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THE ATLANTA. SEMT:WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA„ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1913.
AGRICULTURAL
Qcl Education,
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This department wilt cheerfully endeavor to furnish any information.
Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew M. Soule, president State
Agricultural College, Athens, Oa.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
PROTECTING ANIMALS FOODS
T HERE is much agitation at the
present time with reference to
the caption of this article. Public at
tention is frequently being directed
through the press to the supposedly
anomalous condition existing ny rea
son of the fact that the rederal ana
state governments are making appropri
ations for the control of diseases ot
live stock and the protection of the
consuming public through the establish
ment of a meat inspection service. Be
cause there is no national health bu
reau to ‘look after the needs of the
babies of the nation, and because many
of the state boards of health do not
receive adequate appropriations for the
furtherance of their work, those in
terested in these particular phases of
the, situation are decrying the ex*
penditures being made for the protec
tion of our live stock industries.
Certainly every one is interested in
the welfare of the babies and all will
admit that there is a needless slaugh
ter of the innocents from year to
year due to a lack of proper feeding
and a failure to enforce proper sani
tary regulations. The preventable
deaths in the United States among
young children reach an appalling to
tal, and it is not surprising that this
menace to our national advancement
should be so widely discussed at tne
present time.
The writer desires to state at the
outset that he is thoroughly in sym
pathy with protecting the lives of the
children of the nation througn the en
actment of such laws as are neces
sary and the appropriation of funds
essential to the enforcement of the
same. Those who are interested in
this movement, however, are making a
serious mistake when they point out
and attempt to belittle the work be
ing done by the federal and state gov
ernments for the protection of the
food supply of the country througn
the establishment of live stock sani
tary boards. We live in an age when
food adulteration is carried on to a
pernicious extent. Before the days or
the meat inspection service me pub
lic was horrified at some of the reve
lations made by those who had looked
into the situation. It is manifestly
impossible to have a healthy nation
and adequately protect the mothers and
babies without some such system as
we have established for guaranteeing
the wholesomeness of our animal prod
ucts. Much remains to be done, as
all know, for today the milk supply
of few cities is of as wnoiesome a
character as is desirable, and medical
men state that a large numoer ox
deaths among babies every summer are
directly traceable to impure milk. The
agitation of this question may nave a
salutary effect in the long run, for
surely the time is at hand when not
only a greater effort should be made to
protect the food supplies derived from
animals, but the lives of our babies as
well. To do this calls for the united
effort of all interested, and it will not
do to divide the forces into two camps.
Therefore, in discussing the subject it
is desirable that both parties to the
Issue consider the question from a non
partisan standpoint and not attempt to
advance the interest which they repre
sent by invidious comparisons.
Philanthropists, doctors and nurses
can surely win public sympathy and ap
preciation for their efforts to protect the
babies while at the same time asking
for the enactment and enforcement of
much more rigid laws governing the
sale of animal products. The necessity
for these problems going forward hand
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in hand is evidenced by the fact that
some of the most dreadful diseases af
flicting humanity are transferable from
animals to man. It has long been known
that tuberculosis may be conveyed to
the human being through milk drawn
from diseased cows or through the con
sumption of meat from animals suffer
ing from this malady. Recently a herd
of thirty-seven cows was tested in the
state of Georgia. Twenty-seven of
these animals reacted, yet the milk from
the herd was being sent into one of our
large consuming centers and probably
used largely as a source of food for the
young children in the families receiving
it. What a horrible state of affairs this
condition reveals, and yet public senti
ment has been indifferent in supporting
those charged with the authority for
the enforcement of the tuberculin tests
and the eradication from our dairies of
all animals showing a reaction. If this
test which is comparatively simple were
applied the herds of the state would be
quickly rid of this menace to society.
Therefore, those who are interested in
the campaign for the protection of the
lives of our babies should get behind
any organization charged with the elim
ination from our dairy herds of animals
suffering from tuberculosis.
