INDEX.—THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Page 
Starter. Sterilizing and Propaga¬ 
ting a. 163 
Sttam, Condensing. 544 
Steer, Foot Rot in. 269 
A Sick. 103 
Stock Breeders Meeting at Roch¬ 
ester .873, 877 
Stock Feed, How to Buy. 85 
Purebred Scrub.525, 571 
Straw, Working up. 79 
Strawberries and Other Fruit.901 
Best Drought-resisting. 134 
Big . 511 
Bubach, Pollinizer for. 576 
Dry Weather. 515 
Fall-fruiting .>. .706, 815 
Forcing, in Benches. 322 
For Home Garden. 239 
For Succesion. 658 
Improving, by Selection.. 118, 174 
Long-lived . 435 
Parker Earle. 223 
Perpetual Fruiting for. 358 
Second Crop. 770 
Weeds in. 884 
Strawberry Beds. Caring for. 529 
Carrie, The. 19 
Crown-borer in. 433 
Home of.464, 480, 495 
Long Fruiting of. 361 
Plant, A Maryland.4, 19 
Plants . 560 
Plants in Hills. 342 
Plants, Leaf Blight on. 238 
Plants, Potted....674. 576 
Plants, Sex in. 645 
Page 
Pot-grown . 693 
Report, 21st Annual.514, 530 
Roots . 55 
Runners, Cutting the. 278 
Stringfellow System, The. 886 
Stuartia Pentagyna. 610 
Subsoil, When to. 735 
Sugar. Beets vs. Cane for. 18 
Growing in Hawaii.501 
Swamp Draining. 799 
T 
Tan Bark Ashes, Value of.885 
Tank. Painting with Pitch.340 
Tarragon, Why Not Grow?.902 
Tea and Coffee, American. 767 
Teeth. Money in. 609 
Telephone, Farmer and The. 25 
Rural, in Ohio. 431 
Telephones in Virginia. 331 
Rural . 853 
Thistle, The Russian. 482 
Tillage and Productivity. 74 
Timothy' Seed, A Crop of. 751 
Titles, Registration of, Torrens 
System ...67, 87 
Tobacco, Farmers selling Raw... 21 
New Ornamental. 722 
Stems, Use of. 752 
Tcmato, as Handsome Vine. 115 
Flowers Rarely Cross. 262 
Seed, Saving. 55 
Tomatoes as Stock Food. 268 
Best for Canada. 79 
Big Under Glass. 257 
Page 
Do They Mix. 418 
English . 901 
Florida . 91 
For Forcing. 852 
How to Obtain Earliest. 513 
Transportation, Cold Facts About 351 
Problems. Hard.421, 453 
Tree. The Feeding of.197, 218 
Trees. Budded vs. Grafted. 656 
For Fence Posts.675, 591 
For Western Fences. 784 
Girdled by Mice. 688 
Injured by Winter. 816 
Propagating from Cuttings... 338 
Raising on Sandy Land. 199 
Resistant to Lightning. 642 
Sick. Treatment for. 768 
Slitting Bark on. 430 
Treatment of Frozen. 198 
Trout in Market. . .. 335 
Raising in Massachusetts. .. 868 
Tubercles on Plant Roots.35, 140 
Tuberculosis in Connecticut. 559 
Legislating Against. 63 
Problem of. 839 
Question, The..778 
Turkeys, Catarrh in. 811 
Turnips. Best Kind for Cattle.... 497 
Club-root in. 58 
Twine Making, Primitive. 882 
U 
Uncle Sam and His Farm. 405 
Uncle Sam’s Spending Money.... 613 
Urine, Value of. 261 
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Verbena, The Blue Shrubby. 738 
Vetch, for Sheep Food. 850 
Veterinarians in the Country..45, 868 
Vincas . 402 
Vinegar, How to Test. 736 
Legal . 705 
Making . 97 
Test for. 481 
Virginia Creeper, The. 770 
Vitls Coignetiae. 610 
W 
Waifs from the Sea. 658 
Walnut Trees, When to Trans¬ 
plant . 816 
Wastes, Sanitary Disposal of. 114 
