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INTEREST T0 FARMERs‘

INSECTS ENEMIES 0F FOWLS

i l have never had any trouble lint-pint; fowls fcfe front the at- tacks of the 1111i’ body louse, which tponds lt.s whole time on the bod-‘

_ _ system l 'id ies oi its victims, A lew pinches a M m

Purpose wéil where

four yours. Another regret ijxpflggg-‘hapsv however. it is suiliclent to od in the report is tlliit purg bred have mentioned but a fcw from horses are being imported wilicii "1111111 through familiarity readers could ,ius‘t as well be bred in Cnn- '11111y glean a knowledge of what aga. Federal assistance to the club c”

bu serving its ' "Pulled to tile

n; sodium fluoride distributedwaisin i" ‘

Hung “H: neck and back, under horse's 0 .i.n iniiproved type u[ 1 ilc wins-s. around tile vent and .

ctwecn the legs wills every €—-< og-i

use iii a few minutes, and. if the i150 is repeated two or three times at intervals of four or five days, the lice that ilavc hatch- cd from the eggs left on the i'eath- 121's will. also the destroyed, and tliu flock be free from that sort pt annoyance. "when it comes to the little red ..pidcrs. which we call poultry mites, the case is different. They spend the day in any crack or cre- vico tiiat they can i‘ind. They re- quire a s-nlall place in which to hide, and ‘make their forays at night. filling themselves with i blood und returning to their hiding '1 places during the day. A few nlay not quit their-bloodl sucking soon vl1011i-f11 to get off the bodies of the ‘birds. ibnt most of them disap- |)L‘iil‘ during the day in the duct balh 0r b)’ drvllhlllg off. Cleaning ilicni out of ti. chicken house _ in which they have once got lodg- uicnt is tht- hard tittik. As a rule i bclzin fighting thcm in tho spring. ‘bcforc I can iinil one, ilnt‘. 1111111. it lip all :ill"tlf1"‘1 For 1

TiMiELY GARDEN PRACTICE

lll‘y_ J. Moore.

Ii)‘ lie

cal-led house plants

M111)’ Successfully 1111)’ condition.

discriminate we M" be °1ir chances of success.

iHouae plants are chased direct from. and as the condition afford arc so 1111:101-

to expect that. all from the fore-mentioned shun-id flourish.

.i.-

.. t i,.

'I"1' Ii "ally-

]I\'.(‘-l ill-t raw-tin 1 1' ‘m1’

Willie the conditions prevailing '11 #11111)’ homes are not conducive 1° Successful cultivation of all it. m! u yct there are

1111 )' a few which may he grown

under almost,

a _ Selection is thus n ""P°"1-3111 111111-181‘. and the more are the KIIJHtQI

Ornamental Plants for the Mom;

generally pur-

greenhouses. s a greenhouse pared. getting the proper _ ent from those | in tile home it is hardly reasonable lllants obtained source However. we find ‘people iviiii do and these particular disappointed fail to grow suc- ‘rh- florist does not.

li:ld no.‘ i-i‘ l Miiizi» 11.1.. '11 ‘l1 1,. » ._ ..._ v 11,1. 1,1, .1 "Fftlilflll that the I. ii z ...‘. . 1.11. ,, 1 . ‘ '- ‘t’ plants which ilc spring l Llill1 ‘ l' .1.. " = "(R1111 do Well in

. 1 4 -'_- ‘ 1‘ wrc ore it is essen- timn 1 have been able to accoiii UM that Um “D 1

piish. and conricqilontly nnglocied tho fight‘ ilKii-llll-‘l mites. oxccpt for ii casual glance over the perches now anti then. Quite suddenly the; hens in one house that ilndi been la ng freely quit. There were 1G lli in the house. and the day that wc/dill ilot gel lit least ten eggs from this flock we remarked the ifart. Whcn we got one or two licgain a tslose lixaininzltion of the house. finding enough mites to dock a county. conccillcd under tho ilropping hoards. wherc they rcstctl on cleats on tlii-. ivall. im- iiicdititcly cvcryihing in the house ||lf‘0Wl1.Ql1l. and thoroughly fillhflyPll with am insccllcitln the iiirct-iitins for which said to mix ii with wlltcr ut the rato of 70 of .wllle1- to onc |lISi"(‘.|.l(_'1l1-0, l made it flu-JO. in lic crrtain to got it strong iinoligh in pouring it from tho fivc-gaillon can. sonic of it eiiiiicd t-VPI‘ Hill! of my hands. and tho ncxt tiny that hand hogan to pecl as if it hntl ‘liccn silnhurncd, so I coiicimlod lhul thorc was some <ircngih in it. l sprayctl the house iiiitii the walls ilripped. and tiicii

ll ‘study of

to ‘these. The pi

llvllilr palm. a two

luin although they higher quality. tlon of condition.