It is equally essential that the car
casses of all animals passing through
the abattoirs be properly inspected or
else the meat supply furnished the com
munity may carry to the consumer not
only the bacilli of tuberculosis but the
parasitic trichinae of pork as well. A
great many hogs sent in for slaughter
may be suffering from cholera, and with
out inspection this unwholesome meat
will be placed upon the home market.
Actinomycosis, or lumpy jaw, is another
disease to which cattle and other classes
of stock are subject. It is transmissible
to the human being. Animals suffering
from ti are not considered fit for food.
Without meat inspection what protec
tion has the consuming public with re
gard to these diseases. While
horse meat is not utilized
ir. America this class of an-
imlas suffers from a horrible disease
known as glanders, which is easily con
tracted by human beings. The'average
citizen of the state is thoroughly ig
norant of its malignant nature and not
only suffers a serious monetary loss
through the destruction of his wofk
stock, but is likely to develop the dis
ease himself or convey it to members
of his family.
It is not necessary to go into detail
with reference to these matters, but
that they constitute a menace to socie
ty every clear-thinking person will ad
mit. That our system of inspection and
control needs improvement cannot be
gainsaid. That sufficient funds are not
available from either federal or state
sources to carry on the great work of
enforcing proper sanitary regulations
with reference to animals and animal
products is certainly true. Therefore,
it is essential that all interested or
concerned in placing upon our markets
an abundant pure and wholesome food
supply for the protection of not only
our adult citizens, but the babies as
well, should pull together in a united
effort to attain an. end of such monu
mental importance to the nation.
In projecting a fight, therefore, for
properly protecting the lives of our
children, we musjt bear in mind that
this cannot be accomplished save
through considering the interest and
welfare of that large body of our citi
zens who are engaged in producing our
supply of milk and meat. The American
people are regarded as large consumers
of animal products, and it has been
thought by many that their vigor and
dominating characteristic's are in a
measure due to this fact. With the
wonderful increase in population which
has taken place and the congestion of
our towns and cities, the question of
providing an abundance of animal food
products becomes one of momentous im
portance. As our civilization advances
and our farms and fields become in
fested more and more completely with
animal parasites and diseases of bac
terial origin, it becomes more and more
essential that the education of the
grower be promoted so that he may meet
and overcome these baffling problems or
else the supply of animal foods will
fall short. In fact, the people of the
United States are face to face with a
crisis in this respect and It behooves
them to give attention to what certainly
constitutes p. menace to public welfare.
Science has accomplished much in
enabling the farmer to control or over
come the most serious of the diseases
with which he has to contend. Animals
affected with tuberculosis may be elimi
nated from any herd through the use
of the tuberculin test and proper sani
tary regulations. Hog cholera may be
controlled through the adminstration of
a specially prepared serum. The reme
dy for other diseases has already been
obtained or will shortly be known.
What is needed now is a united effort
on the part of all to educate the public
up to the importance of these matters
and to formulate plans of action which
will enable the control and ultimate
eradication of those diseases which oth
erwise become a national peril. If we
succeed in protecting our live stock in
dustries •lore will be an abundant sup
ply of wholesome food products avail
able for our rapidly increasing consum
ing population, the welfare of the home
will be assured and adequate protection
afforded to the mqthers and babies.
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IMPORTANCE OF PALATABILITY IN
A RATION. .
F. A. W., Hedgesvllle, W. Va. t writes: I
have read many articles from you on the
feeding mules. We have ten mules and our
not remember having seen an article about
feeder gives them all they want to eat. I
gives gives them all they want to eat. I
find that some of the mules at times hardly
(ouch the feeds, consisting of ground oats
and rye, oats or corn, and at other times
they seeni to be willing to eat more than is
given them. LMease let me know if you
have tried and succeeded in regulating the
feed of mules in such mapner that they will
eat up clean every mea! that is given to
them ?
CO-OPERATION IN GINNING COTTON
AVOID RUSHING CROP TO MARKET
BY W. R. MEADOWS,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington, D. C.
