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TILLAMOOK, OREGON, FEBRUARY
JtaÖliflljt
2). 1918.
I1.50 PER YEAR.
BANNER YEAR FOR TILLAMOOK COUNTY’S
FAMUOS CHEESE—BRINGS $1,188,845
44,901,303 POUNDS OF WHLK-
4,974,328 POUNDS OF CHEESE
milk was put into cheese as usual
Ispectively, both of which have been has given us a lot of cheese la tely count. Nothing was charged patrons
One new feature with a number of
c.’ paid in. It sold a protectograph for
, [ for making
_ up November -----
milk, • —
as
C. -
!.. > ' from factories a that has been of the best quality.
the cheese factories was in putting in 1 $15.00
and ......
received
1 believe we should put more time ¡they had been c. larged more for whey
plants to separate the butter fat which total of $8,544.50, $85.43 of which was
and effort into improving the quality ' plant than it had cost. Expenses were
went into the whey tank, $13,879.29 collected on this year’s account and
of our milk and cheese and also put-I $ 10,175.00.
being realized by that process. There for that reason hereafter is shown as
ting our boxes in better shape. 1 be- ! Financial statement 'ollows:
were six factories which installed a liability. The association also acted
plants and four others will do so this as ciearing house for $63.00 received lieve it would be well to brand our I Resources—Accounts due company,
cheese more prominently, in fact 1 ! $5,091.02, Supplies on hand $3,151.40;
spring.
from county on fair account ami think we are losing a great part of the Building aud ground, $5,318.78. Cash
There are many dairy herds in the $85.06 for boxes and Wyandotte, all
county that have made remarkable of which make a total of $9,596.36. good we should gain in the quality of in bank, $852.98. Wilson River Far
records, averaging over $200.00 per Disbursements were. State fair as our cheese, by not having our cheese mer’s Water Co. $070. Total $15,-
branded more prominently. If we 090.18.
head for each cow.
mentioned above, $63.00, boxes and
Liabilities—Capital stock outstand
There is one feature about the dairy Wyandotte mentioned above, $85.06, spend any money in advertising, this
industry of Tillamook County that is my 1916 salary shown as debit on last I this would be practically lost unless I ing, $900.00; December money in, $2,-
we adopt some some distinct method 693.82; By balance, $11,496.36. Total,
not given proper consideration. It is report, $20.00 expense account to date
of marking our goods. Simply to ad $15,090.18.
the business end we have reference to. $7.550-85. Tin for vats, $765.62,
and vertise and then not putting our
Mr. and Mrs. Carl HaberlaGi did the leaves us $1,111.83 in the bank.
goods in shape so that the consumer
FAIRVIEW DAIRY ASSO.
whole of the clerical work for 20 co
The expenses itemized cover the would know he or she was getting
operative cheese associations, selling following,
Factory
received 5,124,880 tbs. milk
“Tillamook” cheese, would be throw
4,747,229 pounds of cheese, and other Inspector to Feb, 1st. ... . $2,305.24 ing our money away on an advertise during 1917.
products. The business amounted to Sec. ¡1 months salary and
206,852 tbs. butter fat in milk, an
ment campaign.
$1,141,793.57. Probably there is no
Meda account ..................... 4,25000
The directors had a number of average of 4,036 per cent fat. 552,365
other business of that magnitude in Telephone and Telegraphs..
447-32 meetings during the past year and tbs. of cheese made, or 8,118 boxes.
Oregon where two persons do the Check W’riter .........................
>37.436 lbs. milk were separated
40.00 matters of importance to the cheese
whole of the clerical work, together Legal services, H. T. Botts..
3609 industry were taken up by the board during December. 4,987,444 tbs milk
with buying and selling, which goes Directors’ mileage and per
from time to time. 1 note some objec- were made into cheese.
to prove that the Tillamook dairymen
Average yield, 11.07 lbs. cheese per
diem .....................................
202.10
_____ tions lately that the board was no
have the co-operative system re California, Seattle and two
‘larger, but it would appear that a 100 tbs milk.
duced to a science, for it is co-opera
Cheese sold for $129,487.95. Cream
Portland trips ....................