to thc dry nnil

1V1‘ lift‘. lull to illc. plants which arr- grecnhouscs, and

thought that grown

and this thought is amplified by H‘.

fill things. We find plant-i

wiich are

snhictrts. but

iii cool are thus nlucii liartiicr tuun those grown in il mori- tropical ti-.in1icrai.-.lrr are gent-rally more satisfactory as house plants.

slid-be grower make his 110ml“ conditions. and select plants which iii-c adopted

_ 3'? of the plant is H’) crit- erion of itii longcvity-a 11111111.,- 111,1, tlollar fnrn or bogonla may not live as long in tho home as a twenty-five cent geran- arc of fl nltlcii lt is simply n, quog. Tho pnllil. fcrn. and hcgonia may hav,e hciin grown ill ii high tclnpcrainrc. nnd 1i iinmiil atmosphere. anti so ni-o not iii|1t1n1 Drobaihly cool air of an tlfillllflfl’ living-room. 'l‘hus.

suits which -wo son riroilnil us every I i, i l . '14)’ 111 the growing oi tlltisti iii-unti-

in many iioiilos at best hut lPlllfiflfflfy

which during their time of tcnurr are worth-c auhji-cis

no need so much other grain. Enough protein cannot be given to tiic hens ill the form of llurd grain. ll‘ they have the inasll they can out thc nlatiiriais needed to pro- duce eggs. Tile use oi‘ lnush saves "livllizil hard lfrain to make its use practical. lt also enables til: hen tu lay eggs, and it’ nlasil fecu- ing was more expensive than us-

hlly. straw and roots clinic through in

and

n-stitutes permanency in house '8' ' flood

pan

- FACTS ON INDOOR CULTURE OF BULBS

wliltcred with littll- labor pensive feed as in the described. the horse

For the indoor flower grower, lug hard grain. it. would still pay much better argument with the "'—-'— pruotioaiiy no c111“ or 11111111,; can to use the nlash. The profit with farm tractor frolil the economy sfmRT 1-1FE 1E LONG 11g grgwn w1111 11,35 1:51-91 1,1111 poultry is the difference between standpoint than would utiiurwlgg greater 53115111131011 .1113“ 11h egg receipts aild feed costs. 1t be lilo ease. A5 111° 11111100111515 have it. .1 sprliis-riowerlns bulbs. viwull ration might bring no profit -"""' """'”“ .1" '1“ 1* 1111'” 11111‘ 1'55 111 591131111115 1,1111,5_ 11 111 we" 11; because of the iluw egg production. " day“ 111191" (11911 i111 111.1 0111 111311. HOW secure those o‘ Th,“ quumw A A “.1111 1111111110611 1.111110“ ,1“.1ng5 egg“. fortunate it is that the human 511011.511” 1,1111, 18.1mm mo“, 11111.3. and without eggs to sell there is """1'~‘5 1111113 11 1111111811 11nd not as 1y t1, git/g 11 801,11, 1111-0111; 1,11,13,11 no profit in the llen business, even . "" W” " "11""- ' than‘ a bulb of small size. Coinmer- 11' 1111f 111W U051 111 Q1956 111 19"’- Sqm" 5"""'"""' are “"§""-1$ “'3' —-———- 141,11 1111111 .1111,“ 1,11,01- pmms w111c11 ivlioii tiioi-o l5 plenty 1,1 31,11; they had sold their cattle when Whipped Cream Pie 111111.5- 31; 1111,51; or r1151 111111 1111901111 iililk and beef scrap or other pro‘ 1116i! were offered I iwutl Price. quullty, tcin in the lnash it can he cut ill """° 11 1P19-platc with ii rich October is the proper season 1W1» 3111116 18111111114 find it i1 1111111 'l‘he ram should not he confined "m5" ""11 ""1" '1111¢‘111V 111 <1 1101. for pfilflng 1,1111“; rm- 391-1111; bloom. problem to feed sour ill-ilk in a with the 9101111) ewes during the °"""~ W119" 11°11". Spread Willi a- ‘ing- A i.ulb requires about six sanitary fliiLlIElUI‘. if the iniik is-wintcr. A ram is continually dls- ""9 my” °' 19")’ "17111111- 11"?" weeks or two months in which to placed in low dishes it is soon turblng the ewes when iht-gv should w""' ""“ ""1111" 01' lhlvk flwret ‘get properly routed before being l'ull of llttcr and very unclean. have rest. "rpm". 1111111 1' 1" "11 115111 11-‘1 110i‘- 51111192 sweeten with powdered su-