Water from a Spring. 689 
Pure for Chickens. 227 
Self-lifting . 869 
Tank, Painting a. 158 
Tanks, Freezing of. 898 
Wheel. Size of. 512 
Wheels Current. 542 
Witch. Work of.734, 799 
Work of. 686 
Waterproof Cloth. Making. 736 
Weeder, Hayrake. 339 
In Sweet Potato Field. 478 
Sulky, A. 466 
Use of a. 220 
Weeder’s Work, Sizing up the... 541 
Page 
Weeds, Plow Under or Burn.867 
Well. Building a. 417 
Wet Spot, A Bad. 639 
Wheat, Bald or Bearded... .318, 360 
Bran. Bone Food in. 682 
Cornering . 413 
Farthest North Raised. 40 
Growing in Central N. Y.... 607 
Growing in South.415 
Northern-grown for Seed..574, 593 
Situation, The. 340 
What for Seed. 480 
Wheels, Solid or Spoke.850 
Whey, for Feeding. 103 
Whipping Post, The.416, 448 
Whisky, Insect That Likes. 38 
Wiggle-tails, Killing. 302 
Willow. Market for. 721 
Wind and Water, Viscosity of... 830 
Windmill, Tank for. 449 
Windmills. More Homemade.766 
Nebraska .750 
Winterkilling. So-called. 135 
Wireworm, The Wicked. 67S 
Woman Insane Swallowing Hair¬ 
pins . 156 
Woodchucks, How to Kill. 417 
Wool Waste as Fertilizer. 340 
Waste for Corn. 687 
Selling Small Quantities of.591, 666 
Wounds from Barbed Wire. 699 
X 
Xanthoceras Sorbifolla. 546 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Page 
Actinidia Vine, Leaf and Bloa- 
eo mis of. 495 
Apple. Bloomfield. 854 
Bismarck. One-Year Graft of.. 886 
Cross Section of Ingram. 134 
Corrugated . 279 
Desirable New, A. 902 
Grosh or Western Beauty.... 722 
New Gideon Seedling. 654 
Sterns Seedling. 754 
Tent Caterpillars. 464 
Artists at Work. 445 
Asparagus Plant, One Year Old.. 2 
Babcock. S. M. 132 
Barn of Driftwood, A. 575 
On Milk Farm. 42 
Prof. Phelps. 510 
Prof. Roberts’s Ideal. 510 
Barns. Wm. D. 154 
Barry, Wm. C. 73 
Beach. Prof. S. A. 75 
Bean Root. Showing Tubercles.. 35 
Bee. The Worker and Tools. 749 
Bees, How to Handle. 639 
Beets, Sugar. 606 
Blackberry. Mersereau . 176 
Boarder, A Profitable, Comes to 
Town . 173 
Bov and His Woolly Friend. 397 
Breakfast, His First. 542 
Bull. Short-horn Velasco. 431 
Bullfrog, Common.882 
Butter, Renovated. 657 
Calf and Cow, A. 671 
Calves, Two Good Guernsey.655 
Canna, The Little Gem. 674 
Carnas. Growth of, at Ruskin, 
Tenn. 3 
Caterpillars, Cocoon of. 464 
Family of. 464 
Cattle, Dishorning Chute for. 794 
■ Celery, A Crate for. 558 
Cheese Factory, Duct for.326 
Cherry Fruit Fly. 654 
Green’s Tartarian. 669 
Chestnut Tree, Paragon. 277 
Chestnuts, Japan, Paragon, Na¬ 
tive, Chinquapin. 832 
Chicken Fountain. 227 
Chickens, Wooden Nurse for. 701 
Chicory Root Factory, An Ameri¬ 
can . 17 
Come Early and Avoid the Rush. 358 
Cooling Through the Well.326 
Corn from Kansas. 685 
Mexican June. 4 
Cow and Young Calf. 183 
Ayrshire . 245 
Banker . 602 
Elsie’s Lady. 365 
Page 
Famous Ohio, A. 325 
Guernsey . 121 
Madam Tricksey. 525 
Power of Ice Cream Factory. 849 
Remarkable . 61 
Robber . 602 
Stall, A New. 62 
Two Trade Rivals of. 493 
Cows. Business End of. 141 
Floor and Feeding Manger for 165 