I47.5O I larger number of men would not be
tion in the manufaoture of a superior Taxes.........................................
12.76 |able to give closer attention to details from whole milk brought $3,534-19-
grade of cheese and co-operation at tl small items .......................
18.38 than the seven men which now com Whey cream brought, $3,670.56. Total
receipts, $136,692.70.
the business end of the industry.
Stamps and stationery for
prise the board.
Factory received $10,150.64 for mak
F. W. Christensen, who is < mployed
the association. ..................
The
future
of
the
cheese
market
is
91.55
as supervisor and grader of the co-op-
quite uncertain. The Government has ing cheese. $1,633.89 was charged on
erative
which ’ comprise
—■ •:— associations
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. Total.................
• •• $7,550.85 not placed a maximum price price on account of separating whey. $1,489.94
the Tillamook County
Creamery Financial statement.
cheese as yet, nor do we expect that was cost of whey separator plant.
Association had 21 cheese factories
Resources:
it will do so. The English government Net expenses for the year were, $9,-
821.53.
under his control last year, It used to Due ass'n for tin ..
$ 765.62 has placed a maximum price on Can
Financial statement follows:
be that good, bad and poor cheese
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all Miami Valley Creamery....
37-50 adian cheese of 21 %c. and on Ameri
Resources—Building and ground,
sold for first grade cheese. Not so now Cash in bank ......................... 1.111.83 can cheese of 21 %c. This has tended
however. High grade cheese is in de
to cut off American export on 1917 $4,762.99; Supplies on hand, $2,275.10;
mand, which obtains the inspector's
Total ............................ $1,914-95 cheese, but 1 understand that lately Accounts due company, $5,686.99;
stamp. Whenever a batch of cheese
Liabilities:
they have taken 10 million lbs. of Total, $12,725.08.
Liabilities,—Due bank, $2,346.09;
does not come up to the high stand Paid us in this years acct... $ 85.43 American cheese at about 24c. I be
Capital
stock outstanding, $1,700.00;
ard set by the inspector, it is placed in Capital stock paid up.............
lieve
that
it
will
be
increasingly
diffi
250.00
the second grade. This insure^ to the By Balance, ........................... 1,579-52 cult to interest storage men in storing December money in, $3 534.19; By
people and jobbers a first class quality
cheese the coming season if prices are balance^ $5,144.80. Total, $12,725.08.
of cheese when they see the inspec
Total ..
$1,914-95 too high, especially if the government
tor's stamp upon it, and why they
1 wish you would appoint a com insists too strongly upon storage men
MOHLER CREAMERY.
prefer Tillamook cheese. To throw a mittee to audit these accounts.
not carrying cheese over 60 days. I
Factory received total of 2,567,602
little more light on the grading of
1 he factories belonging to the as do not think they will insist too tbs. of milk. This milk contained 106,-
Tillamook cheese for the information sociation are fairly well supplied with strongly upon this. For the reason 505.18 tbs. of butter fat. Average test,
of those who are not familiar with supplies, stock on hand the 1st of that it is going to be increasingly dif 4.136 per cent.
this part of the cheese industry, the January having been invoiced at ficult to get the best we can at all
285,320 tbs. cheese produced, mak
cheese makers at the different factor $20,036.07. Since then we have bought times for our cheese, I would like to ing 3,997 boxes. Average yield 11.11
ies must make a first grade cheese. most of our other needed supplies have an expression of the proposition tbs. cheese per 100 tbs milk. Cheese
When they fail to do so, the inspector We have about enough rennet now to of giving me more time for the mar sold for $67,089.48. Average price re
marks it seconds, which is a loss of last us until the 1st of July, but we keting end of the business. Stocks of ceived, 23.51c. i. o. b. cars Mohler.
several cents a pound to the factory. have been expecting the market to de cheese at this time arc about 115 per
Patrons paid 2c. the lb. for making
Last year the inspector placed 3787 cline on rennet because there are now cent greater than a year ago in the cheese. This includes inspecting and
Triplets, 60 Y. A. and 306 Long Horns being used several kinds of substitutes United States.
selling. Total paid for making was
in the second grade, which goes to Rennet can be had at any time now,
Respectfully submitted, $5,706.40.