Ulrty iilllk can be a cause of bowel trouble. it pays to ‘place the milk in erucks on low wooden stands. ’i‘hcse crooks can be scalded and kept free from dirt and gummy material. They are rather ileavy and not easily tipped over. They are low in height so the hens can drink tiio iiillk in tllc bottom of the ilish.

brought into the full sunlight. The soil should be well

Driv- admix- ture of loam and sand. Bulbs rc- quirc probably more sand in the ‘cial dealers usually list their are grown indoors. From one-sixth to one-fifth of the total soil should be sand. All coarse material should be sifted out as the soil is being prepared ‘fur potting pilrposeii.

il'lant your bulbs iii shallow fiowtir pots known as fern pails. Several bulbs may he potted ‘in one pan. With larger bulbs. such as thoDtltch llyaclnthe a single bulb to a ‘five or six-inch flower pot is sufficient.

in 1ititting. place about one inch of coarse material such as broken flowiir pots iir elnders in the bui» toin to act. as drainage. Fill the flower pot to within one and one-

stand‘ the nlany calf ailinen

Curcfu1l_y' hut heavily led, valved cow wil linvariably

To Keep Hens From Wasting Fooii

Stllfiti 1ioiiltryulen find it a pru- blcnl to keep hens froni wasting every material that is served ln .l self feeding hoopcr. The hens sccnl tu have a ulaula fur pulling ulasii. oyster shells or grit until 2 11, 11 91111111111; tile hopper is emptied in the llttufiand “my ,3 and much of the nlaterlal wasted. This can be avoided by luaiklug afltiiin 8.vqq_ |i1l with d. slilall plscc of board v.1 ly.

‘in her milk flo-w.

irequlri‘ approximately:

hialf lillchetli oflthe top! wilthlbwvll LllU front of the hopper. Then the ___

enough so illti hells have to rcitcnlfe down lor ille material. if they still“ |n'ltsu,i it, a 1iiutze ul flno

1ioiliuy Wlft,‘ can be tucked the opt-hing so tliut the birds

ill soil around it. Whcn potted. the, top iif the bulb should protrude wtll ahovc thc surface; the soil

over‘ . 3 . , . . . around and below thc. bulb. should mvflmmy mmluw 1mm"

wlll1

iif 40-45 ticgrctili, Farh. 'l‘hey may

_ _ _ nurriiit‘ tlliuats. Tile rculcdy is to ho loll tinder tin-so. contiititins ifli‘

build t.iiclii wide enough so that the

ihc. bulbs with the 1iossible~ excep- lion if Fret-sins. With thcs hilihs. tho 1ilunts should be lllluwerl in grow for a short 1.12111‘. after bloom- ing; then gradually‘ ripened off; re-

lt is used. A stick sievcrui feet long can be kcpt in a hopper that clogs. nnd Ublfill to break u1i ‘the lnasii.‘ ’iliat lakes iinic and it 1iays to lliliid iiii: iiuppefs su they Viiili sui-

new oats sparingly.

