TUE ART OF PLANTING, GROWING. CURING AND HANDLING FINE TOBACCO, Se Ik. 1B. HARPER. DURHAM, N.C. Hy; E. SEEMAN’S STEAM PRESSES, 279S9 = ve 1886. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1886, by R. B. Harper, in the Office of the Libra= rian of Congress at Washington, THE AUTHOR’S CARD. Thes..with call your attention to the fact that heretofore having had his book 1. sale, I am now enabled to present you with it through and y the aid of i... Busruss Houses advertised herein. The onl y favor ask in return for nis hook is, to give the Houses herein advertised a call vhen you wish any $0.4. in their line, provided you can conveniently do 0 before purchasing elsew 1... + J. B. WARREN & CO.’S GLOBE WAREHOUSE, DURHAM, N.C, Is the largest in the State. This Mammoth Warehouse has 3 NINETY-SIX SOLID SKY-LIGHTS, Which makes it the best lighted in North Carolina or Virgins and is conceded by everybody to be the best arranged for. S the convenience and comfort of farmers of any Ware- house in this country. Has “ nf UNLIMITED a For all grades of Tobacco. Buys more largely than any Ware- house firm in Durham. If you have Bright Wrappers, Out-_ ters, Waxy Fillers and Bright Smokers, you ought by all means to sell at the Cr a: Oe As their demards alone calls for a large proportion of those grades. MR. C. A. W. BARHAM. Whom you all know to be the finest Tobacco Auctioneer upon the ‘‘American Continent,” sells exclusively for this house. Your friends I J.B. WARREN & CO. | / Ny i) ‘THE ART OF PLANTING, GROW- ING, CURING AND HAND« LING FINE TOBACCO. SITUATION OF PLANT BEDS. _ The growth of the plants depends a great deal on the situation of the beds. A plant bed should be located on the south or south west side of a stream, say a branch or creek, but far enough off the stream to prevent “any overflow in case of a wet spell. BURNING, MANURING AND CULTIVATING PLANT BEDS. Plant lands should never be burned when the ground is too wet. But always burn when in good order. The best time to burn beds and sow seed is from the middle of January or the first of February until the first | 7 of March; but there has been v ery good tobacco raised from plants that were sown as late as the middle of March. The manuring of plant beds is of very much importance. Stable manure, beat up very fine with some kind of good guano, thoroughly mixed, is a very good fertilizer for plant beds. Sow the same evenly over the bed, after you: have raked the coals, &c., off thoroughly; then hoe your bed thoroughly, turning up as little of the soil as possible. After you have prepared the bed, rak- ing off all the clods, sticks, &c., the bed is ready for the seed, which should be sown one or one and a half table spoonfuls to every one hun- dred square yards. Mix the seed well with about six quarts of dry sifted ashes. After the seed is sown trample your bed with a weeding hoe or your feet. Tobacco seed requires but little coveriug, and when covered deep they will not be likely to ceme up. Drain your bed well and put on fine brush or canvass, (the canvass is a good deal the best,) which you can remoye from the bed as soon as the plants are safe from frost and the flies: Any one can give a very good idea as to when to relieve the bed of its cover, but asa general thing you can take the cover from the bed about the first or the middle of April. You should by all means keep the grass and the weeds out of the bed as they are very injurious to the young plants. Ky THE KIND OF LAND AND ITS PRSPARATION. The best land for growing fine yellow tobacco is of a sandy soil, with a deep, yellowish subsoil. In selecting land for fne tobacco always se- lect land free from wet, spouty places. Remember tobacco of all kinds requires a thorough preparation of the soil and the very best cultivation is \ Aa a Pe i absolately essential to success. If you work bottom land break in the fall with a two horse plow, turning up as little of the subsoil as possible- ff fresh land, break early im spring with a single plow. If you have ¥ much vegetation plow as deep as the land will admit, turning under al} — the vegetation possible. If your land is clear of vegetation use a small . plow as deep as the nature of the land will admit. If there should be a drought repeat the plowing as often as necessary until the land is in good — order. Ifnew ground clean off all litter, trash, &c., and break with a cultivator or some other kind of small plow that will turn up as little of the under soil as possible. Cross plow and get out