1009. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
443 
CONTENTS 
The Rural New-Yorker, April IT, 1909. 
FARM TOPIC'S. 
Cheap Potato Growing. 414 
A Problem in Tile Draining. 415 
Great Alfalfa in Idaho. 415 
Plowing Matches for Connecticut. 415 
Flax Culture in Ireland. 417 
Shape of Potato Seed. 418 
Thin Alfalfa; Lime. 418 
Cabbage Maggot . 418 
Training Tomatoes . 418 
Short lloe for Planting. 418 
Spraying Chemicals to Kill Weeds.... 419 
Holland Cabbage or Hubbard Squash.. 419 
Gel the Proper Tools. 420 
A Talk on Potato Seed. 420 
Alfalfa After Crimson Clover. 422 
Spent Hops as Manure. 423 
Spring Vetch . 425 
Hope Farm Notes . 427 
The Truth About Florida. 429 
Ohio Notes . 429 
Testing the Seed Corn. 435 
Tools for a 45-Acre Farm. 435 
Sulphur for Insects and Disease. 435 
Figuring a Fertilizer Analysis. 440 
LIVE STOCK AND DAIRY. 
Tobacco Stems for Sheep. 432 
Hitching Three Horses. 432 
Blackhead in Turkeys. 432 
I.eg Weakness in Ducks. 432 
Rations for Milch Cows. 433 
Incubator Run from Furnace. 433 
Silo for Forty Cows. 434 
liens Eating Eggs. 434 
Further Facts About Milk Tests. 436 
Effects of Mud and Water on Milch 
Animals . 436 
The Interest in Sheep. 437 
Dipping Sheep . 437 
Little Chicks With Roup.437 
Hens as Incubators. 437 
A Moping Pullet. 437 
Feeding a Young Calf. 437 
French C'oach Mares in Maine. 438 
Obstructed Teat . 438 
Skin Mites on Horse. 438 
Summer Itch; Garget. 438 
Mare With Injured Knee.438 
Concrete Floor in Cow Stable. 439 
HORTICULTURE. 
The Teach and How to Tropagate. 413, 414 
Some Varieties of Strawberries. 416 
Perfect Strawberries . 416 
Why Fruit 'Trees Are Barren. 416 
Cuban Orange Groves. 416 
An Orchard Going Overboard. 419 
Habits of Codling Moth. 420 
Orchard Questions . 422 
Burbank’s Creations . 424 
Top-Working Orchard . 425 
Ruralisms . 426 
WOMAN AND THE HOME. 
From Day to Day. 430 
The Ever-TJseful Onion. 430 
Hag Rugs; Patchwork Quilts. 430 
Iloarhound Candy . 430 
< leaning a Light Suit. 430 
Flam Chowder . 430 
The Rural Patterns. .. 431 
one Woman’s Garden. 431 
Bag Pudding . 431 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Thornless Cactus and Gold Bricks.... 414 
Railroad Engines and Fires. 414 
Arguments Against Parcels Post.417 
Cutting Ice by Moonlight. 418 
Curing the Cats. 420 
Tennessee Farmers and Prohibition... 422 
Kxpressage on Egg Crates. 423 
New York State Drainage Association. 423 
ori Weights . 423 
The Direct Primary Law. 424 
Old-World Habits . 425 
Editorials . 428 
Events of the Week. 429 
8elf-propelling Swing . 433 
"The Bashful State, Oh. Deer!”. 43-4 
Fireworks for Woodchucks. 434 
Tim Crow’s Likes and Dislikes. 440 
High Taxes in- Holland. 440 
Products, Prices and Trade. 441 
Skunk Farming and Goats. 441 
Publisher’s Desk . 442 
MARKETS 
frees current at New York during week ending 
April y, 1809, wholesale except where other¬ 
wise indicated. The retail prices given do not, as 
a rule, cover either the highest or lowest sales, but 
show what the bulk of consumers of moderate 
means pay for small quantities of produce bought 
in Fulton, Washington.. Jefferson Markets, etc., 
and up-town grocery stores. ‘•Retail” is rather 
an indefinite word, but in this column It means 
less than barrel or other original package lots of 
fruits and vegetables, less than tubs of butter, 
vases of eggs. etc. The trade of commission mer- 
vhants is strictly wholesale. The retail prices 
riven are those secured by grocers and small deal¬ 
ers who receive no direct shipments. 