I Thi- luck iii‘ if 1irtiper ‘hai

1

other nlangels or ll little cnsllzigi; i'or suecllii-ncte. \1Vhi.1't: alfalfa hay 1- not available, vic have seen hor. wlntcrild "in thl- rough" Ull mil d

tilt-y shape. Where the working teams can be

Ul‘ IJX

manner can up a

Thc iiiin cow at calving is Zn a poor condition to niakc milk pro- lfitlahlv. and cannot produice the Iruggcd. healthy calf fitted to with-

l5.

a iresh produce

the ciic-lpest. milk. A pound of grain "when the cow is fresh is equival- ent to several tioundsof grain after t“ tho cow has decreased mateiiully

1 ‘Prt-gpairt ewes during ‘December clover u!‘ 11 a 1111'- alfalfa hay o unthrashcd‘ pea straw w h

roofs or ensilage wards £1,111.31- uonds por head daily. ifiraln should be [Pu only to the Wziier and salt regular-

g anu

iltiens

1"‘ “T11 11911191161011 A11"? P0111111!» have to peck through tile opelllilgiUdfialh 1-111. 1,‘n111.1._f9u111u 1.; 1031 mo], the soil silmlld hr thoroughly iiiiil iiiiiy bc iiblc to ciiiiiiii llic iii.it~'1.1,1,,,,,.1,11‘. 1,111 .11, '...,1,.,1 g ‘ ' liiitlsioncil and the potted hulils11,1-1,,; 111111 tiiov cat. dllngi-r 1 I 1 1

plliccd ln ti cool, llilnly-lighictl or ‘M1,. plugging 1,1- 11” 11111511 “up, ' '

tltirkiencil room ut ll temperature 1.1.1,, 1,- 11 1,101,161“ 11 1,11,), |111vu| (an? "Hm hzavised- a’ this

time of year in the feeding of new |oats lo horses. since new oats arc

for most ‘farmers to do in to iced,

if“!!! (‘if

RECIPES

FUMPKKlN PIE.

tSte-w the pumpkin and rub through a colander. Beat the yolks ‘of four eggs light; add- a cupfui of r-‘llgar and beat until you have a 14111111 01 i111‘. stewed pumpkin. Pour in a quart of milk. a tcaspoonfui of nutmeg, and twinnamon. Fold in 1-118 Blillélled whites of four eggs. Lino a deep pic 1iiate with puff pasts, then flii with ‘the pumpkin and ‘bake in aiiioderaie oven till done.

10"?" 1'11‘ Jelly or lain: set thti 95911111 Where it will Bet very cold before whipping. 1

Frostings nnd icing; 1

Almfiflfl PWOSHDE-‘The 111111195 y! ‘Uirfifi 03x8. beaten up with three ‘cups of lino. white sugar. Blanch pound iif sweet. almonds, ponnii em in a nlortilr with a litilc su. gar, until a fine tiaste. then add the whites of eggs. sugar and van- ill-la eXlrflrli pound it few minutes ito thoroughly mix. (lover iho cake very thick coating of this. in a cool oven to ‘dry. after- with a plain icing

set

Patty Shells

(inc cup of flour. 1-3 cup short- .cning (one-half hiiiier and one“ hall‘ good lard). one t1uarli=r teas-

etiing stock is claimed to be one puon salt and lei-ii wutcr, sill tiic '1 tho main entire-es of loss in lingo. flour and salt. work in the shorten ""11" Ovcr-foediilg iii‘ smvs will almost.

ing, add enough let"! watrr lo roll nut; chill; toss onto a slightly

of weak. unthriliy pigs and a high floured‘ iboard and roll out to 1-8

in lhickntms. cui with a bis-

source of cull. cutter into fivi- rings. with a

smaller cutter. FPIIlUVP the. cenlrc from four into fivr- rings. with li smaller cutter. remove the ccntrc from four of ihe rings, luy on the whole ring, brushing ihc cdgcs

111 l1°"""' '1' 51" “T611 "1 1w” ntash villi not often clog. ldvcn- . 1 111 .11 11 .1 '11 - 11 ~1 ‘ ‘nwnuu; “M. it is necessary. w Walt“ very liable to cause digestive trun- “tvll("t“oilé'x'l"llll't"i'l' l:rL'Wll""v0J]'("'_e_ "é 111m" 11"‘ "'°U"'1"14 l"""""' 15 'iiic hoppers ucctlsluilaliy and set: b‘? ‘l; "??L;5|b:e1' ttheyB Tshofiki be of the centres, cook null. lo risc as. iivcr, thc. iii-st. plan Iii t0 illsrard 111.11 11w 11111311 15 [ceding 110w“ ,1.,~'""'° “ 0' "a 5- "' “PW my”. n. the alum ‘ ' ' oats must he fed, the only ihlmi ' ’ p '

Plain Chocolate icing

iPul into a. shallow pan four itablesipooitfuhs oi‘ silrupetl choco

EH!‘ Pill-l flavor with vanilla; spread‘

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T0 THE Pfiiltfil

A Weekly Letter Containing Pray ' Pointers in the ManagenwhtJ-lilt Gare of Standard Bred Futility? Taken From the Daily Log Boob‘ Sunny Crest Poultry Farah-f. Riven-P. E. I. by the Manager.