Carl Haberlach, Secretary
prove that Tillamook dairymen are which is a considerable different from
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exceedingly particular in placing their last year at this time.
THREE RIVERS CREAMERY
cheese on the market as a high class
Since the beginning of the war, the CHEESE FACTORY REPORTS.
ASSOCIATION.
product, and where it docs not reach Government has required us to make
Company received 1,979,697 tbs. of
that standard, it is sold as second monthly reforts of each factory. The
grade cheese, and in that way no one last month we received blanks for THE TILLAMOOK CREAMERY milk during the year.
is imposed upon.
Milk contained 79,220.97 tbs. butter
4 sets of reports for each factory and
Factory received 5,709,632 tbs. milk
will have to make annual income re
104,813 lbs. December milk was sep fat, average of 4.001 per cent.
Estimating December cheese sold at
THE SECRET AR Y-SALESi.lAN’S port the coming month. 1 have shown arated and cream shipped to Portland,
some of the directors these blanksand« producing 5,282.26 tbs. butter fat. This factory brings total cheese to 214,087
tbs. Yield, 10.81 tbs. cheese per 100
ANNUAL REPORT.
if we have to fill them out it is going brought $1,840.36.
to take all the time of one man to do
630,483 tbs. cheese made, making tbs milk. 3, 092 boxes of cheese made
To the stockholders of the Tilla
Cheese sold for $50,430.17. Average
so. They require the most minute de 8,985 boxes.
mook County Creamery Association, tails and it will be necessary to keep
Yield, n.25 lbs. cheese per 100 tbs. price, $23.550. as against 16.68c. a year
Gentlemen:—
ago. Factory received $4,910,90 for
exact account of- each article used milk.
Cheese «old for $147,688.16. Average making cheese. Also, $277.20 on haul
Following is my report as secretary each month, to take an invoice each
of your association for the year end month, and to keep a separate ac- 23.42c. T illamook. $3,090.90 was real ing account. Expenses for the year
ing today. The factories in the asso count of administrative expense, op- ized from the sale of 6,734.90 tbs. were $4.9 10.50. $1,066.95 was expended
ciation, not including Red Clover or erating expenses and other expenses. whey butter fat. Total receipts, $152.- on water system t o date.
Financial statement follows:
Miami, received a total of 42,194,581 We also have to make reports each 619.42 from whey cream, cheese and
Red Glover Creamery, $89.02; Build
month for each factory to the Food and cream. 234,216 lbs butter fat in
lbs of milk during 1917.
ing, ground and water system $4,780.-
41,740,270 tbs. of milk were made in Administration of the amount of milk milk, an average of 4.102 per cent.
Factory received $11,572.79 for mak 85; Supplies on hand paid for, $703.25.
to cheese. 454.311 lbs. of December received, cheese made each month and
milk were separated, containing 21,- for same month last year, amounts ing cheese. $1,481.59 was also deduct Due us for cheese, $1,721.83; Decem
ber making due company $172.26.
paid patrons, butter fat in milk, ed from w'hey cream for separator.
779.83 lbs. butter fat.
Expenses for the year were $11,- Cash in bank, $8.71. Total. $7,475-92-
Total butter fat in milk, 1,715,465.59 cheese sold, cheese on hand, and an
Liabilities, Capital stock outstand
tbs. Average butter fat, 4,067 per cent. endless lot of other questions arc re 709-37-
ing $1,600.00; Due bank, $3,550.00. By
4,684,366 tbs. cheese made, an aver quired to be answered. Also, the as Financial statemtne follows:
Resources—Building and ground, balance, $2,325.92. Total $7,475.92.
age yield of 11.23 tbs. cheese per 1OO sociation is required to make monthly
reports. State, labor and Government $7,207.40; Supplies on hand $3,000.00;
lbs. milk.
reports for the coming year, if these 1918 expense account, $271.68. Ac CLOVER LEAF CREAMERY CO.
Cheese sold for $1,103,004.55.