BUTTER 
Wholesale 
lb... 
Lower Grades .... 
Storage.. 
State Dairy, best_ 
Common to Good.. 
Factory. 
Packing Stock.. 
Full Cream, best_ 
Common to Good.. 
Skims. 
MILK. 
New York Exchange price $1.61 per 
40-quart can, netting 3’4 cents to 
shippers in tbe2ti-eent freight zone 
who have no additional station 
Retail 
.. .28 
® 
•28hS 
.32® 
.33 
... .25 
(4 
.27 
26® 
.29 
... .20 
«< 
.23 
24® 
.27 
,.. .22 
© 
.25 
... .24 
® 
.20 
.26® 
.28 
.. .20 
© 
.23 
.24® 
.26 
@ 
.19 
.20® 
-22 
© 
.18 
CHE El 
SE 
.. .15 
© 
.16 
.20® 
.22 
.. .12 
@ 
.14 
.16® 
.18 
.09 
.10® 
.13 
White, good to choice 
Marrow, bu. 
Medium.. 
Pea. 
Red Kidnev. 
White Kidney.2.40 
Yellow Eye.0.25 
Prime to Choice. 
Common to Good.j) 
Olds. 
German Crop, 1908 
Apples, evap. fancy. 
Kvap., com. to good. 
Sun Dried. 
Cherries. 
Raspberries.. 
Huckleberries.. .12 
Blackberries. 
EGGS 
qt. 
.07® 
.12 
,. .23 
® .24 
.26® 
.29 
!. .20 
® .22 
.23® 
.25 
.. .19 
@ .20 
.21® 
.23 
.. .16 
© .18 
.17® 
.20 
@ .19 
.20© 
.21 
BEANS 
® 2.50 
qt. 
.12 
2.40 
@ 2.30 
qt. 
.10 
2.20 
® 2.45 
@ 2.65 
qt. 
.15 
® 3.40 
HOPS 
.. .13 
@ .15 
.. .11 
@ .12 
.. .22 
@ .06 
© .26 
ED FRUITS 
, . 
•08 hj 
.12 
1. .05 
® .07 
.08® 
.10 
© .05 
@ .14 
lb. 
.15® 
.20 
.20 
lb. 
.22® 
.24 
® .13 
® .07 
FRESH FRUITS 
Apples, 
Spitz. 
4.00 
@ 6.00 
Baldwin, bbl. 
4.1K) 
fa) 5.50 
pk. 
.50® 
.75 
Greening. . 
3.50 
® 5.00 
Spy. 
4.(HI 
fa 5.50 
lien Davis. 
2.25 
@ 4.50 
Russet. 
@ 4.00 
Western, bu. box_ 
2.00 
@ 3.60 
doz. 
.50® 1.00 
Cranberries. 
Cape Cod, bbl. 
10.00 
©11.00 
qt. 
.10® 
.15 
Jersey, bbl. 
8.00 
® 9.00 
Jersey, std. crate.... 
St raw be rries. 
2.00 
® 2.25 
Florida, qt. 
Oranges, 
.20 
® .35 
.40® 
.50 
Florida. 
® 5.00 
® 3.75 
doz. 
doz. 
.50 f ( C 
.50 fa) 
,75 
California, fcv. box. 
3.50 
.75 
California, choice... 
Grape Fruit. 
3.UU 
fa) 3.25 
doz. 
.40® 
.50 
Florida, fey. box... . 
3.00 
® 4.00 
each 
15.® 
.20 
Florida, choice. 
2.00 
® 2.5(1 
each 
.08® 
.10 
VEGETA 
BLES 
Potatoes, 
Wholesale 
Retail 
Bermuda, bbl. 
@ 6.00 
qt. 
.15 
Florkin. new. 
4.50 
® 6 00 
State. 180 lbs. 
2.25 
@ 2.75 
bu. 
1.25 
Maine, 165 lbs. 
2.40 
(<’ 2.85 
bu. 
1.25 
Foreign, 165 lbs. 
2.00 
@ 2.25 
bu. 
1.00 
Sweet Potatoes,bu bkt. 
Asparagus, fey. green 
1.00 
® 2.00 
pk. 
