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nahoolinaoterzt. -Slitlkerinbare.
"NOTHING BUT A OOLD."
A very great fickor in witching Cold seem to be the exclusive poi -
colds is the disturbance of the body's vilage of civilization. The human
equilibrium by fussing from the su- race proliably did not begin to snuf-
perheated Inane, -where one gets into fle until it began to build houses and
a perspirntion, into the freezing open. to wear clothes. The iext step
Healthy living is the constant and toward the handkerchief era was
right adjustment of internal rola- when houses began to be heated.
eons to external relatioas. Normal Then, instead of a glorious, healthy,
relations are thrown completely out vigorous battling with the elements,
of gear by the'proatidar6 just stated. people crowded into them super -
An intimate feature of the corns heated dwellings: and then they be -
mon cold is caferth, inflammation of gan to know .the nature of colds,
the mucous membranes of the nose Fresh air abounds all over the sur -
and throat. Some catarrhs have a faee of God's earth, except in the
nervous,' velation. People nervously 'houses which man has built. Not
exhausted—neurasthenie—are apt to fresh air, but the want of it, is the
get e catarrh in the fall and not to cause of many diseasos, the preface to
be rid of it until winter is well past. which are colds.
"Such folk will have a nervous ca-
tarrh simply from the apprehension QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
of catching cold. Catarrh and the Nasal Duct.
The neglected cold, considering its I have catai% of the nose.. The
consequences, is the most Serious of nasal passage is choked up, causing
human ailments, Could its sum total the eye on the affected side to become
in suffering, money loss, inconven- feverish and to feel very enlarged.
ience, in its infection danger, and in Answer—DOn't temporize for a mo-
tile fatalities which are sfi;entimes, ment. There is at least inflammatiOn
though perhapS remotely sequel to it of the lachrymal or tear duct; which
—could this sum total be properly runs from the eye -socket to the nose.
appreciated, no one in his senses Possibly also extension of the cato'
would say the common cold is a arrhal inflammation to the orbit, the
trifling thing.
eye socket.
The common cold leads to, pre-
disposes to many disease, by weaken-
ing the body and by destroying the
protective properties against .germs,
inherent in the mucous membranes
of. the nose and throat. To two dis-
eases the common cold leads pre-em-
inently—consumption and pneumon-
ia. The captain of the men of death
and his first lieutenant, pneumonia,
account between them for more than
half of all human mortality,
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Globus Hystericps.
What is the cause of a slight strang-
ling feeling in the throat, a kind of dry-
ness that keeps me from swallowing.
The trouble is at the Adam's apple.
Answer—I could not of course be
sure in the drowns -tames; but the
trouble is probably globus hysterieus
as the doctors call it—a symptom of
hysteria, 'Better be examined how-
ever and be sure.
MOTHER-W1SDOM
Miring Knighthood Year Children Need Most Patient Treatment
By Helen Johnson Keyes
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In a former article we decided that so late, that intimate sympathy neces-
children will be good if they are given sary to wholesome, virtuous develop-
s chance. Shall we look further into nee* at the trying age when they
purents' duty and privilege in this grow into maturity.
direction? Let them be co-operators on the
Boys and girls at the knighthood
age, from ten to fourteen years, are
wild, strange and incomprehensible to
most grown-ups. Boys want to fight,
to throw stones, to have secrets.
They are like the knights we read of,
who went out to seek adventures, to
try their swords against other brave
knights; who made trouble just in
order to mend its who loved masks
and disguises, wizards, dungeons and
castles. These knights seem absurd
and childish to us, but they wor-
shipped God, served their country and
were true to the best in themselves.
Girls become sentimental, mysteri-
ous, full of giggles. They are less
wholesome than the boys of their age
but they can be led easilrto sweet-
ness and religious enthusiasm. It is
a fine, brave age, both for our girls
and boys.
It is an age of idealism, of, hero-
worship and reverence. They find out
something then which gives them an
insight always into the higher, nobler
fame of life, We <I; not want our
children to become the sort of men
and women who forget God because
they have too much to do, who slight
love because they are concerned only
about money, who see nothing beyond
the monotony of the daily tasks.