Some Holstein. 345 
Stalls for. 165 
Teeth. The. 308 
The Big Four Jersey. 41 
Udder, Section of. 225 
Wash Their Feet. Pool Where 866 
Crate Southern Refrigerator. 351 
Cream, Making Starter for. 163 
Crops, A Question of. 703 
Cucumber Crop, Sorting the. 670 
Country Scenes in New Hamp¬ 
shire . 591 
Cutting a Wide Swath. 317 
Dawley, F. E. 271 
Dewey George. 645 
Drain Made from Tin 'R.oof Gutter 114 
Drains from Kitchen Sink. 114 
Dwyer. Thos. J. 155 
Dye. Franklin. 271 
Egg Carrier, Safety. 537 
Factory, An. 702 
Factory, Operatives in. 717 
Ensilage in the Feeding Shed.... 865 
Farm Fist. The. 733 
Farmer and His Little Brother... 621 
Fig. Bud Variation in. 751 
Filberts and Cobnuts. 258 
Fisli Hatchery Grounds in Ver¬ 
mont . 637 
Fly that Kills Worm.318 
Food. Pure, Situation at a Glance. 429 
Garden, Third Crop in. 319 
George. Jr. Republic, View of... 445 
Young Builders at. 462 
Geranium. Flashlight, The. 706 
Germinator. A Homemade. 625 
Gideon. Peter M. 447 
Ginseng Root and Plant. 745 
Grand Jury in Session, The. 445 
Gtape Vine Flea Beetle, Work of. 238 
Greenhouse. A Simple. 55 
Subirrigation in. 815 
Gregory’s Spruce at Rural Grounds 344 
Gr ndstones, True and t'ntrue.... 899 
Hale, J. H. 95 
Hall, John. 73 
Hamilton, John..-... 371 
Hay. Derrick for Staeking.430, 497. 622 
Ground Rake for. 430 
Header at Work in Field. 413 
Page 
Heifer, Well-bred. A. 883 
Hemlock. Common. 264 
Little-leaved . 264 
Small-leaved at Rural Grounds, 33 
Hen and Her Wprk. 357 
Recording Nest for. 850 
Henhouse. Room in. 717 
Two-story, A . 897 
With Scratching Shed. 898 
Hickory and Chestnut, Improved, 870 
Hoghouse, Plan for. 698 
Hope Farm, House at. 755 
The Workers at. 509 
Hcpper-dozer, A Nebraska. 542 
Hcrse, External Regions of. 399 
Hackney Colt, A Typical. 377 
Hackney Mare and Foals.... 377 
Hydrangea, Climbing. 461 
Section of. 466 
Japan Cut-leaved Maple.297 
Jordan, Dr. W. H. 73 
Kalmla Buds.463 
Keuka Lake. 63 
Shores of. 54 
Kissing Bug. The. 605 
Lamb. Devon Long-Wool.205 
Lambs, Flock of New York. 93 
Ready for Market. 305 
Vermont Grade Shropshire... 814 
Western in Connecticut. 305 
Lettuce House, A Modern. 414 
Lotus, The Shiroman. 179 
Mail Carrier in Blizzard Dress.. 867 
Magnolia Hypoleuca, Bud of. 477 
Pistils and Stamens of. 482 
Mare. Boro’ Royal. 265 
Native Nebraska. 377 
Melon Plant started in Pot. 337 
Melons, Good Varieties of. 337 
Rocky Ford. 590 
Milk Bottles, Washing the. 865 
Can, Chicago. 385 
Can. New York. 385 
Cooler and Bottle Filler. 865 
Filter and Spiral Cooler. 20 
Machines and Trainer. 637 
Pail, Sanitary. 385 
Room, Exterior of. 385 
'Room, Interior of. 385 
Utensils. Sterilizer for. 866 
Morrill. Senator Justin Smith.... 9 
Mortgage, Two Ways of Lifting.. 299 
Mulberry, Leaves of. 135 
Weeping Russian. 135 
Mushroom Bed, An Outdoor... . 134 
Norway Spruce at Rural Grounds, 197 
Oats and Peas, A Field of.638 
Obmer. N... 494 
Oleo, The Campaign Against. 338 
Page 
Orange, Trifoliate. 
The Washington Navel or 
Bahia . 
Oranges from New Jersey. 
