mr. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
27 
Sonic of them are progressive and show 
a high degree of administration, while 
others are weak, and the officials in charge 
lack experience and familiarity with 
methods. It is generally customary for 
each association to publish for free dis¬ 
tribution, in pamphlet form, the details 
of organization as set forth in constitu¬ 
tion, by-laws or rules, standards, list of 
members or stockholders, etc. The office 
of secretary is generally regarded as the 
most important one in the organization, 
and a study of the publications of the 
various associations will show a wide dif- 
ference in the capacity of the secretaries 
in pieparing matter for public examina¬ 
tion or reference. More than one associ¬ 
ation may exist to promote a breed. This 
is not regarded as wise or desirable in 
general, but it is a condition brought 
about by various causes, such as friction, 
geographical lines, etc. There are to-day, 
in the United States, four Poland China 
swine records, four I’ercheron horse reg¬ 
isters, two Shropshire and two Dorset 
Horn sheep associations, etc. Kach may 
set up its own standard and be a taw unto 
itself. Notwithstanding that an associa¬ 
tion may be quite independent of others, 
this is not usually so. For example, a 
I’oland ( hi 11 a pig acceptable for registry 
by one association may be registered, if 
the owner desires in the other three. The 
standards of some associations, however, 
are not acceptable to others, and they re 
fuse to do business on the same basis of 
registration. One Percheron organization 
advertises to register horses with certain 
top crosses on grade mares, while another 
l’ercheron associaton, as it should, abso¬ 
lutely refuses to register anything but the 
progeny of purebred sire and dam. It is 
important to note here, in this connection, 
however, that the United States Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture is assuming some 
supervision over the registry associations, 
and requires them to furnish certain in¬ 
formation to the department. Any breed¬ 
ing association which is not approved by 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture la¬ 
bors at a distinct disadvantage and hicks 
standing. Present indications are that the 
lax organization which has obtained in 
the past with some associations will meet 
with severe censure in the future from 
the Department of Agriculture officials. 
Some features of government supervision 
will be set forth later. C. s. PLUMB. 
HENHOUSE QUESTIONS. 
1 hIioiiIiI like to ask for some Information 
In rognril to a henhouse (lint I have Just 
Inilll. The building Is It hy .‘10 feet, with 
a stone wall Inti! In mortar and cement for 
a foundation. Is 7‘/j feet In front and -I </., 
feel In hack. Hemlock lumber lias been 
used Ihoroughout. The lloor Is of matched 
hemlock hoards, without lining. I am told 
t Ini I It Ih ... to give the space below 
the Poor thorough \eiilllallon In Summer, 
as otherwise the sills and sleepers will rot 
out In a very few years, and I am told Hint 
It will he necessary to break holes about six 
Inches In diameter through the stone wall 
in order n> keep the lumber from rotting. I 
am unwilling to break holes through Hits 
stone wall unless It Is absolutely nun voidable. 
Will! would you advise? k. V. w. 
Fast Berkshire, VI. 
It is too late this Winter now to fix 
this house as il should he, and I would 
advise F. P. W. to use it this Winter as 
it is, and next Summer to tear out the 
lloor entiicly and fill with stones and 
gravel up to the bottom edge of sills, then 
give a good coat of cement one part to 
three parts sand. We have changed over 
a good many bouses originally built with 
board floors, and we find the cement floors 
better every way. Any sills, unless lo¬ 
cust, under a tightly enclosed bouse, next 
thr ground will rot quickly, and we 
would not want the cold wind circulating 
under our liens if we were looking for 
eggs in Winter. FLOYD (J. WHITE. 
THE MASH FOR POULTRY. 
Do you know of any experiments showing 
I lie (inference In <‘gg yield when mash has 
formed a part of I he hen's nil Ion as compared 
with a ration of hard grain and beef scraps? 
If you lniye had any experience In omitting 
the mash entirely, will you tell us what you 
think about It? 
I like mash for pari of feed, hut as to 
whether you can do as well wlthoiil II I 
cuunol say. I like mash for our feed, and 
feed It, w. w. m i.r. 
I'ennsy! vnnln. 