.50© 
.li) 
doz. 
4.50 
® 5 00 
Com. to good. 
1.50 
© 3.00 
Beets, bbl. 
.<;> 
© 1.00 
'i4 Pi- 
.10 
Carrots, bbl. 
@ 1.26 
pk. 
.25 
Cabbage, new, bbl.crate 1.50 
fa) 2.25 
Celery, doz. 
.15 
@ .50 
bch. 
.10© 
.20 
Lettuce, Southern.bkt. 
Onions, 
1.50 
© 2.50 
each 
•05@ 
.10 
Conn. White bbl_ 
© 5.30 
qt. 
.20 
Conn. Yellow. 
1.75 
© 2.25 
qt. 
.10 
Conn. Red. 
1.50 
© 2.00 
Orange Co., bag. 
Peas, 
1.25 
@ 2.00 
Southern, bbl. bkt. 
1.50 
© 4.00 
14 Pk. 
.75® 1.00 
Parsnips, bbl. 
.75 
© 1.00 
}4 pk. 
.15 
Parsley. 100 bunches.. 
1.50 
® 2.00 
bch. 
.05 
Peppers S’n., carrier.. 
Romaine. 
l.UO 
@ 2.00 
Southern, bkt. 
1.00 
© 1.50 
head 
.10 
Radishes, bkt. 
String Beans, 
.25 
® .75 
bch. 
.05 
Southern. bbl. bkt. 
2.00 
@ 3.00 
qt. 
.20 
Spinach, bbl. 
1.50 
@ 2.25 
pk. 
.30 
Squash, Hubbard, bbl. 
Turnips, 
1.00 
© 1.60 
Rutabaga, bbl. 
® 1.00 
each 
.05 
White, bbl. 
Tomatoes, 
.50 
© l.UO 
\4 Pk. 
.15 
Florida,20 qt. carrier. 
1.00 
@ 2.50 
HOTHOUSE PRODUCTS. 
Cucumbers, 
Fancy, doz. 
1.00 
© 1.25 
each 
.11) 
No. 1, doz. 
.60 
® 90 
each 
.08® 
.10 
No. 2. box. 
2.00 
IS 1.50 
each 
.05© 
.06 
Lettuce, dozen. 
.50 
® .75 
each 
.10® 
.12 
Mushrooms, lb. 
,3U 
@ .60 
•75@1.00 
Mint, dozen bunches,. 
.40 
Radishes, 100 bunches. 
1.50 
® 1.75 
bch. 
.05 
Tomatoes, lb. 
.10 
® .25 
lb. 
.25® 
.30 
LIVE 
POULTRY 
Chickens, broilers, lb... 
.25 
@ .30 
.30® 
.35 
Fowls 
.17 
Roosters. 
.11 
Ducks. 
.15 
.16 
Geese. 
.09 
© .10 
DRESSED POULTRY 
Turkevs, best, lb. 
J22 
© .23 
lb. 
.24© 
.25 
Fair to Good. 
.17 
@ .20 
.20© 
.22 
Capons, best . 
.26 
© .28 
.30® 
.32 
Common to good. 
.19 
® .24 
. 25© 
.28 
Chickens, best. 
.23 
@ .24 
.25© 
.27 
Good to Choice. 
• IS 
@ .20 
23© 
.25 
Common Run. 
.12 
© .hi 
.16® 
.18 
Fowls. 
.12 
© .15 
.15® 
.18 
Ducks. 
.11 
@ .15 
.15© 
.18 
Geese. 
.10 
© .12 
.15© 
.18 
Bquabs, doz. 
l.UO 
® 4.5U 
COUNTRY DRESSED MEATS 
Calves, best, lb. 
.10 
© .12 
.18® 
25 
Common to Good.... 
.07 
© .09 
.15® 
.17 
Lambs,hothouse, head. 
3.00 
® 6.00 
Pork. 
.05 
© .09 )4 
.12® 
.15 
LIVE STOCK 
Native Steers, 100 lbs.. 
5.30 
® 
6.75 
fa) 
4.00 
Bulls. 
© 
4.65 
Cows. 
2.00 
® 
4.50 
Dressed Beef Sides, 
100 lbs. 
8.00 
@10.00 
Calves, 
Prime Veal, 100 lb... 