all the roots, tarf, ‘&c, and get the land clean and as clear of roots, trash, &e., as you pes- sibly can. Be sure and get your land in good condition before you set your plants in it. Run the rows three feet three imches to three feet six inches: You may check near or the same distance the first rows are apart. Any one may give a very good idea as to the width to have their rows, judging from the strength of their lands. In this case tobacco 1s" — lik most any other plant, the better the land the further apart you may put the rows or the plauts. Farm manure beat up very fine and mixed thoroughly with seventy-five to one hundred pounds of some good kind of guano to every one thousand tobaceo hills is as good manure as you can use. Of course if the land is very poor youcan use more of the guano and use a good quantity of the farm manure. The fertilizer should be covered immediately after it is put in the drill, by running two furrows together. Run your plow very shallow in erder to keep the hills from being too high, then throw out the middles in like manner. Now if your beds are too high make a sweep and drag them down. Youcan tell how long to have your sweep, judging from the distance your rows are apart Then put the hills in order with hoes. PLANTING TOBACCO. This is a matter of very much importance and should by all-means have strict attention. Ifthe plants are not well planted the growth will be very irregular. Be very careful not to break or bruise the plants while drawing from the bed or putting in baskets. Never set out a plant that is bruised, It is a very important matter that you should not make the holes deeper than the plants are long, and be sure that the dirt is well put to the reots. But don’t pack the dirt very hard as it will prevent the growth of the plants in case the weather should turn off dry, &e. THE, CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO. As soon as the plants have taken root so there is no danger in killing or injuring in any way by working, you must commence cultivating it. The cultivation is essential,and must be done as early as the plants will admit, whether you have any grass or not. Plow deep enough to lowsen the soil berieath the plants, you can also follow with hoes, but be very careful not to work too deep near the plants. You continue working the tobacco with suitable plows and hoes until the tobacco gets too i: ree to use a plow, then you continue with hoes working among it. Be very careful all the time from the beginning of the cultivation until laid by, using every precaution possible to prevent breaking or bruising the leaves. Never work tobacco deep after the first plants begin to come in top. PRIMING TOBACCU. As soon as the plants are large enough to bear priming without injur- ing the stalk, the bottom leaves must be taken from the stalk. This will supply the plant with food and will also give the upper leaves a better growth. Keep up the priming until the bottom leaves are clear of the ground, By keeping up this treatment the tobacco will not be as trashy as it would be provided you failed to do so. TOPPING TOBACCO. There has been a great deal of tobacco ruined or damaged by not know- ing how or when to top.it. Never permit it to run up or bloom before topping, as soon as a button appears it should be topped. Yet it is not necessary to wait until a button appears before topping, if the tobacco is of good size. If the tobacco is topped too high the bottom leaves will, as a general thing, burn or fire up before the top leaves get any ways ripe, and of course, under these circumstances, it would be a matter of impossibility to get much, if any, good tobacco. If your tobacco is very fair the first topping will bear ten to twelve leaves, and in some cases where it is extra large, you may leave 14 to 16 leaves. But the later the season the lower you must top, in order that it may ripen before frost SUCKERING TOBACCO. Suckering tobacco should be looked after very carefully, as it is of too much importance to neglect. Never let the suckers get more than three or four inches in heighth, the older they get the tougher they be- come of course, aud after they become old and tough it is almost a mat- ter of impossibility to relieve the plant of them without an injury to — the plant in some,way, either by breaking loose the leaves or damaging the stalk. WORMING TOBACCO. The importance that is attached to this part of tobacco raising is hardly imaginable. Common sense should teach any one that