Is co-operation practicable in the mar
keting of* cotton? Can it show a profit
to the farmer ?Undoubtedly it is feasi
ble and can be made profitable if under
taken intelligently. Already there are
a few co-operative associations dealing
in cotton in succesful operation. At
Easley R C., a co-operative society has
been formed within the last year on
a plan of organization suggested by the
department of agriculture. This society
will soon put its usefulness to test in
the marketing of this shear's crop for its
members.
At Purcell, Okla., farmers are co-oper
ating in ginning cotton and handling seed
and also in the storage and sale of
this respect essentially like the horse.
Therefore, he should receive a ration
which contains a considerable amount of
protein. He should be fed with regular
ity and should have an abundance of
clean, bright hay. It is very impor
tant that all moldy or damaged fodder
be kept away from mules as it is lia
ble to contain fungi. which may affect
the health materially. It is also im
portant that the corn used be free from
molds.
You can make a most excellent ra
tion for horses and mules by mixing
together oats and corn in equal parts
and feed at the rate of 12 to 16 pounds
per day per 1,000 pounds of live
weight. The amount of grain fed should
be varied in proportion to the charac
ter of the work the mule is expected to
perform. When standing in the stable
and doing little, only about half the ra
tion should be fed. You should feed
to each mule about fourteen pounds of
clean, bright hay. If clover predomi
nates in the hay a little less rough
ness will be required. If you keep the
feeding troughs clean and supplied with
rock salt and feed and water the ani
mals regularly, and adjust the ration
according io the live weight and the
character of v* ork performed, your ani
mals will eat with regularity and have
a keen appetite at all times. If they
do not possess a good appetite it is
quite evident that the ration is not
adjusted to their needs and that they
are being fed too much at one time and
not enough at another.
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BOOKS ON HOG PRODUCTION.
F. P. D., IfillersJie, Ga., writes: 1 would
like to know the names of some good books
treating with the care of hogs, their dis
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A special article on the feeding of
mules has not been prepared because
the care and management of this class
of stock is so essentially t.he same as
that of horses that it has not been
deemed necessary to write separate ar
ticles with reference to this matter.
The mule will stand more rough treat
ment than the horse, and has long been
a favorite on southern plantations on
that account, but there is little difer-
once between these two classes of ani
mals as to the feeding, care and man
agement they should receive. The man
who handles his mules with care and
skill will secure longer service from
them and more efficient work than where
they are indifferently managed or fed.
The mule is a muscular animal and In
Several books have been published
dealing with the breeding, feeding ana
management pf hogs. If you are par
ticularly interetsed in th?s suDject w*
would suggest that you tfecure the
following texts as the foundation of
a library along this line. We have
named them in the order in which they
are likely to prove of tne greatest
service to you. Swine Husbandry, by
F. D. Coburn; Swine, by Deitrich,
and Disease of Swine, «y Dr. R. A.
Craig. You will also find Feeds ana
Feeding, by W. A, Henry, a very use
ful book to have. It contains several
chapters on the nutrition of swine of
great practical moment t^ those in
terested in pork production. You can
secure these books at a cost of some
thing like $1.50 each. You may order
them through a local bookstore or
directly from the Orange Judd company,
of New York, N. Y., or the Breeders’ Ga
zette. Chicago Ill. They are standard
works and will give you the best
printed information available with ref
erence to the subject of your inquiry.
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IMPORTANCE OF TESTING FOR
TUBERCULOSIS.
E. Is. S., Clarkston, Ga., writes: I have
a fine Jersey cow which has been milking
since last July and giving nearly five gal
lons of milk a day. She seems to be in good
condition every way except she has a dry,
wheezy cough, which she emits several times
a day and night. We feed bran, shorts,
cotton se.d meal and hulls with beet pulp.
She has a Bermuda range during the day.
Do you thluk it may be tuberculosis?
their grain crops.
At Scott’s Station, Ark., twenty-four
farmers, controlling about 6,000 baleai
of cotton, have recently organized
themselves into a partnership, under the
laws of their state, to market their cot
ton and cotton seed jointly.