5.00 
@ 
9.00 
Culls. 
2.50 
fa) 
4.50 
Sheep, 100 lbs. 
4.00 
® 
5.50 
Lambs. 
@ 
8.50 
Hogs. 
@ 
7.25 
GRAIN 
Wheat, No. 1, North'n 
Duluth, bu. 
1.31 
No. 2, Red. 
1.30 
No. 1, Macaroni. 
1.20 
Corn, as to quality, bu. 
.72 
@ 
.76 
Oats, as to weight, bu. 
.53 
© 
.60 
Rye. 
.85 
@ 
.89 
Barley. 
.72 
@ 
.75 
FEED 
Wheat, Bran, ton.27.00 @29.00 
Middlings.28.00 @31.00 
Red Dog. 31.50 
Linseed Meal.33.00 ©34.00 
HAY AND STRAW 
Quotations for large bales. 
Small bales sell 50 cents to $1.00 
per ton lees. 
Hay, No. 1, ton.15.50 @16.00 
No. 2.14.00 @15.00 
No. 3.12.00 @13.00 
Clover Mixed.13.00 @15.00 
Clover..11.00 @12.00 
Wild Hay.6.00 @ 8.00 
Straw, liye.19.00 @21.00 
Oat and Wheat. 8.UU @ 9.00 
BOSTON WHOLESALE MARKETS. 
Butter, Best Creamery.28® .29 
Fair to Good.26® .27 
Eggs, Fancy.23® .25 
Good to Choice.19® .20 
Lower Grades.16® 18 
Apples, Choice, bbl. 5.00® 8.00 
Common to Good. 3.00® 4.50 
Oranges, box. 2.00® 3.50 
Strawberries, quart.... .25® .35 
Potatoes, 165 lb. bag. 1.75® 2.00 
Sweet Potatoes, 14 bbl.. 1.50® 1.75 
Onions, bush.75® .90 
Lettuce, box.. 50® .75 
Cabbage, bbl . 1.50® 2.25 
Squash, bbl.50® .60 
Small Woolen Mills. 
M. P., Xeic York .—Do you know of any 
woolen mill, preferably a small one, which 
will receive wool direct from the farm, 
make the same into blankets aud return, 
charging for the cost of the weaving, etc.? 
This seems to be a common industry 
abroad, and I would like to know if there 
are such mills in this country. 
R. N.-Y.—Who can answer this? Are 
there any such mills? As a boy in 
New England we remember small mills 
located at the water powers which 
would take a small quantity of wool in 
this way and work it up. Are there 
any left? 
IRON FRAMES IN SILO BUILDING. 
Let us give, for the benefit of M. G., 
whose inquiry you print on page 344, a 
word of caution against attempting to 
use an “inner sheet iron” in building 
a concrete silo. We tried it, with a 
skilled foreman and plenty of compe¬ 
tent help, on a silo of 15 feet inside 
diameter. The two frames, one for the 
inside and one for the outside, cost a 
little over $70. After getting the silo 
up one-third its height, the inside frame 
was discarded, because it caused a 
waste of a great deal of time in “truing 
it up,” after it was raised, and getting 
it firmly in place as a true circle. In 
place of this inside sheet iron, ordi¬ 
nary cheap one-inch boards, surfaced, 
were sawed into strips, three to five 
inches wide, just as the board happened 
to divide conveniently. These were 
tacked on board frames, cut out with a 
jig-saw to make the required circle, 
and set about three feet apart. We 
then had 15 feet of the inner frame 
complete and continued to use the sheet 
iron on the outside. The work of put¬ 
ting up the concrete then went on 
nearly twice as fast and with an abso¬ 
lutely accurate interior surface. When 
the silo had been completed to the de¬ 
sired height, the boards making the 
frame for the circular inside work were 
knocked out and the circular boaids 
used elsewhere as well as if never be¬ 
fore used. To keep the outside iron 
frame in place for the desired thick¬ 
ness of wall, upright boards of a height 
equal to the length of the iron frame, 
and an inch narrower than the thick¬ 
ness of wall, having a strip of board 
about four inches wide nailed to the 
outer edge were set up about 2 l / 2 feet 
apart, between the iron frame and the 
inner wood frame, and kept up about 
six inches above the concrete as it was 
filled in. This plan was found to keep 
the iron frame always in proper shape, 
the planks across the inside of the silo 
from the boards which had been sawed 
to a circle on one side to the opposite 
side forming easily placed and effec¬ 
tive braces. There was no sagging, the 
walls did not get out of plumb, and the 
result was a perfectly satisfactory silo, 
much preferable to and some cheaper 
than a silo made of cement blocks. 