We have no experiments conducted as such 
which we have reported comparing the wet 
and dry rations for liens. We have gradually 
worked away from the warm mashes to the 
dry grain, and like the dry foods best, (Mir 
pi'escn I post I Inn has Ixien arrived at hy com 
paring results in a general way, and are 
such as to convince us thnl the dry ration 
Ih the bettor. <1, M. aowiOLL. 
Maine, 
I have always found Dial liens produce 
more eggs when they arc fed a mash once 
ft day. Probably the reason may he timt 
the miisli coiilnltis a variety of Ingredients 
llial are conducive to egg production. In 
our miiHh for laying liens I use cornmeftl, 
ground oats, wheat middlings, cut clover, 
cooked vegetables and some form of nnl 
mill food. When hens are fed whole grain 
entirely II Is dltllcult to give them tills 
variety of food. a. e. HAWKINS. 
MaHfluchuiicttFi. 
Afler 12 yearn experience with laying hens 
I am hii I tailed beyond a doubt that the warm 
miiNti feed Is superior to the dry feed method 
or all hard grains and beef scraps. To pro 
due.. II seems necessary to have a warm 
and easily digested food. YVc feed two mash 
es a day, morning and” night, using steamed 
clover with the morning feed and boiled 
wheat at night; noon time we give u grain 
diet of equal parts whole corn and oats. Our 
nutlets were all hatched during May, and 
■to per cent of them are laying every day. 
Care must he taken to have the mash nicely 
mixed, without being too sloppy. We have 
fed this system six years with good egg 
yield In Winter and good fertility for hat cu¬ 
ing during Spring. ' ii. i'kll. 
New Jersey. 
I use mostly grain and raw hone In Win¬ 
ter; less trouble, Ian when milk (skimmed) 
Ih plenty I make mashes to ust* this In, es 
penalty when It Is freezing. I am not 
greatly In favor of mashes exeent when 
yon wish to work In clover or milk, or a 
condiment, or come some game over a (lock 
of liens, for they prefer grain every time. 
Then again, n change of feed Ih always lietie- 
flelnl, so null a mash comes In nicely. Yon 
know lln* most successful men In I hI h conn 
try nt. Little Compton, ft. I,, where there 
are several that have nothing else hut liens 
on their farms, feed once a week corn In a 
hopper In Ihe barn; hens enl when they 
please and wander off and are never looked 
after but once n day, to gather Ihe eggs. If 
loo fur from water (which Is seldom) then 
they attend to tills. They go on the plan 
of as Utile labor as possible, nnd the birds 
are half wild. This Is where the gamy no 
lore of the Beds comes In heller than 
Wvnndottes, Rocks nnd Brahmas. 
Rhode Islnnd. waltmk hiibrman. 
COMFORTABLE 
whoa driving. I'so 
n celebrated 
Lehman 
Carriage 
Heater. 
They burn Lien man 
('OAL III, ll cost of 
lie. per llay, 
.‘150,000 |,HI IM ,\ N 
1110 ATKltS are In 
use by farmers, 
horsemen, physi¬ 
cians and others, 
who roi'.omniiinu 
them. 
... . The I.I0IIIY1 AN is 
the original; others merely imitations. 
Special to Kural New-Yorker Headers. 
VVe will send you a celebrated I.HUMAN 
HEATER. II Inches long, brass ends and 
covered with line Hi leisels ('arpet, together with 
box containing 12 bricks of Ihe world famous 
Lkiiman * 'ii a i, (guaranteed to he the REST in 
tlm World) nu receipt of $2.25. We will ship 
order same day we receive It, VVe guarantee 
satlsfaetlnn or refund your money. 
Our goods have been on tlm market over 20 
years, and are known everywhere as the Stand- 
aril. Beware of Imitations. Ask for Booklet. 
LEHMAN BROS., MPItS., J. W. ERRINOER, 
IO Jloiul Hirer l 4 T* |*;, ('oiigroiiN Ntrrcdy 
Nrw York riilniRo, III. 
Let Me Quote You a Price 
°n CHATHAM 
Before You Buy 
an Incubator 
It will toko ono ponny for n pofftfil, 
and a miniitn of your tinm, to write 
for Hpooiul 1’rlc'OM on 1907 Ohuttmin 
InotikmLoiH hiuI ii rood one No mutt or 
whet kind of «. nmchlnn you huvo in 
mind—• no nmttor whom you intend 
haying, or whim —today you nlmuM 
Mono mo n postal and got my oat-alng 
end prlcoH. 
