FOU MDFORD (OREGON)
New Sprinkling
In Use at Bear
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BPBINKLEH SYSTEM Ermin Bear is ihown
above with new Pow-R-Sprinkler system in
ttalled t hii father's ranch in Hornbrook,
Calil. The device was manufactured by the
Br MS8. H. H. CHAPMAN
Mail Tiifcuns Correspondent
Hornbrook How to get avail
able water from where it is to
whera it i needed has been a
problem facing farmers since
man first bgan to grow food
for him.elf and his livestock.
Many methods of doing this
have been devised aince the first
Mam thought of it carried
tha water in his crude vessel
frotn the source of supply to his
frden patch. A newer device
mat installed recently by Frank
B"r on hi ranch in Hornbrook.
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Called the Pow-R-Sprinkler,
and manufactured by the Ver
rrjr Manufacturing company
of Pella, Iowa, it is one of the
firat in operation on the west
roaat. It is the first north of
Woodland, Calif.
It remble a giant lawn
prinklor, with a 140-foot boom.
Ita capacity is 350 gallons of
artier per minute at 65 to 70
pounds pressure. It is capable
of covering up to a 500-foot
circle with one-fourth to one
lneti of "rain" In one hour.
The boom is rotated by water
prjesmre only. One end of the
boom has a sprinkler, and the
opposite) end has five smaller
nozzles which take care of spray
in; the center of the circle. The
boom is mounted on a sturdy
four-wheeled trailer on a roller
bearing turntable, and the entire
unit is pulled by a farm tractor
from either end of the trailer.
Water umped
The water is pumped from an
exisitinf water supply on the
Bear ranch by means of a cen
trifufal pump operated by a
tractor. The water goes through
a pipeline to its destination. The
portable pipeline consists of 3
foot lengths of 5-inch aluminum
pipe. Chief operator of the
sprinkler system is Bear's son,
Ermin, who says the "rig'' Is
the easiest to move and operate
of :i irrigating syetems he has
seen.
Sale of the system was hand
led through the Siskiyou Tractor
company in Yreka, and the "rig''
was assembled by a Vermeer
representative from San Fran
cisco. Milk Recording
Method Developed j
Champaign. Ill V The,
University of Illinois has come
up with a new milk-recording I
service that costs only a nickel j
a cow a month.
The new method is almost eight j
times cheaper than the Standard j
Dairy Herd Improvement Associ-!
ation Program and five times
less expensive than the owner- j
sampler plan.
Tk T' C npnartmpnf nf Apri-
rulture has adopted the univer
sity's idoft.. called th Weigh-a-Day-a-Month.
"Every dairyman whose herd
la not now enrolled in a record
keeping plan should consider us
ing this new methods.'' said J.
G. Cash. University dairy exten
sion special:! "With a minimum
of record keeping, it provides the
information needed for higher
profits and greater efficiency."
Cash explained that produc
tion records are invaluable to
dairymen in managing and im
proving a dairy' herd. Dairymen
can cull low-producing and un
profitable cows from the herd
with the use of such records
and aiso can ffed each cow they
keep according to her produc
tion. The Illinoi5 plan basically calls
for cooperating herd owners to
fill out monthly milk production
sheets and mail them to the
county extension office, where
they are calculated and return
ed to the herd owner.
An annual summary of each
herd also is included in the
service. - -
MAIL THIBUNE
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IN OPERATION Shown here is the Pow-R Sprinkler in opera
tion. The machine has a 140-foot boom. Capacity is 350 gallons
of water per minute at 65 to 70 pounds pressure. It is capable
of covering up to a 500-foot circle with one-fourth to one inch
of water in one hour.
PROSPECT
Seniors Are Graduated
Prospect Co mmencement
exercises were held May 29, at
the gym. Seniors receiving di
plomas were Vera Pope, Roberta
Dunlap, Jim Daniels, Jim Tee
garden, Jim Setzer, Jim David
son and Don Vannice. Salutator
ian was Roberta Dunlap and val
edictorian was Don Vannice.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Larson are
the parents of a baby daughter
born May 28. She has been
named Vikki Lynn. The Lar
son's have three other children,
all boys.