Average price received, 23.52c. the have to be kept up, will be close to counts due company, $6,683.89. Total,
Factory received 2,360,409 lbs. of
1,500. I have taken up the matter with $17,162.97.
lb. Tillamook net to factories.
milk during the year, a gain of 218,-
the directors informally and it seems
Liabilities—January account
in, 844 tbs. over 1916 receipts or 10 per
Fresh cream sold for $10,522.85.
31,267.51 tbs. whey butter fat pro to me that the industry should do $2.63; Capital stock
outstanding, cent.
something toward taking care of this, $1,100.00, Due bank for money paid
duced and this sold for $13,879.29.
97,612 tbs. butter fat in milk, or
Total receipts $1,127,406.659. Gross especially if a butter plant is also patrons, $6,514.04. By balance, $9,- 4.136 per cent. Year before the aver
erected
and
the
secretary
required
to
546.30; Trial. $17,126.97.
returns, $2.66 per 100 tbs milk. Net
age test was even 4 per cent.
paid formers $2.44 per 100 tbs milk or loo kafter this. There is too much de
266,305 tbs. cheese made. Average
tail and routine for one person to
60c. lb. for butter fat.
MAPLE LEAF CREAMERY
yield, 1128. 1916 it was 11.14. 3,839
$98,823.78 was charged by the var look after, as it really requires most
boxes cheese made.
ASSOCIATION.
ious factories for making cheese. In of my time on the sales end of the
Year's cheese sold for $62,211.47.
Factory
received
5,111,322
tbs.
of
business,
to
take
care
of-
the
Direc
addition to this, several factories
Average price, 23.36c. Tillamook.
milk
during
the
year.
charged for hauling cheese Mid also tors’ and other meetings and other
Ail but 107,223 tbs. were made into Factory received 2c. the tb. for mak
applied some whey fat money on their wise take care of the buying and
ing cheese, or $3,326.10. Expenses for
separator accounts. Average price managing end of several factories. It cheese and that was separated and »he year were $5.519-75-
cream
sent
to
Portland.
would
seem
that
the
additional
work
charged 2.31 IC..
The high cost of supplies means that
This milk contained 209,755.10 tbs.
Of the 67,893 boxes of cheese sold the coming season would require the
it will cost over 2c. for making here
fat.
Average,
4.103
per
cent.
ILast
by the association and the writer for time of an assistant. This would cost
after.
the Blaine factory, an even 40 perc ent the average Tillamook dairyman less year 4 per cent. 580,220 tbs. cheese
Financial statement follows:
or 27,157 boxes or 108 car loads were than a dollar a year, as the large part made. Yield, 11.59 lbs., the same as
Resources—Building and ground,
1916.
*
of
the
increase
would
be
taken
care
of
shipped to Los Angcks.
Estimating December cheese brings $A398.55; Supplies paid for, $1,403.80;
Red Clever had 1,063,961 tbs. milk, by the new factories coming into the
in bank, $15.29; Due "'
company
value
of year's cheese to $135,743-48. (Cash
'
“•v*"*
produced 106,065 tbs cheese and this association and which have hereto
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Average
price,
23.39c.
the
lb.
Last
(
°.
.
Deeemb
i
r
making
sold for $20,298.53. 40,548.65 tbs. but fore paid others for doing their book
-due company, $184.94. 1918 expense
year it was 16.87c. the lb.
! account, $55.51. Long
ter fat in their milk. 1,384 cases of keeping.
In addition to the above, $2,695.82 prv
tl *___ t _._> j «■ Prairj^ Cream
All the factories except the Elwood
cheese produced. 1 did not keep the
ery Co. $1.50. Total, $4.925.80.
was
received
for
December
cream
books for their f ctory last year nor Creamery operated every month last
I Liabilities
jta| , —Bills payable, $1,100.00;
the Miami Valley Creamery Co., both year after they started, which is quite and $3,813.65 was received for whey cap
•pitil stock outstanding, $600.00;
of which are now members of the as a contrast from former years. Usually cream from April io December, both r)PPP,„upr
x ---
» ’ unidllCti
favor stopbi,„l —
,i_„
...
c
sociation. The new Holstein Cream the smaller factories close down late inclusive. Total receipts were $142,- 1 favor
stockholders, $2,779.30. Total,
250.95.