XVIy hook will pout you on tho hunt way 
to mitkn monoy out of poultry and my 
pr low on Oliathnm in culm tor* nnd 
Ii rood o mi will allow you how to nfcurfc 
In tho poultry huninoHH for a miiull 
am (Hint of monoy. 
Ohnthuin liimilmtorn monoid on 
84 Days FREE 
trial, fWdght prepaid, and are giiaranford ft 
yearn. (.'huthaiu I&oubntoi* am tlm L. M i p. i< 1«> to 
ornkn. Tlmy touted. nnd known to producu Hit 
1 it r if nit portioning* of nftroiiK, healthy chicknnu 
If you aro tuonl ready to huy a inacliliio now, put 
It olf for n day or two, until you can gnt uiy prluaa 
and catalog. Tlmn dnrido. 
Wo havn wandioioma in all tho loading trado 
contort—wlmro Chatham Incubator* ami Itroodoro 
arc kopt In atock—hmurlug prompt dollvmy. 
I Invito you to wiilofor my price* and hook. I 
can *av a you moneyon 
an Incubator. , 
.11 AN NON CAMPIIKMj, 
1‘roaidnut Mamma 
Campbell Co., I.td. # 
1130 Wi'ANoii Ate,. 
Detroit, Midi. 
If you live wmt of tba 
Mi*ftl**ippl Itlvnr, 
Addle*! iiio Hog !>;t0 I 
Topeka, Kan. 1 
For Sale, FOX AND RABBIT HOUNDS 
( HOKE PI PS now ready to ship for 05.00 
cimh. Ml',IAIN THOMAS, It. K. I>. No. I, 
YVny vllle, Nam toga County, New York 
15,000 KEERETH. I’erfect workers. 
These animals exterminate rats, hunt 
rahldts. -IS page Ulus hook lie. (Mr price 
list free. s. I IICNSMOIII It, Ohio 
PEDRCTC Itidscd In small lots are strong and 
I CnllC I v health) Warranted good rat ami 
rabbit, hunters. He .-riptive circular and price list, 
free. Shady Lawn Fert'ut Farm, New Loudon, Ohio 
PRI I |£ PUPPIPC Mammoth Toulouse (ieese. 
bULLIL lUr ilLO) Kdgowator Farm, Romulus,N. Y' 
C oi l.110 FKMAI.I 1 ; rill’N, cheap; also Brood 
Bitches NIC I .SON BUOS,, drove (Mty. I’n. 
Cl'OKTINO l)OOH, Cattle, Sheep 
“ Sulim, I’igeons, Ferrets ami 
Babbits. Ton eon Is Fifty six page 
Illustrated catalogue (!, <j. I.loydt, 
Ueiil. K, Sayre, Pu. 
FIRST-CLASH 
MAT ICH 
HOMER PIGEONS 
FOB 
SALIC. 
Consult your interest before purchasing breeding 
stock hy writing YVm. 0. Smith for prices and other 
partli'ulurs. YVM. O, SMITH, Uurmuiitowti, N. Y. 
WANTED 30 «IC 40 
Thoroughbred Angora Yearling Kids. 
COPLEY AMORYi Homestead Farm, Walpole, n . 11. 
Ufll n TIIRIf FYC Hall'and three ipiarter bred, a 
lUIIIYCIe limited nuniher lor sale during 
this month. M. I). BOWK it CO.. Fredericksburg,Vo. 
Mlinmiol.il Toiitouse (ieese, YVh. Bocks and YY'h. 
Wyand. ckls. for sale, 1C. Sehieher, It, 2, Bucyrua, 0. 
Bonnie Brae Poultry Farm , 1 
Nmv Rochelle, 
New York. 
Breeders of Blue Ribbon, Single and Bose Comb 
White Leghorns'aud mammoth Pekin Ducks. Stock 
and Eggs for sale at reasonable prices. Largest 
plant In the vicinity of New York city. IneubatorH 
ID.(100 ICggs capacity. 
MANOKIN WHITE LEGHORNS SATISFY 
No experiment, bred 12 years from the best laying 
ICRS' 
yi 
strains In America. Stork and ICggs at FARM I' 
“ ( Ii, P 
I’RICICS. K. II. Pudgy, Box 
rineesK Anne, Aid. 