Mrs. Warren Long and baby
daughter of Fort Lewis, Wash.,
have arrived at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Robertson. They will be here
about one month.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Art
mire and daughter, Frances
traveled to Klamath Falls Sun
day, where they attended the
ninth annual commencement of
the Oregon Technical institute.
Their son, Frank Ray Artmire
was one of the 361 graduates.
A farewell party was given at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
liam Gaines of Prospect for Bev
erly Cummons and Jim Dole.
Attending were Ramona Odom,
Mary Ann Hubbard, Joyce
Moore. Kathy Dilly, Celeste Bur
ril, Beverly Cummons. Barbara
Mc Elmurry, Beverly Bean, Jill
Hedgepeth, Yvonne Struck,
Rose Jantzer. Don Vannice. Dave
Gardener, Mike Burrill, Robin
Hedgepeth, Jerry Gains, Jim
Dole, Leon Bean, Divid Gains,
Hone Show Entries
Due Next Monday
Salem Entries for the 11th
annual All-Arabian Horse Show
June 22-23 at the state fair
grounds here close midnight,
June 10, occording to Ward W.
Wells, show manager.
Wells said by the time final
entries are in. an anticipated
200 horses will be signed up to
perform in the two-day event
sponsored jointly by the Arabian
Horse Breeders association of
Oregon and the Salem Shrine
club patrol of Al Kader Temple.
Prairie City Woman
Named Justice of Peace
Salem IP Gov. Robert D.
Holmes today appointed Mrs.
Edgar Marie Howard. Prairie
City, to be justice of the peace
in District No. 2 of Grant county-Mrs.
Howard, a nurse at
Prairie City hospital and moth
er of four children, was named
to fill a post which was re
created by the Grant county
court last January. It had been
previously held by Mrs. Eliza
beth Kight, also of Frairie City.
Thursday, June 8, 19S7 i
System
Ranch
Vermeer Manufacturing company of Pella,
Iowa. It is the first to be used north of Wood
land. Calif. It is also one of the first on the
west coast.
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Carl Spencer, Jim Valentine,
Lerry Peterson and Paul Rogers.
M. W. (Bill) Betts was injured
early Monday morning when a
log rolled on his foot. He re
ceived a broken toe and cuts that
required stitches.
Mrs. Earl Bliss is reported to
be very ill and under doctors
care. Little Jane Reings has the
chickenpox.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Pope an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Mary, to Allen Val
entine, son of Helen Valentine.
The couple was married in Reno,
Nev. Saturday, June 1.
Larry Gidney and family have
moved from their home in Pros
pect to reside in Medford.
The night shift at Red Blanket
Lumber Co. has again started
after a two-week shut down.
Visiting over the week end at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gran
vile Yates were Mrs. Gib Martin
and children, Reno, Nev.
Le Roy Struck arrived home
Saturday for the summer
months, after completing his
first year at North West Naz
arene college, Nampa, Ida.
Miss Margaret Reeves, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charley
Reeves, has returned to here to
she will spend the next five
weeks. She resides at Los Ange
les. 4'
CLUB
NEWS
Phoenix
The Phoenix 4-H club will
hold a meeting June 7, instead
of the usual second Friday, as
some members will be at sum
mer school.
Virgia Martin,
News Reporter.
Eagle Point Club
An Eagle Point 4-H child care
meeting was held at Mrs. Claus'
home May 28. Members planned
a skating party and also voted to
hold meetings during the summer-Mrs.
Harbison read a list of
items to report on at the next
meeting.
Sandra Wallis,
Reporter.
Lona Pin Merry-Maids
The Lone Pine Merry-Maids
met on June 3 at the residence
of Mrs. Herman Mitchel. Sally
Flett and Doris Young gave a
demonstration on baked crispy
peaches. Next meeting will be on June
30 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Mrs.
Mitchel's. The sewing group will
meet at the same place at 2:30
p.m. on June 4.
Doris Young,
Reporter
County Agent Tells
Ways to Prevent
Root Suckering
Cottonwood trees are common
ly planted as a means of getting
quick shade around a building.