Gross
receipts
were
over
$2.78
1
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.
-
—
o-
in
November
or
early
in
December,
ery vzas also admitted to membership
r-.-r irvo It»« m.1V
lately, making 22 factories in the as but owing to the mild winter and bet per too tbs. milk.
The
has more supplies on
...» company ,,ai
8,246 boxes of cheese made. 5121 tbs g
sociation, being all in the county ex ter feed conditions, farmers had
V-U *1
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.
1 hand
than
than • last - season,
--- wa, including
mulUUlllg
cept the factories at Blaine, Upper more milk to deliver than usually dur December butter fat applied as cream. 1918 expense account
a
total
of
»>;
s/V'ZJ lbs.
ms. of
01 whey
wney cream sold.
sola.
t .
. .
. >uiai 01
ing the winter months. On the other 8,579-90
Nestucca and Sand Lake.
v .
j * oz. o 1
1 ♦■
‘’54-93-
thought .. it 11
it
-- tn lhe association
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Factory
received
$9,869.8! for mak-
hpU
The association had on hand at last hand, these factories were operated
best
to
buy
heavily
of
all
supplies,
report, $788.51 and had two accounts less than every day, in some instances in gchcese. In addition, $2,217.00 wes i
outstanding of $92.95 and $7.34, re- only every third or fourth day. This credited company on whey cream ac-
(Continued on Fifth page)
Thiee Large Cheese Factories Make
an Increase of Over One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars.
<By Fred C. Baker.)
Cheese Factories in Tillamook County Creamery Association.
tbs. Cheese
tbs. milk
Name of Factory
'
Tillamook Creamery ........................
Maple Leaf Creamery ......................
Fairview Dairy Association ..........
South Prairie Creamery ..................
Long Prairie Creamery ..................
Mohler Creamery ............................
Clover Leaf Creamery ..................
Three Rivers Creamery ..................
Central Creamery ..............................
Cloverdale Cheese Company ........
Elwood Creamery Co.......................
Oretown Cheese Co...........................
Cold Springs Factory ....................
Meda Creamery Company ............
Beaver Creamery Ass'n.....................
Neskowin Dairy Association ........
Alder Vale Creamery ......................
East Beaver Cheese Ço.....................
Pleasant Valley Creamery ............
Blaine Creamery ..............................
5,709,632
5,111,332
5,124,880
2,980,970
2,628,940
2,567,602
2,360,409
1,979.697
1,870,812
1,827,469
1,648,025
1,462,666
I375.77O
1,069,900
1. >5 >.333
1,007,762
852,403
842,383
822,828
557.868
42.752,449
Total
454,311 tbs. December milk separat
ed and cream shipped to Portland.
21,779.83 tbs. utter fat in said milk,
bringing $10,522.85.
31,267.51 tbs, whey butter fat sold
for $13,879.29.
42, 298,138 tbs. milk made into
cheese which brought $ 1,117,391.43.
67,893 boxes cheese manufactured.
Average butter fat in milk, 4.067 per
cent.
Average price per lb, cheese 23.52c.
Amount
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630,483
580,220
5S2.3Ó5
328,297
291,080
285,320
266,305
214,392
205,370
208,667
188,304
161,812
130,257
120,436
129,409
111.334
91.294
98,268
90,753
62,863
... $152,619.42
... 142,250.95
... 136,692.70
.. .
79.590.43
...
70,575-58
...
67,089.48
...
62,211.47
...
50,430.17
...
48,863.69
48,873.29
•..
...
44,542.82
...
37.765.89
.. .
30,555-35
...
28,219.12
...
30,649.98
26,262.83
...
21,589.72
...
...
23,36973
21,384.07
• • •
14,386.88
...
4,747,229
$1,141,793-57
...
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Tillamook, Previous year 16.76c.
Yield, 11 .23 lbs. cheese per 100 tbs.
milk.
Total ma king charges, $98,823.78.
Average per tb. cheese for making,
2.3 lie.
Net paid farmers, $2.44 per 100 tbs.
milk.
60c. aver age net price 1 laid farmers
for butter fat.