C YA/UITCP Bred Hows, #10 Barred P. Bocks 
i lillllLOand Buff Orpington Cockerels, 1(11.00 
each. II. A. THATCHER, Porulnck, Pennsylvania. 
EMPIRE STATE S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS 
Winners at N. Y. State Fair, HUM 05. Trios, $5; ICgifs 
for hatching, $1 for 16; #5 per 100. Catalogue free. 
('. II. Z,1 MAI 1C It, It D II. YVeedsporl, N. Y. 
DABBED ROCKS and S. C. Brown Leghorns, 
our Famous Kgg producing strains; Pullets lay 
at (31 (lays. N 1CI.HON Ricos., drove City, Pu. 
Cockerels, 150 It. C. K. I, Beds. Partridge YVyan- 
dottes. Best strains bred separately. Elegant birds 
#2 00 up. Alay return inv expense. Ninolaih Smith, 
002 8th Nt orooklja , N Y. Farm, Southold, N a 
ROOK-ROLLAND FARM 
\V. Ply iiioii tli Rocks ii lid \V. I lol land Turkeys 
I)! 1 ItEltRED nnd No. I. Light Brahmas, Wiilte 
P. Itoidcs, Barred P. Rocks, White Wyandottes, 
BuIT Cochins, (6 a trio for a short time. Vigorous 
stock. .liiNt ready to lay. 
.1. A. It <> It K RTS, Malvern, Pa. 
F 
(lit SALIC—Eggs for Hntclilng from thoroughbred 
YVliite Wyandottes. Also, Cockerels at #2.00 each. 
Address, K. FRANKLIN K 1C A N, Stanley, N. Y. 
[CAPON 
TOOLS 
Big Profits in Capons 
Cap o n I •/. I n g Is easy soon 
learned. Complete outfit with 
free Instructions postpaid 
$2.50. Capon book free. 
OLD. P. PILLING & SON, 
23U3 Arch tit., I'hll.dolptdtt, l'n. 
EGGS AM, WINTER, If you feed Eaton’s Perfec¬ 
tion Mash Mixture, will Increase prollls, Ask your 
dealer, or write K. I). KATON DRAIN AND FICICD 
Co,. Norwich, N. Y. .Mention this paper. 
CHOICE S. C. BROWN LEGHORNS, 
Farm raised from Boston Winners. Cockerels, Imns A 
pullets, #1 each. <L S. Cook, Jr. YVostNewton, Mass. 
lyiil’I.K Vlkl,A rOtlt.THV V lllllH . 1,11 till orildia rrorn 1,11 vurl 
*■ t l**n, A miniteiluHM, Kim-Iin, Wysn.lotlnn, MlllOrrnn, l.aghoniM, 
11 „ 1. 11 IK», H|inal>th f Auroenn, Jnvnn. W, 0. Moultin',SylVAIiln,I'll. 
B C It K s II11(1 I'KJH, $f>,0(t u|t; gtnnnlit (.'i ll 11,1 I'iij.m, r. inulilliN, 
♦ • oo. white Moll,no| Ttirkoyn, $n.aot Hon <>,|,lu kII' o'-knii'U, 
H im. stork Hit lolly (turn. 'V. A. I.OTIIKKS, I'm u l.nrk, l'n. 
I> YRRICI), III IKK ANI> WIIITIC I'lA AlOIITII 
ROCKS, YY'hitn Wyandottes, YVliite Miuorcns, 
White Leghoi ns, Mammoth Pekin Ducks; #3.00 each, 
47.50 for trio, #12 00 for breeding pen. Catalogue free. 
ICDWARD (I. NO()NAN, Proprietor Fast Donegal 
Poultry Yards, Marietta, Pennsylvania. 
UTILITY! 
Mylng ability tlrst.standard roqulro 
ments second. LAIUHCH'I' POULTRY 
PLANT IN AMERICA. H. C YVliite 
lioghorns, White Wyandottes, Burred 
Plymouth Kooks. Keen Itooklet. 
WOODLANDS FARM, Iona, NowJoraoy. 