New Hampshire. nutwood farms. 
What to Do with Garbage. 
F. IF. II., Cambridge, Mass .—Can you ad¬ 
vise me as to the best method to dispose 
of house garbage, garden weeds and wormy 
and rotten apples? I have a Summer farm 
in Massachusetts with about 200 fruit 
trees, and do not keep pigs. Can it be used 
as a fertilizer, and if so. how should it be 
treated? I will thin the apples out, and 
will have a large amount to get rid of. 
Ans. —We throw all such trash 
around the fruit trees—not close to the 
trunks—but out for several feet. The 
weeds and similar material are left on 
top of the ground. The garbage and 
apples are spaded under or put on top 
of the soil, and covered with coal ashes 
or a few spadefuls of earth thrown 
over them. 
EXCELSIOR SWING STANCHION 
Warranted the Best. 
30 Days Trial. 
Unlike all others. Stationary when 
Open. Noiseless. 
THE WASSON STANCHION CO. 
Box 60, Cuba, New York. 
F( 1 R <\A 1 C-REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL, 
I Ull OHLL g nios. old, vigorous ami good size. 
Also 6 Registered Berkshire Pigs, 3 mos. old, sired 
by Baron Duke’s Masterpiece 2d: 7 registered Gilts 
ready to breed. Prices right to quick buyer. 
Address ALLEN G. MOYER, 
Rosebud Farm, Danboro, Pa. 
O H PRIZE-WINNING STRAINS. Prices 
i 1 1 lli reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Only choice pigs shipped. Address 
CROSSROAD FARM, Plattsburg, N. Y. 
B UFF WYANDOTTE FOGS—$1 per 15: choice. 
RAY H. ALEXANDER, Union Springs, N. Y. 
W RIGHT’S White Wyandotte Winners— 
Eggs $4.00 per 100: Baby Chicks $10.00 per 100. 
GRAND VIEW FARM, Stanfordville, N. Y. 
H ay PRESSES— Every claim guaranteed or no sale. 
Fastest: labor savers, strongest. Write for Catalogue 
No. 1 and save money. J. A. SPENCER, Dwight, III. 
DO YOU SHIP PEACHES ? 
If so— send for our 
Catalogue of Standard Carriers. 
SOUTH SIDE M’F’G CO., PETERSBURG, VA. 
‘‘HOW AND WHY 
TO FILL A SILO” 
SEND FOR FREE COPY 
WILDER-STRONG IMPLEMENT CO. 
Box F5J MONROE HIGH, , 
Hothouse Lambs, 
Calves, Poultry, Fancy Eggs, Hothouse Pro¬ 
ducts, Fruits, Vegetables. Top prices secured 
for choice goods. Correspondence solicited. 
Archdeacon & Co., 100 Murray Street, N. Y. 
pi.KASE send a trial shipment to the Oldest Com- 
* mission House in New York. Est. 1838. Butter, 
Eggs. Poultry, Pork, Calves, Hay, Grain. Beans, 
Apples, etc. U. It. WOODWARD, 8112 Gi-eentrlvli 9t.. N. V. 
\A j A |\ITCn-A first class farm hand.steady place. 
It Mil I LU $25 pet month with board to the right 
man. C. M. HUBBELL, Mount Kisco, N. Y. 
HOMES WANTED 
in Catholic Families for 
Homeless Catholic Boys 
between the ages of 8 and 16. A family having no 
young children of their own can do a great seivice 
by taking such a boy and bestowing on him their 
affectionate care, and receiving in return an ac¬ 
ceptable addition to their fami ty. Address PLAC¬ 
ING OUT BUREAU, Somers Centre, New York. 
DO YOU NEED FARM HELP? 