At Montgomery, Ala., there is a farm
ers’ ginnery, warehouse and store,’ es
tablished several years ago. In mar
keting cotton they sell directly to
southern mills, to New England, or to
Liverpool, and at a satisfactory margin
of profit. They have' two batteries of
four gins each, one of which is connect
ed with an old-style press, while the
other delivers the cotton to a modern,
square bale gin-compress. The farmer
thus has his choice as to how his cot
ton shall be baled. Warehouse facilities
are furnished at moderate cost. At the
store, supplies are sold on a reasonable
basis, every one seems satisfied, and the
business is prosperous.
At Glendora, Miss., a group of plant
ers own an oil mill which has proved
profitable. They estimate that by work
ing seed worth $17 per ton on the mar
ket, they receive $22 for the corre
sponding amount of hulls, meal and
crude oil. These same farmers have
organized a cotton marketing company
at Greenwood, Miss., which sells their
own cotton and such other cotton as
can be bought on the open market. In
this business, also, profits have been
satisfactory.
In the Imperial valley of California,
farmers maintain a co-operative society
which gins and handles cotton, and
which is working successfully. Here co
operation has gone a step further than
elsewhere among cotton growers and
has arranged to secure loans to mem
bers at a moderate rate of interest qn
the basis of $35 per bale for short sta
ple and $60 per bale for long staple.
The advantage of such a system must
be apparent and need not be discussed
in detail here.
ASK THE BUREAU OF MARKETS TO
HELP YOU.
From these few instances it will be
seen that co-operation is already at
work among cotton growers and that
satisfactory results are being obtained.
Now, what is being done can certainly
be accomplished in other sections, ana
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TREATMENT OF A FISTULA,
ft. L. K., Ellijay, Ga., writes: I have a
mule which has fistula and I have been
treating her with a weak carbolic acid solu
tion, but she does not s> era to get any bet
ter. She eats all right and has not lost
much in weight. Can you tell me any treat
ment that would cure her quicker?
It is quite possible that your cow may
be affected with tuberculosis, and the
only way to determine this with accu
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test. You could hardly undertake to
make this test without the assistance
of a competent veterinarian, but if you
are using the milk for household pur
poses, it would pay you to have her ex
amined. Cows may often be affected
with this disease while apparently in
first class condition as to flesh, and
while giving an abundance of milk of
fine quality. Of course, the udder
is not so often affected as many other
glands and organs of the body, but
there is a chance that it may be in
fected, and hence there is always some
danger in using milk from tuberculous
animals. The feeds you are using are
well suited to the needs of a dairy
cow except that your ration is probably
a little too concentrated as to pro
tein. Bran, shorts and cotton seed meal
would all fall within the class of what
are considered protein foods. It would
be better probably for you to feed a
little corn and displace some of the
bran and shorts. An almost ideal ration
for a dairy cow might be made of one-
third corn, cotton seed meal and beet
pulp; or one-third bran, corn and cotton
seed meal. Hulls make a very good
roughness, though some peavine hay
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ADVANTAGES OF TILE DRAINING
LAND.
W. R. T., Canon, Ga., writes: Is it possi
ble to drain the surplus water off of a
field by means of tile laid underground iu
the- hollows and terrace? drained to open
ings in tile
A fistula is an extremely difficult
thing to treat and cure, especially when
it becomes deepseated. It is important
when this trouble becomes well estab
lished that good drainage be secured. It
is desirable that an opening be made at
the top and bottom at both sides of
the withers or neck. In bad cases it is
often desirable where the healing is
slow to pass a tape through the fistula
and leave it there. It should be moved
from day to day to a clean place so as
to secure good drainage. The wound
should be well washed and cleansed
with an antiseptic. As the wound
closes up remove the tape. Where false
membranes form it may be necessary
to use caustics. A small piece of luna
caustic placed in each cavity some
times prove*? effective. This treatment
had best not be used, however, unless
under the advice and direction of a vet
erinarian. Good solutions to wash out
the wound may be made as follows:
Corrosive sublimate 1 part to 1,000
parts of water, or carbolic acid 1 part
to 30 parts of water. Showering the
parts daily with pure cold water from a
hose is often helpful. Tincture of iron
may also be injected into the wound
once in eight or ten days with advan
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It is esialy possible to drain surplus
water from a field by means of tile
laid underneath the ground at a depth
of two and a half to three reet. Of
course, where tile is laid it should have
a uniform grade and plenty of fall,
and it is important that you use large
enough tile to carry off tne water.