Orr. Wm. N. 
Ox ' Collar, An. 
Oxen. A Pair of Vermont. 
Pa'ddoek, W. 
Pea, Gregory’s Surprise. 
Roots Showing Tubercles. 
Station . 
Sweet, Beauty Cupid. 
Peas, Cow, Some Indiana. 
Peach, Iron Mountain. 
New Seedling, A. 
Tree. Gold Drop. 
Winter Budding of. 
Wrapping a. 
Peaches, Grading by Machinery.. 
Pear, Angouleme. 
Anjou .. 
Bartlett . 
Bose, Budded on Kieffer. 
Bose. A Young Orchard of.... 
P. Barry. 
Giftard . 
Josephine de Malines. 
Lawrence . 
Louise Bonne. 
Margaret . 
Seedling from Illinois. 
Seckel . 
Sheldon . 
Winter Nelis..*.... 
767 
378 
765 
74 
101 
101 
75 
198 
35 
198 
177 
782 
738 
623 
851 
318 
850 
851 
237 
237 
237 
559 
557 
237 
237 
237 
237 
237 
237 
818 
237 
237 
237 
Plow. Subsoil. 526 
Subsoil, Point of. 526 
Plum Aitkin. 798 
Climax . 176 
Surprise . 797 
Wyant . 797 
Plums, American and European.. 798 
Police Officers and Chain Gang.. 445 
Potato and Wire. 718 
Beetle Crusher, A.,. 657 
Beetles. Wholesale Killing of, 499 
Bugs on Tuber. 686 
Mr., and His Journey. 589 
Planter, A Home-made. 359 
Seedling of R. N. Y., No. 2.. 218 
Well-heeled . 830 
Potatoes. Digging by Hand. 783 
Fumigated . 735 
Poultry Yard, Condolence In. 446 
Powell, George T. 9 
Puffball. Common Edible. 831 
Pullet, Brown Leghorn. 573 
Light Brahma..-... 574 
Plymouth Rock. 573 
White Wyandotte. 573 
Questions, A Crop of. 217 
Page 
Radish, Leafless. 479 
Triunlph . 177, 479 
Rhubarb, Forced in Cellar.719 
Forcing Cellar for. 19 
In Bloom. 115 
Roberts. Prof. I. P. 73 
Rock, How Becomes Soil. 799 
Rooster, Light Brahma.574 
Rose, Ruby Queen. 829 
Scarecrow, A. 239 
Schoolhouse, Barren, The. 231 
Beautified. The. 231 
Separator, Centrifugal, The. 20 
Shake Them Off, Uncle Sam. 813 
Sheep, Dorset Horned. 161 
Manure Mine in Cal .527 
Merino Premier Ram. 781 
Prize English Shropshire. 1 
Silo. Barrel Staves for Stays.... 285 
Corner Construction of. 478 
Door, Ends of Hoop. 285 
Door. Fastening a. 18 
Scaffold for Building. 285 
Stave Complete. 285 
Sllngerland, M. V. 74 
Soil Grains. Large and Small.359 
Sowing by Rule of Thumb. 219 
With Free Hand. 219 
Sprayer. A Kerosene. 338 
Squash, Gregory’s New. 176 
Steam, Carrying Across Field.... 2 
Stock and Bam of Peter Raab... 365 
Strawberry, Nick Ohfher. 511 
Plant Dissected. 358 
Runners. Cutter for. 278 
Stuartia Pentagyna. 606 
Bud . 607 
Summerhouse, An Inexpensive... 379 
Support for Paper Refuse Sack... 114 
Taber. Walter F. 153 
Tcmato, Early Bird. 177 
Frogmore Select.259 
Sutton’s Best of All. 257 
Vine. An' Ornamental. 113 
Tvlne-Making, Primitive. 881 
Umbrella Pine In Rural Grounds. 415 
Von Dresser. Henry. 702 
Virginia Creeper in Orange Co... 770 
Wainut, Royal. 176 
Weeder, A Hayrake. 339 
Weeding in British Columbia... 622 
Weeping Birch, Catkins of. 364 
Windmills. Home-made. 750, 760 
Woman’s Suffrage Party. 462 
Wood. Hon. Jafnes. 153 
Wool Waste, Effect of on Crop. . 687 
Worm Killer, Eggs oi„,.318 
Xanthoceras Fruit. 543 
Sorbifolla Flowers. 540 