After the trees get quite large
they frequently send up a large
number of root suckers and
many people would like to cut
the trees down, according to C.B.
Cordy, county h o r t i c u 1 1 ure
agent. If poplar trees are cut
down in the winter time they
will send up forests of suckers
from the roots over a laTge area.
Procedure Recommended
This root suckering can be al
most entirely prevented by gir
dling the trees a year before they
are cut down, Cordy noted. This
girdling can be done by chop
ping out a section of bark four
inches wide completely around
the tree. It is necessary to take
out only bark and a small layer
of wood, he said.
Some people will not want
to wait a year to remove the
trees, in which case now is the
best possible time to cut them
down, Cordy advises. As trees
grow in the spring the roots
become prog ressively weaker
until about this time of year.
From now on the food manu
factured by the leaves will be
returned to the roots and they
will become progressive ly
stronger until fall. By cutting the
trees down now this lowered
food supply in the roots would
cut suckering to the minimum,
but it would not be as good as
girdling, the county agent explained.
Cottony Maple Scale Appear
In Epidemic Numbers Now
Cottony maple scale have ap
peared in epidemic numbers on
the maple trees in this area, ac
cording to C. B. Cordy, county
horticulture agent.
These scale are readily noticed
because of the little balls of
white cottony material that ap
pear on the branches, he said.
A microscopic examination
shows that this cottony material
is full of eggs. These eggs will
hatch in about a week and the
young scale will seek out a place
on a twig and settle down for
the remainder of its life.
When it once settles down, it
inserts its beak into the tissues
of the tree and sucks out sap for
its food. This process will con
tinue until early next summer,
when the old scale will again
produce this mass of cottony
material filled with eggs. At thi3
time the adult scale dies.
Cordy said the weakest point
h. the life cycle of this insect
is just after the eggs have hatch
ed. At that time- which will be
between June 15 and 20, a spray
containing two gallons of sum
mer oil in 100 gallons of water
will give good control if
thoroughly applied. It would be
futile to attempt control with
small sprayers.
Ground Water
Prospects Good
Ground water prospects in
Jackson county during the cur
rent irrigation season are good
at the present time, according
to David Hendrix, watermaster
of district 15.
He said that although the
snow pack feeding streams and
the water table was only 7 per
cent of normal, there was "ex
ceptionally good ground stor
age." Hendrix' duties concern water
useage from pumps and ditches
in the rivers and streams and
from wells and sumps watering
in excess of one-half acre.
Legislation which went into
effect last year, requiring per
mits for such wells and sumps,
will eventually result in much
greater knowledge of ground
water in the state, he said
Figures being compiled by the
state engineer should show
where and how large the water
table is throughout the state,
Hendrix explained.
Persons must secure permits
from the watermaster's office be
fore drilling wells for irrigation
of land in excess of one-half acre.
Smog Control Costs
Declared To Be High
St. Louis P A California
smog-fighter predicted high costs
to control air pollution and
warned against spending money
to control the wrong pollutants
Wednesday.
Dr. Arnie J. Haagen-Smit, the
man who solved the riddle of
Los Angeles smog, said he had
worked a year to control air
pollutants from power genera
ting plants.
"It is clear that no matter
which process will ultimately be
developed, the cost will be high''
he said.
He added that the removal of
dust and some industrial emis
sions would not decrease smog
conditions, but that controlling
the keys uspect in these emis
sions, oxides of nitrogen, might
eliminate pollution.
He addressed 300 members of
the Air Pollution Control assoc
iation in convention here.
Agreements on Soil
Jackson County farmers with
land signed up under the Soil
Bank program are being assured
this week by Harry E. Martin,
office manager of the County
Agricultural S t abilization and
Conservation office, that their
agreements are still in effect and
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Form and Garden
Saves Mowing Time
Penny wise and pound foolish
can apply to mowing hay,
County Agent Earle Jossy points
out.
A few minutes spent in adjust
ing and sharpening equipment
can result in hours saved in the
actual mowing job.