(jIRKIIIKU’S FINK (IATALOUUB 
1007 nil about |iur*>brait poultry and 
(lONCrlho* and 11 hoi tint an qq varbitb'ft 10 baautl- 
ful natural color |*Ih|pm OIvp* ira*ouabbi plica! 
for Htiick and 0 KK m • bow to cut a dlNuaMuM, kill Ilea, 
imiko monoy. Tbla valuable book only hi canta. 
B. H. CREIDER, RHEEMS, PA. 
BIG MONEY 
IN 
Poultry 
There is bijr money in 
poultry raisins' when you 
are working (iloriir rigiit 
lines; wlien you have effi¬ 
cient hatchers and brood¬ 
ers that will rear the 
clucks; wlien you are euid- 
ecl by tho advice of one wtio 
,, , . . . knows, and is most success¬ 
ful in his own poultry work. 
With my Model Incubators and Brood¬ 
ers we hatched and raised over 20,000 
chickens the past season at tho Model 
harm. Fite Model Incubators are world- 
beaters as hatchers, and tho Model 
Colony Brooder raised as hisrli as 98per 
centof the chicks hatched. Their use en- 
ablcd flto Model Farm to raise a larger 
number of chickens than has ever been 
raised on one farm inaseason. Write for 
catalog of Model Incubators nnd Brood- 
ers and Jet mo tell you of tho work at tho 
Model Farm. 
. Send two dimes for n copy of my book 
I'.ggs. Broilers and Roasters.” It gives 
the cost of production in all branches of 
the poultry business. It gives the mark¬ 
et quotations week by week averaged for 
three years. It shows when a chick 
batched any week In tho year could bo 
marketed as a broiler or a roasting 
chicken, and the profit it would make. 
It also tells of tlio profits of egg produc¬ 
tion and how best to secure them. Write 
me today. 
CHAS. A. CYPHERS, 
357 Honry St. Buffalo, H. Y. 
GO; BIGGER HATCHES 
Whether you are a beginner or ''I 
an expert at I'oultrv Hulling• you 
f can aecurc Digger llntebea, ithled by 
the patented rum exc IiihIvq lat»or anvlng* 
automatic feat urea ot the l.ateut Pattern 
CYPHERS INCUBATORS 
can fnul poultry profit In raining Ilrollen, Roaat- 
cr*i ami Capon!, ami become succtsx/ul in Chick 
Hearing and tecure profitable results In Kgg 
Harming. Cypliera Incubatort ami Tlroodera 
arc In use and recommended by leading Agrlcul 
tural Hxpcrlmrnt Stations the world over. 
Uur naw JT t |i»ko tlutdo to Poultry Profit tollltqr yon 
bow to Ii 0 uoinn a ■unimasful Uoub 
try in an,—KIlKK if you namo Oil* 
pi|i«r and a«md addrcMna of two 
a^i|ualntaiuu>s IntoroatoA la 
poultry kiHqdriK 
CYPHERS 
INCUBATOR 
COMPANY 
im 
l dil m i. Ni 11»,I nil i, a 
BUI FA 1.0, 
NFW Y(IK K 
iinsrnN 
(IHICACO 
KANSAS CITY 
IIAKI ANI). ( ,\|. 
A Free Book About 
Incubators 
We Ihhuo tho host hook over written on 
fncubatora-T-wriUon hy a nuin who 1ms 
Hpenl, 25 years in perfecting them by tho 
man who made tlm Racine. It tells facts 
that you must know to get the right incu¬ 
bator. Don’t buy without reading It. for 
the book is free. We Pay the Freight. 
Racine Matcher Co., Box H7, Racine, WIs. 
Warehouses; Uulfalo, Detroit. Kansas City. St. Paul. 
' Htind for r«*> | 
Uatalogm). 
Wrlln today for Tho Autohl<»Kr*phy 
of a lluii and tho Vlobir Hook—the 
whulu utory from tho ohlok in tho 
to how to makn hOD* lay. All 
about Inoubatora for aspurl nod 
bt'Klnmtr. Kuowlodipi you ouKbt 
to havo If you nr*- thinkliiK «»f btiy- 
liiK onn. VICTOIi niaohlrn** aro 
praotloal and wull in mb', ooouoinl- 
oal In operation and atway* pro* 
duoo tho beat n'iulti. Don't 
waNto your tlmo, ' KB" nnd oil In 
a poor niaohlno. briua toll you 
how (obt'Kln rlKbt. Our 40 yeara 
"Xporltnoo I* at your aervloo In 
tboND book*. I.**t um tend them 
h%to you and m«. Wrlto u* for 
tbora to'lay, Ooo. Ertol Oo. 