Allow them then the special pre-
paration granted by this period in
childhood when romance and poetry
throb with life, They will never for-
get it. Its spirit will come back to
encourage and cheer them in years- of
maturity when days have grown in-
toleiably dull. It will be like a win-
dow then, into the land of promise.
Through it will shine the "light that
never was on land or sea" but which
makes bright the hearts of those who
know how to "become as little chil-
dren."
Whatever your boys and girls do at
this age, try to remember that bade of
their deeds is idealism. What I mean
by idealism is rule by ideas. In the
animal stage they were ruled by their
stomachs; in the savage stage by
their five senses; in the period of
knighthood, ideas have taken hold of
_them.
The ideas may Ise foolish, laughable,
dangerous; nevertheless, they are the
first reaching -out of the soul and
spirit toward things not born of the
flesh. Do not ridicule them or you
may kill a soul.
Let, your children have at this time,
plenty of space, plenty of hard, open -
Air fun as well as systematic work and
comperions of their own ages. Their
sten .,hrowing, their "gangs" are not
nee ;eerily dangerous to the com-
nu sity; even the sentimentality of the
may be turned into useful chan-
nele. All these age -developments
can be controlled and made education-
al. We shall have more to say about
them in another article,
Remember that although this period
is very difficult for the parents, it is
Vvorth while to be patient and affec-
ilonates It leads into adolescence
and unless mothers and fathers have
held their boys and girls close to them
all through their previous develop-
ment, it will be impossible to establish
farm, not mere laborers; make their
home a pleasant place for them and
their friends; give them cheerful bed -
roma of their own where they can be
alone sometimes. Respect them and
let them know you do.
By the time they are fourteen they
begin to belong to the generation in
which they are really living. This
period lasts from fourteen to eighteen
years of age. They have a firmer
understanding than before of prop-
erty, of truth, of peaceful relations.
Nevertheless, there are strange and
painful changes going on in their
bodies and minds which make these
adolescent boys and girls restless, un-
happy, cross, unfriendly.
They desire and need hours of soli-
tude, they require to be managed with
an almost divine patience, for they
are suffering in many ways. Their
self -assertiveness and their unruliness
tax 115 to the utmost but this is not
an age for the discipline of words.
Regular, wholesome work On the
farm and in the home. should be em-
ployed but no nagging, no fault-find-
ing, no spying upon their occupations.
It is an age of rebellion. Boys and
girls who have always been obedient
and steady become disobedient and
unreliable. This mood will pass. If
you have been gentle and sympathetic,
ready to help, ready to provide time
for wholesome play and companion-
ship, you will find your children very
close to you when they cons out of
this chrysalis stage, bright -winged
butterflies.
How different now are the experi-
ences and outlooks of the wise and
unwise mother! The one has healthy
children, firmly established in habits
Of observation and work, with ideals
of courage, family life, religion, to ex-
alt the routine of daily labor, to give
that routine meaning and an object.
The other has children already enibit-
tered, sour and bored., Indigestion,
lack of self-control, lack of interest in
the world and other people• a sense
u:
of isolation even from mother and
father, perhaps render them unable
to make the supreme struggle for
purity and usefulness in the hour of
budding manhood and womanhood.
• You see what I meant when I said,
"Children will be good if you give
them a chance to be." That is the
duty and prissilege of all mothers and
fathers. It is not easy. Oh no!
But it is worth while. Someone has
said, "A mother has the power to sow
a thought and reap an act; to sow an
act and reap a character; to sow s a
character and reap a destiny." Is it
not the most wonderful and rewarding
thing in the world, then, lo be a wise
mother ?
Perhaps some of us have only begun
to learn this wisdom when our babies
are no longer babies but well on the
road to older boyhood and girlhood.
All is not lost even then! Love can
accomplish wonders when will to do
better goes hand In hand with it A
child is like a plant and responds
quickly to improved treatment.
Along with bookkeeping study out,
Of7dolit keeping.
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Always Apa..,ble arid Delicious.
The Tea o all Teas.
Qreen 1 Get a package and enjoy
or Mixed j a cup of Tea "In Perfection".
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Feeding Fall Litters.