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Al. the c1osc of lust week's let- you exceptionally has? {ltd terl promised to tukc iip some cessful handling 0f till!‘ m‘ points this lveek which would he of will require a worklliiiiflf 1 14111161211 interest to those who have ‘of the others which fllfl-iw 1 ‘i1’ W11" 1111111111 1v 111111 a hlfg1ullll1il|lllllfléd iis tile iiccsiisltwurln 111 U1'il10ll1!l‘y husine .and since The conditions under ' ' "3 then i havc tried to flgurc out just thc back yard flock are t"); f how ii would pruttirtrd sii that the well night ideal and 1.f th v

zirtlcles would keep 1itice with the he as well applied 011' wwilrksilld would (ltiiil uiih ihv dif- scale as to the flock 0f.‘ . iicultiv-s w-nich arc must liable i0 fifty, many 0f the dlfllqlllilfiiWjl he encountered ai the ilfnc 0i‘ writ~ confront the large breeder" ‘ lug, or in other words lu make he quickly overcome. 1 ‘ tllciil in the form of a tcxi hook 1 in ilii» r1111 o1 [Lug you’: I which would dcul with ihc prtruiilllets. ready lo lay, g1- blunts at. the si-astin thi-_y-iirii must land ii siilall house with. - """'“ 1° '1“ 111'1'- lfloor space to give them

A few seasons ago. wi- 1,111.11 11119111, 1111,11,; amund 3M1 8'01 m hundred pillicts 4S. t‘. W. i..i in iessary exercise: with off range on the first oi Slipltlillt- 1i|ilztrtcrs at hte hack, is, bcr and put thciil in the laying up_ 1n 1i number a; 5m‘- housc ill two pens; the fifty 1iul- i111‘ matter of ventilation, leis ill the first pail wore iiilti-hoii 5111.111, 111131, and 1mpohkn on Lhi.‘ 15th. of May and tho sccon-i "in poultry 111,11“ 013N111,‘ lot‘ on thi- 8th, oi June. both flocks ilufgg 110C111,- w111 1,1,1 1-1,)“ being hatched ironl tliu saline par 133"“) 3111911111 o! 311.5119‘;

ent stock. 111s about Um, Lmrd u! mp The IiUHUlJ Ill lit-n uni- ucrc .i 111,1. 111,115.: 1H’_euc1p5e¢,w

trifle more ziiivani-l-ti than the 101- 111115111, screen’ “ugly”

second hunch, lll fact more than u-tnduw 1111111011 5111mm" ' _ \ thc illfieri-ncc. ill ugc would wui ' 1,111,111 1111, “m1, space‘ m; has“ ' rant. We gut the first 1.11:1; fiiriu loll] so arranged that in"

tiirui on October iith. and lll less tiii-iiu-u open in fine was» l than ii month they pieki-d ilp iii ,11-1.u1,11. W111 be w s91] y,

around about. a thirty five pcr cont 11.111 tii-utnniion, '.' " 1irudiiciiiui. Ten pi1llt‘l.i~l from this By 11.94pm 111G Wham _

hunch 1iiekcd iii random, shelved i111. 111181. on ma 110m- u’ wciglits ranging _ fioin flirt-Om,“ 11 111,91,” W111; a "(ma pound; four ounces, in fiiur1a1q. 3511,18 11, 1119 b11115

pounds. This was s A laud 9101,1411"; green")