There were a couple of low places on
the college farm here at Athens which
we fpund it impossible to cultivate
for several years. Ti'.e was jaiG on
this area of land and since then it has
been cultivated with success. It still
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land has become quite profitable for
cultivation. The number of tile and i
the size* to use depend on the area to j
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three-inch laterials very satisfactory.
We would put the main line down at
least three feet on a ^uniform grade
and the laterals at least two and 1
a half feet except where they join
the main line. The lateriaTs should or
dinarily be put about thirty feet apar>.
In very heavy clay land and where
there is an unusual amount or water
to dispose of, they may sometimes be
put as close as 20 feet to advantage.
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to the welfare of the farmers.
The subject of co-operation is a
broad one, with details too minute and
numerous to attempt an explanation of
its organization or of its methods of
work. Exerts at organization can ex
plain the details, or, upon request from
communities considering the organiza
tion of such an association, the office
of markets, United States department
of of agriculture, Washington, D. C.,
will furnish, free of charge, a plan of
organization and will render to new as
sociations such assistance in the sale
of crops as could reasonably be ex
pected. There are a few simple sug
gestions, however, which seem in order,
as to the fields of co-operation, which
hold out the greatest advantages to
southern cotton growers.
ALL FARMERS IN COMMUNITY
SHOULD PLANT SOME VARIETY.
The first step to be urged is that
the farmers of an asociation or com
munity select one sort or variety ol
cotton seed to plant, and then use no
other kind. Farmers are especially
individualistic in all their tastes,
which is comemndable, out even a
good trait may be carried to excess.
What is best for one man is usually
best for all, so after a free discussion
by the farmers concerned as to the
best variety of cotton for a given
district, let a selection be made and
by common consent let it be adopted
and planted by every one, to the ex
clusion of every other variety. The
resulting staple will be more nearly
of the desired length as well as more
uniform in length; the commercial
lots will better suit the spinner arid
therefore should command a bettei
price; and planting seed will be. kept
pure.
The advantage of gin compression
and uniform tare, of sampling at the
gin house and of direct marketing
were mentioned last week. Certainly
these are all desirable changes. Un
fortunately, they are unattainable where
farmers work independently, except in
the case of the largest planters. The
question of how to put these advan
tages within the ^each of the average
farmer or small farmer is asnwered in
the one word—co-operation.
WHY NOT A CO-OPERATIVE
GINNERY?
It is at the gin-house that co-oper
ation is easiest. Here all cotton must
come and receive its commercial form.
It is here chiefly that present evils
must be remedied. A co-operative gin
nery would give volume of business,
stability, financial responsibility, and
business standing and prestige. A com
petent grader would be employed and
the cotton sampled, graded, and weighed
at the gin-house, thus guaranteeing fair
treatment to t*he farmer, who will then
realize that when he sells a bale he gets
all of the profit there is in it. The
farmer will soon learn, also, that he is
responsible for defects in his cotton,
sluch as “plates,” “gin cuts,” “water
packs,” or excessive tare, and these a-
buses will become less frequent.
SALE OF COTTON SEED.
Still one more point of vantage in
co-operation among southern farmers
is in the sale of their cotton seed and
in the purchase of their cotton seed meal
and other fertilizers. The fertilizers
should be undertaken, preferably, by the
ginning association, but not necessarily
so. In either case, the chief advantage
to be derived by co-operation is in the
volume of business, and the larger this
is. the better. It is a well-known fact
that a large shipper of seed’ has an
advantage over his small competitor in
the matter of price for seed, or com
missions, or salary. It is equally true
that the big seed shipper can get lowest
quotations on his requirements of cotton
seed meal or hulls needed for the fol
lowing year. By buying meal at or be
fore the sale of seed, price concessions
are sometimes siirprisingly liberal
MARKETING THIS YEAR’S CROP.