Pigs raised by a mature sow get a
better start while young and give
greater profits than the pigs from a
young, immature Sow. To increase
the number of brood sows by selec-
tion from last fall's litters, one should
choose the thrifty, broadschested sows
and leave out the narrow -chested,
pinch-bellieciones to be prepared for
a market for a convenient season.
Pigs sired by mature boars are
generally larger and more thrifty
while young than those sired by im-
mature boars. It is expected that
the fall pigs will be farrowed as early
as October. At that time the sows
with their pigs should be allowed to
atm in the open where there is an
abundance of green feed, clover, al-
falfa, rape,
or rye. If the sows ars
fed sloppy feed at that time they will
give a liberal amount of milk.
When the pigs are about three
weeks old they will want to eat more
than the milk they can get from their
mother. A small shallow trough
should be placed where the sow cannot
get to it, . Scald some _ middlings,
stir and pour in some milk; if the milk
is sweet, all the better. Put into the
feed about a , tablespoonful of
molasses. Drive the little pigs care-
fully over the trough. They will get
the odor from the molasses, put their
noses to the feed, lap it, and begin to
eat.
liwill not be necessary to drive the
pigs to the trough again. They will
go to the same place the next day.
They Should be fed some warm feed
-twice each day. If any feed is left
in the trough it may be put where
the sow can clean it up. Always
feed the pigs in a clean trough.
After feeding the pigs in this way
for a week or two, coarser feed can
be used, and sour or butter -milk in
the place of sweet milk. But one
should continue to scald the grain feed
and feed the pigs while it is warm.
Increase the amount of the feed as the
pigs grow.
Pigs fed in this manner should
weigh 50 pounds at weaning time,
when they are about eight weeks of
age. If the warm feed is continued,
there will be no check in the growth
by taking the sow away from them.
Always give the pigs a warm, dry
place in which to sleep. Do not al-
low much air space above the nest.
Give an opportunity for an abundance
of exercise and a variety of feed. It
is practicable to push them to popular
market weights by the time they are
seven months of age, The gains are
made more cheaply before that time
than it is possible to make them after
that age. As true patriots we must
not miss planning for the fall litters,
and when they arrive we should make
the most of them.
Reforestation.
The problem of reforesting areas
that are otherwise unproductive
should be considered by agriculturists.
Perhaps next in importance to the dis-
posal of brush and slash is the effect
of close cutting on hillsides, In many
instances, the clearing of trees from a
slope has encouraged a washing of
soil that not only ruins the slope but
also buries the productive field at its
foot and greatly increasethe damage
done by brooks.at flood conditions.
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On some Belgian Auras before the
war horses brought in as much income
as the land itself. Belgium will need
help in horse growing after the war.
Can't we do something at it? Have
to be pretty good horses if we do, for
those people are past -masters in
horse breeding, especially in the draft
type.
Growing colts should never be win-
tered on hardwood floors. Box stalls
with well -drained dirt floors should
be provided for them. Roadster colts
need more space for exercise than the
draft colts. Good colts are always
the product of a liberal, careful feed-
ing. A stunted colt is always the
starved colt, and it can never hope
to weaetiVinteuap,
d teams sell to much bet-
ter advantage than single animals, It
is a pretty good plan, when you have
a horse or colt for sale, to buy a mate
and sell the two together. The in-
crease of twenty-five per cent. in sell-
ing price will warrant it if the animals
are well matched in size, color, con-
formation and strength.
s,
Mrs. Progress and Airs. Oldways.
"Do tell me why you put that piece
of old muslin over the turkey?" asked
Mrs. Oldways of her neighbor, "I'm
rather curious to know."
"To keep in the steam and make
the bird tender," replied Mrs. Pro-
gress. -
"But does the turkey get brown
when roastedsthat way?"
"Indeed it does, but a half hour or
so before • I remove the 1 h,
put the turkey back in the oven, and
I feel sure that it will be cooked to a
tarn . deliciously tender and as nice a
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This Department Is for theuseAogmn
fou7ifafirt'm readers who want the advice
°f an expert on any question regarding eoll, seed, crops, etc. If your question
Is of sufficient general Interest, It will ,be answered through Ole column. If
stamped and addressed envelope Is enclosed with your letter, a complete
answer will be mailed to you, Address Agronomist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co., Ltd., 73 Adelaide St. W,, Toronto,
have a piece of sod land
that I wish to plant in corn next,
spring, Should I spread manure on
before 11 19 plowed?