K*tabllwh«»l IHflT. Qnlnoy, Ill. 
Hatch Chickens by 
Steam with tho 
EXCELSIOR INCUBATOR 
Or WOODEN HEN 
Simple, perfect, nett-regulating. 
Bat,i'll every fertile egg. LowchI 
prleecl Mr.t-elnHA hlltelior* maile. 
«KO. II. NT AIIL, Oulney, 111. 
EARLY CHICKS PAY BIG 
llai.ehed In January, Feb¬ 
ruary and March, they ntaUn 
^_ wBi big |it'iilllM. Hal,ell them lit a 
| l ri ItANTA INCUBATOR 
Oar J |j Meat, uniform, case tight, 
‘ vent,Hat Inn gives at rung 
chicks, regulatin' reliable. Ten 
mlnulea work dally. Neweala- 
legfrno. Bnnll-Bendur Mfg. Co Oept. 4B, Llgonlar.lnd. 
Our 
Quariintiin 
Protoota you 
Poultry Supplies 
VVe keep everything 
in the I’oultry l.lne 
—Fencing, Food, In- 
eubiltors, Live Stock, 
Hi.lorn anything 
It’s our business, (tall or lot US send 
you our Illustrated Catalog It’s free. 
Kxouliior Wirn b Poultry Supply Co., 
Dopt. HO, 20-28 Voaoy Bt„ Now York. 
INELAND 
INCUBATORS and BROODERS 
Knsv Matching with a IMiieliind 
, T)nly IB min, work a dur, regulator reii 
I able, heat uniform, ventilation gives iiuro 
air. (luaranteo proteet.s yon. (latalog free. 
PINEUNO INCUBATOW CO.. Bok OD Jamoibunt, N. 
id.% 
i'll- 1 
i re I 
(III, f 
u, 
240-EGG $| 
Incubator I 
120 Eua 10.00 
eo Euu Slxo, S7.00 
llroodcrxr<|u.illy Ibw. Not « heap 
IQlChlbfllbutthe famous" Ideal" 
-•guaranteed tobetlic*urc»t and raxleatever made. 
Why not Havo ffotn fr. (u •l<>7 (!•( uur Id* 1'iM t***, llluair*t«tl 
JtwY book J.W. Miller Co.. Box 97. Freeport. III. 
STAR 
(luaranteed to stilt or no sale, 
lilg hatches and hrotalH prove 
their money - making merits. 
Write for new KIlKK catalog. 
HTAIt INCUBATOR 00., Wifi 
Olmrnh Ht„ Bound Brook, N. J. 
POULTRY A PIGEON 
ry need 
KICYNTONK KOODH. I'llees right. 
Hmul for Itooklet. amt Honvejllt KRRK 
TA Y 1.0K. BROS., Dept. M. Oamdon, N. J 
more eggs 
Hunt a /Voi/ih’i'r-kiTjiii 
bOflM In.vlng id <*iidl I y nil win tor 
rri4*4»NH4ltolift45 |)41|*lb. Utfb ub'IH. 
/d'imI'a Kuy Het'ord mid VHltnibic 
book lotVVrlf «* today. 
. WILLIAM KURT K l*ONB, 
Dept. Now Hrunawick, N. J 
.BIBLE YOUR EGG YIELD 
Fresh, raw, green bone contains over 
four times us much "protein” nnd 
other egg-making materials, an grain. MlclHI't S 
It takes the place of worms unit bugs 
in fowls* diet; thst’s why it gives 
more eggs—greater fertility stronger 
chicks— earlier broilers ami layers—lurg* 
or market fowls, uml bigger proiiis. You 
can cut It must easily, rapidly ami bsat 
with 
I.nt<-Nt Mod «1 
DONE CUTTER 
Autematli'ally adapts cutting to your 
strength. Never ulogs, (’ills all adher¬ 
ing meat i'lul gristle. We semi It on 
IO DAYS FRtC TRIAL. No money UX 
advaneu. Catalog,]" free, 
I, W. MANN CO., Box IS. Mlllord. Mom, 
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