Sorbifolia Ler#. 543 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
Admiral Kimberley's Apology... 333 
Athletics, The New. 470 
Apple, Ben Davis, A Woman 
Speaks For. 253 
Jelly, Without Sugar. 667 
Pies, Mother’s.486 
Avowal, A Belated.907 
Ball, A Handy. 169 
Ballou, Mrs. F. H. 890 
Bathhouse, A Summer. 646 
Bean, The Soy. for Table. 149 
Bed, a Child’s. 422 
Beef Juice and Beef Teas. 168 
Blood Pudding. How to Make-874 
Bodies and Brains, Healthy. 534 
Bonnet. An Old Easter. 312 
Boys, Town and Country. 502 
Are There, The. 906 
Bread, Mush. 806 
Breakfast at twelve. 69 
In Europe. 109 
Brussels Sprouts. 866 
Buds from Indiana, Some-. 647 
Buttermilk Bread. 678 
Cake, Mrs. Briggs’. 630 
Calf’s Head. How to Use.774 
Canning Time, Suggestions for.. 454 
Catfish, The, and His Family... 372 
Chicken Tamales. 790 
Child, Little, The. 890 
Childhood. The Fears of.635 
Children of. Gibeon, Among the 
.486, 503 
Children’s Christmas Gifts. S23 
Christmas Suggestions. 890 
Churches. Deserted. 312 
Church Fair Novelties.• 790 
Cider Jelly. 694 
Cinderella, The Everyday. 679 
Comfort, Crumbs of. 373 
Courtship, A Scholastic. 711 
Consumption. Open Air Cure for.. 149 
Corn-husk Bonnets. 710 
Country Life in Live Community.. 149 
Cranberry of Hygienic Benefit, 
The . 88 
Page 
Creamery, A Woman’s. 10 
Curfew In Indiana. 108 
Curtains. Cleaning. 470 
Cycling in Africa. 213 
Dainties, Homely. 272 
Daughter, The Overtrained. 759 
Departure, A New. 129 
Desserts, Chapter on, A. 840 
Some Old-fashioned. 891 
Diet, Hygiene in. 26 
Dinner, Country Girl's, A. 807 
Doughnuts, Explosion of. 128 
Some, and a Moral.213 
Dreamer and Toiler, The. 550 
Dress Goods, A Bargain in. 615 
Dress, Rational. 423 
Duck. Broiling. 742 
Ears, Wax in.439 
Economy of Mrs. Mills.663, 679 
Egg Boiler, An. 874 
Electricity, A Convert to. 727 
Endurance, The Lesson of. 566 
Etiquette, Mr. Simpkins, on. 67S 
Everyday Wisdom. 822 
Fair of the Felines, The. 69 
Farm Run by Daughter Power.... 
Farmer’s Balanced Ration, 'the... 68 
Meat Barrel, A.743. 758 
Vacation, A. 807 
Farms, Pocket Handkerchief. 49 
Feather Bed Swindlers. 454 
Fish as a Food. 108 
Flowers, Wild, Naming the. 232 
Friend from Ohio, A.614 
Furs. The Care of. 129 
Girls With Aspirations. 333 
Gloves, The Care of. 169 
Gopher Hunt, A. 422 
Grandpapa, A Scientific. 372 
Grape Juice, Unfermented. 859 
Hairdresser. A Talk With the.. 11 
Hammocks, A Crop of. 631 
Happiness, Everyday. 487 
Harem Dining in a. 233 
Hat. The First Silk. 273 
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Hats .422 
Havana. Lenten Days in. 332 
Sights in. 213 
Hawaii, Amusements in. 88 
What They Eat in. 48 
Helen Keller. 372 
Help in Calcutta. 49 
Home for Aged, Philadelphia. 68 
Organization of. 502 
The Well Organized. 519 
Housekeepers’ Armor. The. 273 
Housekeeping in Africa. 392 
In Spain. 742 
Migratory . 6,14 
India, A Prince of.292 
Influenza and Lemonade. 89 
Jelly, Orange and Lemon. 89 
Josiar and Loweezy. 710 
Kindnesses, Little. 502 
Kitchen, A German. 598 
Window, From the. .333, 455, 