Causes of Trouble
The cutter bar on mowers are
frequently out of alignment. This
can be caused by manual wear
or hitting some object at the end
of the cutter bar- The outer end
of the bar should be ahead of
the inner end by about one
fourth inch for each foot of
length, Jossy said. The cutter
bar sections and guard plates on
the mower must be centered in
order to do a good job of mow
ing Agriculture engineers call
this the register of the mower.
To register properly, the knife
sections must center on their
corresponding guard plates at
the end of both the in and out
At some time in the future
other insects will feed on these
scales and again reduce their
numbers to where they are of no
commercial consequence. Cordy
commented.
In the meantime he said, con
siderable damage may result to
the trees and it would seem that
where the health of the tree's
a consideration it would be best
to spray it this summer to reduce
the scale numbers. In all likeli
hood one spray will not give per
fect control and a second spray
will be needed either in the
winter or next summer at this
same time, Cordy stated.
Young Trees Need
Sun Protection
Corvallis A strip of burlap
and a' bit of string could save
the life of that young tree plant
ed this spring, advises R. Ralph
Clark, extension horticulturist
at Oregon State college.
A little tree set in a new lo
cation where the host sun can
beat on part of its bark often
gets a killing sunburn, Clark ex
plains. To protect the tree, some
form of shade must be provided.
One way is to use a strip of
! burlap several inches wide. Start
at the top of the trunk, just
under the branches, and wray
in a spiral keeping the burlap
just tight enough to stay in
place. The end at the bottom can
be held in place with a piece
of string or light twine.
A wide stake, placed so it will
shade the trunk from the hot
afternoon sun, is another way of
protecting a young tree, Clark
suggests. Placing a second stake
on the other side of the tree and
winding a piece of wide cloth
around both stakes will also help
hold the tree in place during
high winds.
One other method of protect
ing trunk from the sun which
may be easier if you have many
trees to take care of is paint
the trunk with ordinary white
wash. Conservation Group
Wiil Take To Hills
San Francisco W The
West's oldest and largest outdoor
conservation organizattion takes
to the hills this summer in Cali
fornia, Oregon, Washington, Wy
oming, Colorado, Utah, and Brit
ish Columbia, Canada.
The outings, open to members
of the San Francisco Sierra club
and non-member applicants for
membership, and members of
some 70 other conservation
groups will take four high-trips,
six base camp trips, four river
trips, eight knapsack trips and
six burro trips.
The club has sponsored sum
mer outings since 1900 on the
theory that persons who become
initmately acquainted with the
nation's scenic areas will be their
best defenders against spoliation.
High trips along the timber
line will take groups to the Evo
lution and Palisade Basins of
the High Sierra, to Glacier Park,
Montana, and Grand Canyon Te
ton National park in Wyoming.
Other club trips include rub
ber boat trips down the canyons
of Dinosaur National monument
on the Utah-Colorado border and
two burro trips in the High Si
erra in California.
Additional details may be ob-
tained from the club headquar-1
ters, 1050 Mills
Francisco, Calif. .
Tower, San
have in no way been jeopardized
by recent Congressional action.
Since the Soil Bank program
is in two parts, the agreements
are different for each part. One
of these are for acreage reserve
whereby Jackson county farm
ers with wheat allotments and
Equipment
stroke, Jossy explained. If they
do not center, look for wear at
the hinge pins, the pitman crank
pin bushing, loose pitman con
nections, or wrong length pit
man, he advised.
Jossy further commented, no
mower can cut well unless the
knife blades are sharp and in
good repair. Broken or badly
nicked blades should be removed
and replaced with new ones.
When new guard plates are used
it is necessary to check the wear
ing plates which are on the back
side of the cutler bar. If these
are worn and new guard plates
are used, the sicke will not be
level and will not hit well. In
this case it would be necessary
to replace the wearing plate also.
These are just a few of the
most important problems in
keeping a mower working well.
The instruction book with the
mower should be studied care
fully whenever repairs are neces
sary, Jossy added. A bulletin,
"How to Repair and Adjust
Mowers, extention bulletin 686
is available from the county ex
tension office.
Nitrogen Aids
Grass Production
Champaign, III. W Soils
and bluegrass recently have been
scutinized by University of Illi
nois agricultural experts.