they can not make a crop of tobacco unless they keep the worms off of it, and besides worm-cut tobacco will not sell for a good price on the market. Some people will tell you to worm your tobacco two or thee times a week. But you should by all means worm your tobacco every day, provided 1, . “ “pn { \ ea Me ‘¢ i” ’ \ yin re ake 1 Laon - Cc, a4 4 ye rae . . ‘ - t \s - a ., , needs it. The best time to worm tobacco is soon in the. morning or Inte in the afternoon, as the worms will try te hide during the middle of the iy day, either by going in the grownd or secreting themselves somewhere about the stalk which makes them troublesome to find, CTTTING AND PLACING TOBACCO IN THE BARN. In eutting. go over the patch and cut the plants that are as near the same size and color as pessible, in order that it may cure as uniform as — possible, using all precaution possible to prevent breaking the leaves or bruising the tobaeco, as bruised tobacco will be black when cured. Put the tobaeco on sticks as you cut it; have the sticks four to four and a half feet long. Youcan tell the length to have sticks, judging from the size — of the barn. Let tobacco lie on the ground long en*ugh to prevent the Jeayes from breaking while hauling to the barn. Put six to eight stalks | on a stick, and place the sticks from eight to ten inches apart in the barn. You can put it nearer together as the weather gets cooler. It depends somewhat on the size of tobacco as to the distance you put it. Bear ip mind that you can not use too much care ‘in handling tobacco while i in a green state. HOW TO ARRANGE WAGON FOR CONVEYING TOBACCO FROM THE FIELD TO THE BARN. Make a frame about twelve feet long, put four standards on each side, the same distance apart. Have a smooth: plank floor, lap and relap the tobacco, letting the sticks rest against the standards on each side. Any one may be their own judgeas to the quantity to put on for a load. THE SiZE AND HOW TO BUILD TOBACCO BARNS. People differ a little as to the size to, build barns, but you cannot select a better size than eighteen feet square. Select logs as straight as possi- ble, from six to eight inches in diameter. It will take from eighty to eighty-four logs to make a barn the proper heighth. Cover with boards or shingles, of course shingles make the best cover, but board roofs will cure the best in warm weather. Chink the cracks thoroughly with wood aud mortar. Make barn as near air tight as possible. Put the first set of tiers five or six feet from the ground. If the logs aye large putin tiers for every three logs, if small skip four, nail on to the rafters until you reach the top. Put door in south side, ‘you may put a window in both or one of the gable ends. Put two arches in one end, make them of rock or brick, brick is the best. Extend arches about eight feet inside, one or two feet on the outside, Ten inch piping is as good size as you can use. CURING TOBACCO. Curing tobacco isa very important matter and should by all means | have the most strict attention. There is no one that can tell another 8. { exactly how his tobacco should be cured. It makes no differeice how well his experience might have been in curing tobacco, as it depends a zreat deal on the nature of the land, and also the condition of tobacco when cut, as to how it will cure. Any one in curing tobacco must use their own judgment to a great extent. I will give some receipts and in- formation that might aid any one a good dealin curing tobacco, provided they use their own judgment and take all the interest in the business that is possible. | FIRST RECEIPT—CURING RIPE THIN TOBACCQ. 95 degrees for 7 hours, 100 for 8 hours, 105 for 12 hours, 110 for 6 hours, 115 for 6 hours, 120 for 5 hours, 125 for 4 hours, 130 for 8 hours, 135 for 6 hours, 140 for 13 hours, 145 for 13 hours, 150 for 1} hours, 155 for 1} hours, 160 for 3 hours, 165 for 14 hours, 170 fox 13 hours, 175 for lt hour, 180 to 190 until stalk and stem is thoroughly killed. SECOND RECEIPT—CURING RIPE THICK OR HEAVY TOBACCO. : 95 degrees for 7 or 8 hours, 100 for 9 or 10 hours, 105 for 13 or 14 hours, 11¢ for 8 hours, 115 for 6 hours, 120 for 7 hours, 125 for 5 hours, 130 ‘for 6 or 8 hours, 1385 fer 6 hours. Proceed as in first receipt. THIRD RECEIPT—CURING TQBACCO THAT IS NOT THOROUGHLY RIPE. 95 degrees for 9 hours, 100 for 13 hours, 105 for 12 hours, 110 for 7 hours, 115 for 4 hours, 120 for 6 hours, 125 for 3 hours, 130 for 6 or 8 hours, 135 for 3 hours. Proceed as in first receipt. FOURTH RECEIPT—CURING TOBACCO THAT IS GREEN. 