And now, my friends, you will note
that I have dwelt on methods of hand
ling and selling, rather than on some
scheme for maintaining the price at
which the crop of the current year is to
be marketed. It has seemed best to
stress methods and principles which, if
put into practice, will tend towards per
manent relief, rather than to venture
to advise on the uncertainties of the
cotton market. Already you know as
much or more than I do of market con
ditions, of the probable size of the crop,
and of the price at which middling
should sell. There are only two or
three suggestions as general statements
of principles which seem worth while in
this connection. They ar e not new, but
will bear repeating.
The first general principle is .that
farmers should not rush their cotton to |
market in October, November and De-
cumber, unless the price is satisfactory
to them. During this rush season the j
1’iice generally sags and the farmer
vrho persists in selling at any price is
liis own worst enemy, as he helps to de
press prices by dumping his cotton on j
a glutted and falling market. The rein- i
edy lie in the gradual marketing of the i
cr op, thereby giving steadiness to !
prices, which is desirable not only to j
the farmer, but just as well to the !
manufacturer.
Another good rule is to sell cotton 1
whenever there is u reasonable profit
ir the price offered. The practice of
holding cotton when prices are high, !
to force them still higher, is not com
mendable. bn* often dangerous. Hitch
practice results in loss more often than
gain. The profit that is sometimes
shown is likely to be offset by losses s;l
pth^r times and. by charges for storage
insurance and interest. #
The last suggestion is that pfanteiai
should pot sell cotton when the* price ;
quoted is below the cost of. production.
but should hold it for a reasonable
price. In times of depressed prices,
farmers sometimes seem to forget that
cotton is a valuable article of com
merce. They are almost willing to
concede that it has only the value that
the bear speculator places upon it.
Such is not the fact, however, for cotton
has an intrinsic value of its own, based
on the cost of growing it. This cost
of production always, sooner later, as
serts itself and brings a readjustment in
the market price, thereby giving some
measure of relief to those who have
held their cotton in storage through the
period of depression.
TUBERCULOSIS VICTIM
TAKES CARBOLIC ACID
13-CENT COTTON SELLS
FAST AT ABBEVILLE
ABBEVILLE, Ga., Sept. 22.—Local
buyers are paying 13 cents for cotton
in the Abbeville market today. The
farmers are selling as fast as they bring
it to town. The prospects around this
section are fine for a good crop. Re-
eipts are behind the season of 1911, but
are ahead of the season of 1912. The
grades are good.
Body of L. Rifkins, of Coch
ran, Found in Garden in
Macon
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.
MACON, Ga., Sept, 22.—The body of
L. lUfltins. aged twenty-four years, was
found late yesterday in the vegetable
garden of J. D. Whiteside on the Hous
ton road, two miles south of the cit^r.
An empty phial, labeled carbolic acid, !
lying near told the story of a suicide.
A jury that investigated his death last
night found that he had committed sui
cide by drinking carbolic acid.
The body has been prepared for burial
and Is being held by undertakers here
until word has been received from rela
tives In Cochran, his home, giving di
rections as to what disposition to
make.
“CERTIFIED MILK” IS
GETTING MORE POPULAR
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.—‘‘Certified
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the department of agriculture, which an
nounced today that the daily production
of 126 dairies in the United States is
nearly 26,000 gallons, an increase of
nearly 300 per cent in five years. The
department points out, however, that
this amount is only about one-half of 1
per cent of the total milk supply of
the country.
The department experts lay emphasis
on the fact that expensive apparatus is
not so necessary to the production of
certified and absolutely clean milk as
is a careful and unremitting attention
to sanitary details. In a bulletin which
the department has Just Issued the prop
er methods for turning out certified
milk are set forth.
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