Answer—I would advise you to
have your sod ground plowed this fall,
and allowed to stand over winter,
Then spread the manure on top of the
plowed furrows in the spring before
you disk the ground in preparation
101 corn, 1)8 V01'7 fleitvy 5011 11 IS
sometimes advisable to plow in strawy
immure in order to open up the aoil.
Conversely on very sandy soil it IS
sometimes advisable toplow in strawy
manure in order to give body to the
sandy land, but on normal loam soil
the treatment recommended has given
the best results.
1.,..1.: ---What is the best way to
plant and handle a bean crop? Are
bean harvesters satisfactory? What
is the best soil for beans?
Answer: -1. Beans do best on a
fairly compact well prepared seed -bed
that is loose on top, They thrive on
a fertile soil that is neither extremely
light, nor too heavy and compact. The
soil should be well drained. Beans
are a quick -growing, short -seasoned,
early maturing crop. An abundance
of available plantfood is needed in
order to produce rapid growth and
maximum yield. On a medium loam
soil the application of 200 to 600
pounds per acre of a fertilizer carry-
ing 1. to 2 per cent. ammonia and 8
to 12 per cent. available phosphoric
acid along with 1 per cent potash, if
it is obtainable, will give this rapid
stait and vigorous growth. Successful
bean growers apply this fertilizer
through the attachment of the grain
drill, either at seeding time or one
or two weeks previous to planting. If
you have no fertilizer attachment on
the grain drill apply the fertilizer
through a lime distributor previous to
drilling, but be sure to work in the
fertilizer by thorough disking and har-
rowing the soil before the beans are
planted. The amount of seed to
plant per acre depends upon the
variety. Two to four peeks of the
shade of brown as one could ask for."
"Well, the ' !r• new to me, ! ut it
sounds good. I have a mind to try
it," said Mrs. Oldways as she went out
of the door.
Keep Windows Open, •
Get into the habit of living in a
house with all the windows open, rain
or shine—night and day. You can't
possibly get too mesh fresh air. The
very fact that people say their houses
are damp and chilly shows that the
windows have not been open enough,
says a prominent health authority.
Damp houses come from not hav-
ing enough air to dry them out. Even
on the rainy days it were better to
open wide the windows and let the
fresh air in and even a little rain—
than to shut the windows down, stop-
ping the entrance of fresh air.
The healthiest people in the world
are the savages, and they live out of
doors in the ram as well as in the
sunshine. Don't be afraid of fresh
air at any time.
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Do not neglect 'a rOld. Keep your-
self in good physical condition by
observing the laws of health. Dress
warmly, but not too heavily; get all
the fresh air and sunshine you can;
sleep with your window partly open
at night and keep yourself well by
every other possible means.
The potato was first introduced into
Spain by Hieronymus Carden, a monk,
in 1555; into England by Sir John
Hawkins and Sir Francis Drake in
1563; and into Ireland by Sir Walter
Raleigh in 1586.
CUT OUT AND FOLD ON DOTTED ,LINES
Willie wit's surprised to see
His kitty high up in a tree;
But back to the house in fear he flew
When Kitty said, "rhea -nue
When Poultry is Ripe for Market.
The roasting fowl Must be young,
full grown, plump and well finished.
It is ripe for a choice roaster only a
short time. It is well finished when
fat and lean meat are well intermix-
ed in good proportions. An unfinish-
ed fowl lacks flavor, and does not pre-
sent an appetizing appearance when
prepared for the table. The -flesh ap-
pears shrunken and the bones are
prominent. Besides, the meat will be
dry and tough.
Before starting to lay, the pullet
makes an ideal roaster; but after she
has started to lay the flesh becomes
tough. When the spurs of the cock-
erel harden, the flesh toughens.