"Bluegrass top-dressed with
nitrogen produced five times
more early-season pasture than
untreated bluegrass," said J. A
Jackobs, University agronomist.
Jackobs and E. C. Spurrier, an
other university agronomist,
conducted the tests.
Across campus, meanwhile, R
C. Hay, University agricultural
engineer, was conducting irriga
tion tests.
"Irrigation may be profitable
on sandy soils where the water
supply is close or where special
ized crops are grown," Hay said.
"But irrigating soils like clay
loam would not increase yield
enough to pay for the equipment
and labor.
Jackobs and Spurrier discov
ered that applying about 140
pounds of actual nitrogen per
acre produced nearly one and
one-half tons of dry matter per
acre compared with only one-
quarter ton of dry matter where
nitrogen was not applied.
"And fertilized bluegrass can
be pastured about 10 days before
non-fertilized bluegrass usually
is ready to pasture, he added.
Hay, meanwhile, defended his
tests from the financial view
point. "Irrigating high-value special
ty crops and hybrid seeds will
increase profits enough to just
ify the cost of expensive equip
ment," he said.
"But surface irrigation is prac
tical only on land that is uniform
with no ridges or depressions.
Sprinklers have to be used on
uneven land."
Hereford Tour
Planned Sunday
Members and friends of the
Cal-Oregon Hereford Breeders
association will view Hereford
cattle in southern Oregon Sun
day, June 9, on their annual
tour.
The group will meet at the
E. N. Lippert farm on Watergap
rd. near Williams creek at
10 a.m. At 11 a.m. they will
visit the W.H.R. Norstrand farm
on Palmer creek. To find this
ranch, visitors are advised to
drive up the Applegate river
straight ahead from McKee
bridge. They are reminded not
to cross the river.
This will be the lunch stop
and Cal-Oregon will furnish
steak, potatoes, ice cream, cof
fee and soft drinks. Visitors will
bring their own dishes and a
salad or dessert.
At 2 p.m. the tour will be at
the R. H. Fields ranch north of
Central Point and at 3 p.m. at
the John Bohnert Seven Oaks
Farm. Friends of Cal-Oregon and
anyone interested in cattle are
invited to attend, members said.
WILSON ON POLITICS
Boston W Defense Secre
tary Charles E. Wilson, who has j
a knack for stirring up corrtro- j
versies with his pithy remarks, j
told a GOP dinner Wednesday
night how he and a friend re
cently discussed Wilson's lack of
political know-how. Wilson said
he conceded he was no politician.
"Yes, Charlie, we all understand
that." the friend retilied. "but
what we don't understand is
why you think you have to keep
proving it '
Bank Still
who have signed an agreement,
are paid approximately S28 an
acre for acreage of wheat all
otment red uced. These agree
ments are annual agreements
that expire at the end of the
1957 calendar year.
The second part of the Soil
Time for Second
Cover Spray Near
On Pear Trees
The second cover spray for
control of codling moth, mites,
and psylla on pears should be
applied June 10 to 15- accord
ing to L. G. Gentner, entomolo
gist at the Southern Oregon ex
periment station, and C. B.
Cordy, Jackson county extension
agent.
In speed sprayers, use 8
pounds 50 per cent DDT plus
8 pounds armile plus 6 pounds
malathion or 3 pounds parathion
or 3 pounds EPN per acre. On
cornice, use 8 pounds chloroben-
zilate instead of aramite.
With Hose Rigs I
In hose rigs they recommend
l!i pounds DDT plus lhi pounds
aramite plus Hi pounds malath
ion, or ?4 pound parathion or
14 pound EPN. On cornice use
l'-i pounds chlorobenzilate in
stead of aramite.
If all growers spray in the
week of June 10 to 15 it will
prevent psylla from moving back
and forth between early and late
sprayed blocks, they pointed out.
This is important in maintain
ing control.
Spray Apples
In apples, the spray for the
control of codling moth and leaf
miner should be applied at the
same time. Cordy and Genter
suggest 10 pounds of 50 per
cent DDT and 6 pounds of para
thion per acre, or 2 pounds of
DDT and one pound of para
thion per 100 gallon. In both
cases, use one quarter of a pint
of spreader per 100 gallon.