646, 774, 875 
Kitchens, Philadelphia Public... 48 
Koumiss. Home-made. 518 
Letter, A Delayed. 775 
That Never Came, The. 711 
Writing . 566 
Lightning, Domesticated. 455 
Linen, Ten Dollars in. 27 
Liverwurst. Making. 874 
Lizzie’s Lad. 791 
Luncheons for School. 841 
Manila, Camping Out at.233 
Market, A Southern. 293 
Marriage, Good Sense in. 599 
Romantic, A. 518 
Mats and a Cake. 353 
Mexican Oddities, Some. . 253 
Minister’s Henhouse, The. ...875, S91 
Neatness of Mrs. Plummer, The. 583 
Nebraskans, Gallant in Manila.. 892 
November in the Garden. 858 
Organ. When I Blowed the. 148 
Pail Mystery, A. 759 
Pancake, Tossing the. 272 
Party, A Periodical. 353 
Page 
Peanut Wafers.806 
Peppers, Bullnose. 678 
Pickles and Relishes. 711 
In Salt . 907 
Pie Association, A. 646 
Pig. to Dispose of the.109, 128 
Pincushions. Fancy, Some. 840 
Poisoning, Ptomaine. 48 
Pork Pie Making.272 
Porto Rican Town. A. 293 
Pudding. An Easy. 149 
Puffballs for Dinner. 841 
Pumpkin Pie. 614 
Queen Victoria's Dislikes.840 
Reading, Wise Words About.906 
Refrigerators, Porcelain-lined.... 168 
Refuge of the Mourner. 840 
Reserve. Value of. 742 
Rugs, Hand-made.212,232. 252 
Hooked, New Ideas in.89. 108 
The Old Hooked. 742 
Schools, District in Wisconsin... 253 
Shelf Tables. Two.858 
Shingles, A Little-known Disease. 858 
Shirt Waists. The Coming. 273 
Shoes. Oiling. 10 
Shopping. Midsummer. 567 
Slingerland, Mrs. M. V. 862 
Soldier’s Praver, The.454 
Soup. Good Homemade.823 
Soups, Two. Simple. 10 
Sowers of Sunshine. 823 
Stay-at-Home, The. 272 
Story Told by Two. 647 
Sunshade for Porches. 470 
Sweet Potato Buns. 300. 
Table Set for Two. 292 
Tables and Trenchers. 292 
Tea. Substitutes for. 598 
Thankful Song. A. 874 
Tomatoes, Recipe for Coining_694 
Tripang, Chinese. 694 
Turnips. Tragedy in. 823 
Underwear. Discussion About.470 
Vegetable Symposium, A.599 
Vegetarianism, A Comment On... 550 
Page 
Vegetarian Society Picnic, A.... 502 
Veteran and His Family, A.313 
Views, Two. 352" 
Village Industry, A. 534 
Wash Day, On. 88 
Wayzgoose, A. 56C 
Weaver. The. 486 
Wedding of Giants. A. 148 
Wisdom, Everyday. 518 
Woman and the Bicycle. 551 
White, in Africa. A. 68 
Farmer at Cornell, A. 695 
Who Proposed, A. 859 
Woman’s Institute. A Canadian.. 169 
Spending Money. 232 
Work in Syria. 550 
Women Divers. Corean. 535 
Gold Miners. 582 
Hindu . 193 
In the Philippines.128. 148 
Sanitary Inspectors. 353 
Stout, Advice for. 273 
Tact in. 69 
Wage Earning. 518 
Women’s Clubs Out-of-Doors.353 
Writing Pad, A Pretty. 89 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Ballou, Mrs. F. H. 890 
Bed for Child, Open and Closed. 422 
Bedroom Convenience, A. 858 
Book or Music Table. 853 
Boy’s Opinion, A. 407 
Church at Mantua Center. Ohio.. 312 
Frame and Crosspiece for Rug 
Making .212 
Hook for Rug Making. 212 
Hoosier Buds of Promise.647 
Gould. Mrs. John. C14 
Sllngerland. Mrs. M. V. 662 * 
Women, No Field for. 439 
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