over the
grounds were interesting booths,
shaded by large green and white um
brellas. They were also placarded
No. I, No. 2, etc. There was a grown
person to lead at the head of the pro
cession. The first stop was No. 1,
which proved to be "lemonade," with
a big porcelain cup for each child.
No. 2 was sandwiches, cold meats, po
tato salad and olives. Here the
guests sat in a semi-circle on a big
rug. Then they progressed to No. 3,
and had ice cream; then to No. 4.
where the booth had bonbons and
fnrit No. 5 had piles of little bags,
and was the starting point for a pea
nut; some were gilded, some- silvered,
and some tied with blue ribbon. The
gold nuts scored 20, silver 10 and
blue ribbons were 5. The one who
had the highest score won a prize,
the next highest and the lowest also
had rewards. Altogether it was a
most successful affair.
For a Cinerella Dance.
The Cinderella club is an organiza
tion of some 20 couples, their one law
being to close all festivities at mid
night proptly. Each season they give
a dance to which two guests may be
bidden by each couple. The invita
tions are always issued on slipper
shaped cards, the table centerpiece
is formed of a white slipper filled
with flowers, placecards are slipper
shaped and sometimes if the "Ger
man" is danced a figure is worked
out bringing in the magic pumpkin
coach, candy mice favors, fairy wands,
etc. At 12 o'clock a gong clangs out
the strokes very slowly and the lights
are extinguished.
MADAME MERRI.
Never were linen suits more pop
ular than now.
Nightdress
of the Face.
The benzoin used for the hands is
also beneficial for the face, and in the
same proportion 12 drops to a bowl
of water. After the face has been
carefully dried, give it a light rub
with cold cream. If several hours of
roasting over a hot fire fall to your
lot, it is also well to coat the face
with cream before beginning this
work. This is a little unsightly, but
it will keep off a good deal of the
burn.
All rubbing of the face when bath
ing and drying it or when applying
cream must be upward, as a contrary
motion drags down the muscles and
gives them a tendency to sag. Ex
change. Determine on Success.
Make up your mind to be a success
at something, no matter what that
something may be. Failure does not
lie in the choice or a lowly calling. It
is no disgrace to be a shoemaker, but
it is a shame to make bad shoes. Exchange.
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Food II
Products
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There's & marked distinc
tion between fJMby's
Omrmmm
, Mmmf and even the beat
j that's sold in bulk.
Evenly and mildly cured
and scientifically cooked in
all the natural
flavor of the fresh, prime
bed is retained. It is pure
wholesome, delicious and
ready to serve at meal time,
Saves work and worry in
summer.
Other Libby "Healthful" .
Meal-Time-Hints, all ready
tm serve, are:
Ommw Ohow
"Purity goes hand in hand
vvith Products of the Libby
brand".
Write for free Booklet,
"How to make Good
Things to Eat".
Insist on
tys at
your grocers.
Ueey, VcNtiM
&. Liksy
CAcaf
NOT THE BUTCHER'S FAULT.
Mrs. Customer That Iamb you
sent me, Mr. Stintwaite, was the
largest and toughest I ever saw.
Mr. Stintwaite Tut. tut. It's that
boy been loitering again. I assure you,
when that joint left the shop it was
the sweetst little leg of lamb you
could set eyes on. and I gave him
strict orders to deliver it at once De
cause you wanted It young.
A Gentle Aspersion.
Among the prisoners brought before
a Chicago police magistrate one Mon
day morning was one. -a beggar, whost;
face was by no means an unfamiliar
one to the Judge.
"1 am informed that you have again
been round begging in the public
streets." said his honor, sternly, "and
yet you carried in your pocket over
$10 in curreucy"
"Yes, your honor." proudly returned
the mendicant. "I may not be as in
dustrious as some, but sir. 1 u:u no
spendthrift." 1 1 arper's Weekly.
Shortcake.
The strawberry shortcake. I love It.
I love it! I prize it more dearly than
tongue dare to tell! No sherbet or pud
ding or pie is above It; there's nothing
in pastry I like halt so well. Just give
me a section as large as a platter,
with rreshly crushed berries spread
over the lot, and 1 am contented and
happy, no matter what ailment cr
trouble or sorrows I've got Ho. bring
on the shortcake, the strawberry
shortcake, and always and ever I'm
Jack-on-the-spot!-Los Angeles Ex
press.
Where Trouble Is Found.
Wigwag I never knew such a fel
low as Bjones! He is always looking
for trouble."
Henpeckke Then, why doesn't he
get married? Philadelphia Record.
Keenest
Delights
of Appetite
and Anticipation
are realized in the first taste of de
licious Post
Toasties
and Cream
The golden-brown bits are sub
stantial enough to take up the
cream; crisp enough to make
crushing them in the mouth an
exquisite pleasure; and the fla
vor that belongs only to Post
Toasties
"The Taste Lingers
This dainty, tempting food is
made of pearly white corn, cooked,
rolled and toasted into "Toasties."
PpwUrpkg; ioc; Large Family size 15s
Mad by
POSTUM CEREAL CO., LTD.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
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