Hog fat is not a desirable condition
for market poultry. Close -grained
carcasses are preferred. Large, rough,
coarse fowls are not in good demand.
There is better eating in a stag than
in a male that has been mated. As a
rule, a hen is a better reacting fowl
than a male.
The spring chicken is one hatched
not earlier than February, nor later
than May, and is ripe for market when
two or three pounds in weight. Chicks
hatched the last of August, or the first
week in. September, are fit for the
broiler market about the end of
November,
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Hair in the region of the udder
should be kept short by clipping,
since the hair harbors dirt.
If strongly flavored foods such as
. turnips or cabbage are given at any
time except immediately after milk-
ing, the milk is likely to have the flav-
or of the foods.
To insure strong, vigorous, healthy
winter calves, provide the pregnant
mother with clover or alfalfa hay, corn
silage, and from two to four pounds
of a grain mixture composed of two
parts oats, two parts wheat bran and
one part by weight of linseed -oil
meal, Grain should be fed sparingly
for a few days prior to and after calv-
trig.
It is always desirable to grind all
grains for the dairy cow because of
the large amount of feed that a cow
must digest in order to produce wall.
When butter becomes strong and
rancid, break it up into new milk,
working this through it; then take
out the butter, wash it and work the
milk out of it as you did the butter-
milk in the beginning.
Glad to Hear of Promotion.
Private Smith, after serving three
Weeks with the forces had fallen be-
neath the avenging eye of the CO, for
some petty offense. Thereafter he
sent this touching epistle to his moth-
er: "Dear Mother—I am now a de-
faulter." His grief was too great
to write more, so he got a comrade
to 188111 11 for him, and sat him down
pea bean or four to fivpeeks of the
larger variety has given gond results.
In cultivating the beans be careful,
not to cultivate too deeply. Bean'
roots are shallow. Do not cut off ,
tha root 3 or cultivate the beans
when they are wet, since there is ,
danger of spreading disease at this
time. As a rule bean harvesters do
satisfactory work,
P.T.1--1. In your opinion what 115
the best variety of potato for market-
ing? 2. I wish to seed a six -acre
field to alfalfa. in the spring. What
variety would you advise? 3. Is it
best to sow grass seed in front or be-
hind the disks in a disk seed drill?
The field is a sandy loam.
Answer: -1. There is no best variety
of potatoes for all markets. Profes-
sor Levitz of Ontario .Agricultural
College, who has given the subject
careful and long study, reports in his
most recent bulletin tha t for table
quality, Empire State, Rose's New In-
vincible, Rural New Yorker No. 2,
White Elephant, and Stray Beauty are
all good potatoes. The first four
rank above 75, when judged on the
basis of 100 for perfect table pota-
toes. They are also heavy yielders,
For early potatoes, Stray Beauty,
Howe's Premium, and Early Ohio rank
high. 2. As a general rule Grimm
alfalfa has given exceedingly good
results in the middle west. There are
other hardy strains being introduced
from seed which is imported from
Russia. 8. Grass seed may be sown
broadcast in front of the disks, or the
conveyers from the grass seed box
may be attached so that the seed is
sown with the grain seed, falling
through the boot. On a sandy loam
soil, if the grain is not sown too deep-
ly, the latter method usually will give
the best results. If the grain is be-
ing sown very deeply, however, it
would be better to allow the grass
seed to drop broadcast in front of the
disks and to rely upon its being thor-
oughly covered by the chain drags
which follow the drilling attachment,
or if press wheels are attached, they
will deposit the seed satisfactorily.
to do his punishment in silence. Five
days later he got this: "My Dear son
—I ain so glad to hear of yotir promo-
tion. 13e sure to be kind to the men
under you, and never forget that you
were a private once yourself."
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fResults With Root Seed
Growing in Canada
Among the problems that the great
war has created for Canada, the prob-
lem of growing root seed, i. o. seed of
swede and fall turnips, mongols, and'
field carrots, may seem rather in-
significant to the average Canadian
citizen, Yet, that problem is to -day
one of the most vital to the Canadian
farmer, notably the dairy farmer, in-
asmuch as it is directly connected
with the providing of that indispens-
able stock food that is generally refer-
red to as "roots".