THE JEWISH AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL AID SOCIETY 
has on its lists men wishing to obtain employment upon 
farms. Most of them are without experience but they 
are able-bodied and willing to work. They speak little or 
no English, although many of them speak German. If 
you can make use of such help, please communicate with 
us, stating what you will pay, whether the work is per¬ 
manent, and whether you prefer a single or married man. 
We are a philanthropic organizat ion, whose object it is 
to assist and encourage Jews to become farmers. We 
charge no commission to employer or employee. 
Address: q„E J. A. A- I. A. 8., 
174 Second Ave., * New York City 
FRFF niRFOTHRY OF 41)0 Leading Produce 
met umcoiunl Merchants in 29 Markets. 
LEAGUE OF COMMISSION 
U. S., Buffalo, New York. 
THE NATIONAL 
.MERCHANTS OF 
ILLUSTRATED FARM CATALOG POSTPAID. 
■ Chapin Fakm Agency, 294 Washington St., Boston,Mass. 
m r,nnn farm^ p ai1 i,arts ° f xew v ° ,k 
OULHJ rHlllYlo State, at reasonable prices, 
address. Northern Realty Co., Syracuse N. Y. 
FOR SALE. 
A Snug Little Farm. 
30 acres, level field, wood for home use: h> mile 
to village, good road to three cities; plenty work in 
neighborhood for man all the year around; cosy 
house, 6 rooms, barn 30 x 40; yours for $.800. wit h $300 
down and easy terms. Owner has a larger farm; 
see page 32, ” Strout’s April Bulletin ” for details, 
copy free. Dept. 1099, E. A. Strout Co., University 
Block, Syracuse, N. Y. 
|TC ACRES—half cleared—$5 000: 10-room dwell- 
119 ing and other buildings costing price of 
farm; mild climate, good roads, easy farming. 
Catalogue free. O. M. PURNELL, Snow Hill, Md, 
DELAWARE FARMS FOR SALE, 
Cheap land, short winters, wonderfully produc¬ 
tive soil, raise two crops per year. One farm 97 
acres. S121M). One 176acres,good buildings,1,100peach 
trees, well located, only $2,650. Write for free cata¬ 
logue. WM. G.WECHTENHISER,Harrington,Del. 
FARM FOR SALE. 
$2,400 Income in One Year, 
from a nearby $1500 farm; fruit growers often pay 
for their farms with a single crop: 175 acres, lull in 
tillage, 75 iu wood; nearly 600 pencil trees, 2,L> acres 
In strawberries. 2-story house, barns and outbuild¬ 
ings: old age forces immediate sale and owner in¬ 
cludes 2 horses, two cows and farm implements, all 
for only $2,500—part cash and easy terms: see de¬ 
tails page 53, STROUT’S APRIL BULLETIN of 
FARM BARGAINS, copy free. Dept 1099. E, A. 
Strout Co.. Land Title Bldg., Philadelphia, Fa. 
FflR QAI Fifty-eight acres, fine modern ten 
rUn OHLL room house with porch and lawn, 
three barns, enough wood and timber on the farm 
to pay for it. One mile from station and village. 
Price, $2,800. nne-half cash. 
HAt.L’S FaRM AGENCY, Owego, New York. 
FRUIT RIDGE FARM FOR SALE 
Best 325 acre farm in N. Y. State. No waste land. 
Not a poor knoll. 125 acres of bearing orchards; 
crop of apples in a single year, 6000 bids. Ample 
buildings in fine repair. Abundant water. One 
mile to school and church, two miles to depot. 
R. F. I). Will be sold at a bargain. Address 
J. S. WOODWARD, Lockport. New York. 
READY MONEY. 
for the buyer; no waiting for an income: to close 
out everything immediately owner will include 6 
cows, 3 horses, 40 pigeons, 6 wagons, hay rake, 
mowing machine, harrows, cultivator. 6 harnesses, 
grindstone, saws, wheel barrow, corn shelter, 
pulley and ropes, stove wood and 6 acres of grain; 
40 acres only 25 miles to Philadelphia. 14 mile to 
R. R. Station,2 acres of wood: fine 7 room house, 
porches, pretty shade, splendid barn 45x60, work 
shop, poultry house; all will be sacrificed for only 
$4900 part cash and easy terms. See Strout’s April 
Bulletin of Farm Bargains. Copy Free. Dept. 1099, 
E. A. STROUT CO.. Land Title Building, Phila. 
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