liiiircvi-r all was not going uniform 1,1 nmnzel beau, y vicll with pcu number two The; -m,u1.1 0.13 1118 ‘bf g,» were in gtitiil 1ii‘i.lll1l. vigurous_ nnd 11x1" 11110111111111‘; 1111811" a ui good sizi- liili. we could not. SPPIIJIHH. 111,111.13 1111 we $13-$15, iu coax ths-nl livi-r ihi- last liipghouhq 1.1m he mhwjzk)‘ ; from iiiaiuritjr to laying Thewsun... 111-}. 11m mash combs cunlr iip nicely 1.!) a curtain 51101,“ 111m, Ur before 1h 1 point lint rcfiiscil to flush to ihoi 111, 1.011111 (11 1115111 m“ ‘ good 1ll'il|i.1l|ll1 rnti color \\'ll1lZ11-lf1,yUu “.111 1,1. 1151118111’ 1th? ‘ 1 such ii lrilo illiiiriliivili of tltrllvc Pggiand 1111.111“; 1mm" 8'0 \' """'""- eggs vrllat. would‘.

biuztiiy iiti odd one of tip- 1itllii.=ii.i1hr'm,.n out‘. _ iitilflflll luring ‘hn ulJUflillUllilHV un- 1;. 1

H . 1 _. iii-lervingwbat imrslzcd l-gg but tlit- niaiority iii 111.. 111.111 1111,51. 1.1.5111") lhcln ui-ri‘ stair boarders and “qltlbvshnplp indicauum; ‘he ever cisc. was wrung uilh them 1131-1; 1.811 g8 “ugh” did diimo disposed oflocall ‘ '

1

can assure you lhzli nti l-iie-ckltig up 11111111. 51,1511 ii '

r- tlltily i-tinsunlplion iif liiash uliil

i gave it n dcsc of coal oil from movcd froni the soil nnd stored in . . . 1110 rllllou 1irndtlci-s ilisltstroils ni- I ‘ ' 4 ’ ‘I I 1 mm grams’ 11 111d noi 11111" “'1 they have hceu-tzbnsrlii-lvli » 1 tiii- sunlc spray pump ilntll the va- "H-m” ':"""""I' "'1" """""S "'3' 2'. dry stzitc. ' (H_)VM1LI‘,'1IIIUL:LJ“L 1'11» Iliitsii ‘)lll' 1lu11utsuus "lore (lumkh with swine lscmgffjlzvalrfivliiwzrliélg -pr,-rt ziccoitiliant to ii-ll that 1110f?‘ 1O 11,1, 011% WM, gr: f; ‘ ‘f 1ii.1- was so thick l had to loavc '1'": "r" “V” """"'~'§ '1' "'"'-""‘; '1‘1i1-r1. 1.11.111 111||1|]|(>[‘ U1 "iiir-rl hm,“ Um w“ you“; puulwy usudhan larger stuck. Luck oi‘ suf- 1n1ul1ed S111. 1“ 1111.1," l1lblnspuon1 was ilutltiug wrong with thi-ir vap/111.,V,,.k_ , ' , -

iiii». holisc. Tho noxi. day l foilnd p "n a‘ """""v' "'""" """'"" """-" iiriipiiiig 1.1- I|1|)Q|“(|1]$~fi)()[['Il plnnti; 11p '1, 1.11:,“ 1.. ,1... . 1114.11 11 11'5"" "F11 ""11 l"'1"‘1'1 1'1 11"‘ 1”" 1min ofvmllk or cream and onc. of "Umw " "W" """"' “'1'” 1' "mp 11)’ 511F105 "11111-‘115

that l had ntissrtl n fcw millions. "9 "-"“" '°" '°"".".'""r" “"""“"'“"'1.~: - as Aniurvills. (lvclrimcitl l. 1",J."'1‘11.. ‘l1?’ 1.11 11:11.1.) .11.“... 111R‘ "1 1111‘ WW l1T01111C¢F 1111911‘ watnr mix all woll ‘together and ' ""1" "named "' h" """“ '1' ""-"' sorted ovcr and/the

.iiid ihcy ltnd gaihcrnd in hunches ""1"" "n" "mm “"""" "'9 "'0'? Mhlloxiiiiii nnd tnlicriulsa-routed Bu‘ "Itmmjdlu 1111',‘ ‘I’ 11111.11. J 13.011111111911115 111‘ 11'1""- "1119" """'955-'arlti one scant teacupful oi’ [sugar W's" "' "mm" '1 “"11 """""'» """ those which show I116