In 1915, Canada imported a total of
1,927,813 pounds of turnip fieed, and
3,0953,060 pounds of mangel and beet
seed. In 1916, the import of turnip
seed dwindled to 150,855 pounds and
the import of mongol and beet seed
to 1530,797 pounds; and for 1917, the
figures etand at 291,379 pounds for
turnip seed and 891,677 pounds for
mangel and beet seed, This means
that Canada imported a total of these
most important farm seeds, in the
years of 1016 and 1917, which falls
short of the import of 1915 alone of,
roughly, one million pounds, It
should be added that practically every
pound of field root seed used in this
country is of European origin.
That Canada was running a great
risk of having her supply of root seed
from Europe shut off, partly or wholly,
as a result of the war, was regretfully
predicted in an Experimental Farina
bulletin entitled "Growing Field Root,
Vegetable and Flower Soeds in
Canada", issued early in 1915. In
the said bulletin, an appeal was made,
as has also repeatedly been done later
in many issues of "Seasonable Hints"
distributed by the Dominion Experi-
mental Farms System, to Canadian
farmers and others interested in the
seed supply being kept up, urging that
Canada could not afford to take the
risk or relying on import from Europe
either under prevailing war conditions,
or immediately after the conclusion of
peace. It was emphatically stated,
that "Canada should make herself in-
dependent of foreign markets and pro-
duce at home what now has to be
brought from abroad. Canadian
farmers should not only try to meet
the emergency demand for field root
seed in the immediate future, but also
try to establish a permanent seed -
growing industry which would make
them independent of any other coun-
try". The bulletin went further and
predicted "that many districts of
Canada where root seed growing is
unknown at present, will prove them-
selves not only able to produce seed of
good quality, but also to be especially
well adapted to seed raising".
To what extentthis prediction was
justified, will be shown by the data
following, showing what results in
root seed raising were obtained in the
year of 1915. In that year the Cent-
ral Experimental Farm at Ottawa
raised, from a field about 1% acres, a
first class mongol seed crop at the rate
of about 1,150 pounds of seed to the
acre. Mangel seed was produced at
the Experimental Farm at Agassiz,
B.C., at the rate of 2,100 pounds per
acre, at the Experimental Station at
Lennoxville, Que., at the rate of 1,150
pounds per acre and at the Experi-.
mental Station at Kentville, NS., at
the rate of 2,100 pounds per acre. The
same year the Experimental Station
at Lennoxville Que., raised swede tur-
nip seed at the rate of close to 1,250
pounds to the acre.
But what about the profit? Does it
pay the grower to raise that kind of
crop? As an answer, it may be stat-
ed that there was, according to re-
cords kept, a net profit of about $80
per acre from the mangel seed crop
at the Central Experimental Farm,
Ottawa, in 1915. And this in spite of
the fact that the men handling the
crop were quite unfamiliar with the
same.
The above figures indicate, most de-
cidedly, that there are in Canada,
great opportunities, for developing
new field in agricultural activit
Promising substantial rewards, fro
a profit standpoint, to those who talc
up root seed growing conscientiousl
and in a business -like manner.
May it also be added that the tai
ing, in Canada, of the seed needed i
the country will directly help to h
crease the average yield of the ro
crops of the Dominion. This wi
however, be discussed in a speci
article. --Experimental Farms Note.
Perfect Points in Baby.
What is the perfect baby? Acco
ing to the medical men in charge
the Canadian National Exhibit
Nivoigiriti.,
Baby Show, the following are the p
per peoport
Chest, H
Age. lbs. Inc. ins. 0
months h . . 81 11 86
year
18 months ..24 AO
2 years 28 82 19
The following points are also
sidered: Healthy appearance,
loolcs, methods of feeding, absen
physical defects, cleanliness, tie
of attire. The expensiveness o
terial for clothing is not taken
consideratiE
on,
Seraps of toilet sloop should b
ed and when half a cupful or
saved, it is a good plan to mal
scraps into a soap jeTy.
Dig bulb beds deep to gill
drainage. Eighteen inches is th
least depth for good results.
use fresh manure. Bone Me
basic glair aro good for bulbs.
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