This spreader is essential in
order to get control of the leaf
miner. This insect is causing
serious damage in apples, but
so far is found only occasionally
in pears.
Livestock Judging
Schools Scheduled
Corvallis A school for live
stock judges, to be held at Ore
gon State college July 8 and 9,
will give interested persons an
opportunity to qualify them
selves to judge at community
and county fairs, according to
Cal G. Monroe, state extension
agent in 4-H club work.
A similar school will be held
July 11 and 12 at the Eastern
Oregon Branch Experiment sta
tion, Union.
Instruction on judging dairy
cattle, beef cattle, sheep, swine,
saddle horse showmanship and
horsemanship, livestock s h o w
manship, and show ring pro
cedure will be offered at the
school. Those attending will also
learn how to give reasons for
their placings when judging.
Interested persons are advised
to see their local county agents
to get more details on the school
and to arrange housing and tran
sportation, Monroe said.
Western Livestock
Producers Warned
San Francisco in Presi
dent E. Floyd Forbes of the
Western States Meat Packers
Association has warned western
livestock producers, packers and
processors that their economic
future would be at stake at an
important meeting in Chicago
on June 12.
The meeting, Forbes said, Is j
called by the freight traffic man-1
agers of all western transcon
tinental railroads to consider1
reducing westbound freight rat-!
es on dressed meat and packing- i
house products 30 cents per 100 j
pounds under the present truck j
rates. j
The result, Forbes warned, i
may be "disastrous'' for all seg- j
ments of the western meat in-;
dustry unless the reduction is ',
accompanied by an equal rcduc-
tion of westbound rates on live j
animals.
BARGAIN GRADE
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512.50 Per M'
CHENEY STUD MILL
CENTRAL POINT
Effective
Bank program is the conserva-.
tion reserve whereby Jackson
county farmers, who agree to
reduce their acreage of soil de
pleting crops and at the same
time establish cover on land
set aside will receive an annual
payment of $11 per acre plus
approximately 80 per cent of the
cost of establishment of protec
tive cover. These contracts will
b! for 3 to 10 years.
Both types of agreements re
quire the control of n o x i ous
weeds and the havesting of any
crop or grazing of the land is
prohibited for the duration of
the contract-
At the present time there are
16 acreage reserve agreements
in Jackson county, covering 230
acres of wheat land. In 1957
these 16 farmers will receive a
total of $6,564.54 compensation
for keeping their wheat land out
of production thereby reducing
the Jackson county wheat pro
duction by an estimated 5,497
bushels this year.
Eleven Contracts
There are at present 11 con
servation reserve contracts in ef
fect in Jackson c o u n ty. The
majority are on land that has
been in feed grain production
and was low in soil fertility. A
total of 312 acres of cropland
will be kept out of production
and permit ted to build up
strength for at least three years
under these contracts. The objec
tives of the Conservation Re
serve program are to retire gen
eral cropland from production
that is not needed now, and to
help conserve soil, water, trees
and wildlife.
The farmers who have set this
land aside will receive $3,212 in
annual rental payments for the
land set aside in 1957. In addi
tion they will receive an estim
ated $5,811 in Federal cost share
payments for establishing satis
factory vegetative cover.
At present time the acreage
reserve part of the Soil Bank
program, which is the annual
program for wheat and other
basic allotment crops is under
strong criticisms in Congress and
may not be renewed for 1958.
The present agreements will be
honored fully, according to Mar
in. The conservation reserve part
of the program has also received
some criticism in Congress but
stands a better chance to con
tinue on for a number of years.
Wheat Acreage
Allotment Offered-
Farmers with land on which
no wheat was seeded for grain
for any of the years 1955, 195t
or 1957, may apply for a 195
wheat acreage allotment, accord
ing to Albert L. Straus, chair
man of the Jackson County Af
ricultural Stabilization and Con
servation committee.
To be considered for an allot
ment on a farm which had no
wheat seeded for grain for any
of those years, the farmer must
apply in writing to his count
ASC committee by July 1.
Blank application forms rr
available at the ASC county
office, courthouse, Medford, Oro
gon, for use in filing requtatx
for allotments.
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