75J4 c . 100 tbs, more paid for milk
in 1917 than 1916.
Cheese Factories Not in the Association Last .Year
tbs. Milk
42,752.449
1,063,961
667,319
212,574
206,000
Factories in Association ...
Red Clover Creamery ........
Miami Creamery ..................
Sandlake Creamery ..............
Upper Nestucca Creamery .
tbs. Chee se
Amount
• • 4.747.229 . • $'1,141.793-57
106,065 ..
20,298.53
.
16,568.10
■
74.245 ■ .
5,285.05
.
23,473 •
4,900.45
.
23,316 .
Grand total
Amounts for the Past Nine Years.
tbs Cheese
... 2,506,612
. .. 2,541,057
... 2,619,229
... 3,211,004
... 3.505.516
... 3.694,458
... 4,043,875
... 4.335,817
... 4,974.328
Total .. . 295.178.5t8
31,432.896
Amount
........ $386,135.81 ....
........ 400,044.84 ....
........ 358,206.29 ....
........ 524,>18.61
........ 541.74846 ....
568,395.53 ....
........ 557.59600 ....
........ 726,911.00 ....
........ >.188,052.13 ....
. . . . $5,251,808.67
The Tillamook Creamery is again
The dairy industry of Tillamook
County
broke
»
------- ... all _ previous records for entitled to hoist :hc broom over its
■ —* cheese
-I.«... I factory, for it heads the list with
the amount of milk produced,
manufactured and amount of money 5,709,632 pounds of milk and receipts
received for the sale of cheese, cream I amounting to $152,619.42. The pre
and whey butter fat for 1917. To give I vious year this factory’s figurej were:
some idea of the magnitude of the I 5,120,494 pounds of milk and $95,-
dairy industry, 44,001,303 pounds of I 937.00 receipts.
milk were turned into the cheese fac-1 Fairview Dairy Association takes
lories of the different co-operative second place for amount of milk re
associations. One important feature ceived but third place for amount of
connected with that large quantity of money received for the same. Maple
milk is thqt it was sweet, and whole Leaf Creamery making more money
some, before it was accepted at the with a less amount of milk. Fairview
cheese factories, and all cows have Dairy Association having 13,558 lbs.
of milk in excess of that received by
to be tubercular tested.
This is another important feature Maple Leaf. What pleased ,Maple
that must not be overlooked. It in Leaf patrons, with less milk it made
sures to the public a clean, wholesome $5,558.25 more than Fairview Dairy
dairy product, with all disease germs Association.
The average price of butter fat was
obliterated in the production and
handling of milk which goes into the 60c. net to the farmers and $2.44 per
Tillamook County's famous cheese, 100 pounds of milk, while the average
with the strictest of sanitary arrange price of cheese was 23.52c. Tillamook.
The previous year the average price
ments about the cheese factories.
The output of cheese was above that of cheese was 16.76c., butter fat 41.8c.
of the previous year, amounting to ami for 100 pounds of milk $1.68%.
There was one mishap last year.
4.974.328 pounds. Had all the milk
taken to the cheese" factories been Red Clover cheese factory was des
used for cheese, it would have increas troyed by fire early in the year and
ed the output another 50,000 pounds. the milk taken to other cheese factor
That which is probably most inter ies in that vicinity. It has been rebuilt.
La*e in the season, it looked as
esting to the dairymen and those who
have taken a lively interest in it is the though the war would bring about
large increase in the receipts, which serious conditions, for there was a
slump in the market when all the
totals $1,188,845.70. The year prev
cheese factories were loaded up with
ious the figures were $807,095.00.
The Tillamook Creamery made an cheese. To meet this condition some
increase of $59,682.42; Maple Leaf, of the large creameries put the milk
$50,545.95; Fairview Dairy Associa through separators and shipped the
tion, $40.270.70. This makes a total in cream to Portland, so as to reduce the
crease in the three largest co-opera- | output of cheese. In December 454,311
live associations of $159,499.07. It is a 1 pounds of milk was separated, the
very flattering showing for these j cream selling for $10,522.85. But mar
ket condition* becoming be’ter the
cheese factories.
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