90 degrees for 5 to 6 hours, 95 for 6 to 8 hours, 100 for 14 to 16 hours, remain here until the lugs begin to cure. Then move up to 110 or 115 and remain until the leaf yellows. Proceed as in first receipt. FIFTH— GENERAL RECEIPT. Go to 95 degrees afier ‘putting fire in the barn in about two or three hours. Don’t begin to count time until you reach 95 degrees. It is best to put fire in as soon as you get the tobacco inthe barn, as fermenta- tion takes place as soon as tobacco is cut, and the sooner it is cured the better. Tobacco will not cure well that hangs in the barn long enough to begin to yellow before the fire is put under it. In curing tobacco, if you are going too fast, the face side of the leaf will sploch, in this case drop back four or five degrees and remain an hour or two. Then pro- ceed as you first intended. If your tobacco is thoroughly ripe before you ‘eave 110, see that the lugs are dry, but not cured, the middle leaves yel- low and the tips nearly yellow. If the tobacco is not thoroughly ripe the tips should be only part yellow. You can not make yellow tobacco — 6. k eee. oat of green tips if you cure the leaves bright. One important matter in— curing tobacco is to yellow the tobacco high enough to expell the sap while yellowing. If you are going too slow the face side of the leaf wilt sponge or redden. If tobacco should get to sweating while yellowing vive it ventilation by opening the door or making holes under the barn about the size of your arm or both until the sweat has passed off. then . close the dour and the holes and proceed as before. In examining tobac- co it is best to use a smooth stick. By handling it with your hands it will blacken wherever you touch it. Youcan put tobacco nearer together in cool than in hot weather. Tobaceo that is yellowed too low will not— be very tough, as a general thing when cured, and by goiug too fast the oil is killed in the tobacco and it will be of less value. , HANDLING TOBACCO AFTER IT IS CURED. As soon as tobacco is cured, stem and stalk thoroughly killed. put out the fire. Let the tobacco remain as it is until it becomes in order so you can handle it without tearing or breaking the leaves. Thet move it to another house and bulk it down. Be careful to Jay it straight as it will look better on the market, After the tobacco has lain m bulk six or eight days you may hang it up very close together. Some say it is best to hang up. others say let it remain as it is until you are ready to ii he STRIPPING TOBACCO. Stripping tobacco should be performed with a great deal of care and pains, as it is so very important that tobacco should be nicely handled and well assorted. When ready to strip take as much tobacco as you want to strip. hang it up in a damp place,the curing barn is a good place” to hang it until it becomes in order, so you may handle it without break- ing or shattering off. Select leaves as near the same size and color as possible, making from four to seven different grades. Never tie more than six leaves in a bundle unless itis common lugs or very small leaves. In this case you may put more leaves to the Dundie and they will look just as well or better. Then put it on well dressed sticks. Dressed sticks will prevent it from tearing while putting on and taking off. Youw may put from twenty to thirty bundles on a stick. After the bundles are | put on the sticks you may bulk it down a day or two, being very careful to lay it straight, then hang it up and let it dry. Never let it lie long when in very high order. Don’t carry your tobacco to market when in | very high order unless you are compelled to do so. If you have handled | your tobacco nicely and assorted it well you will be more than apt to Get | | a good price for it. wees 3. ELA Ee Eres +L o~ - _— Si: FID hea aes a, Se Se | Renee eta ae THSTIMONTIATS. Cc I bought one of Mr. Harper’s books this year and I cured my tobacco with his receipts. Iam well pleased with the result. W.M. BARBEE. Williams Mail, Chatham Co.; N. ©C., November 15th, 1886. ~ I bought one of Mr, Harper’s books and I cured the hest tobacco with his receipts that I ever cured. I have been growing tobacco eighi years. I would not be without his book for $25. S. A. COLE. Hillsboro, Orange Co., N.C. I bought one of Mr. Harper’s books this year. I cured three barns of tobacvo with his receipts and they are the best I ever cured. I cured one witheut his receipts and it is as poor as I ever cured. RICHARD COTHRAN. Harris’ Mill, Person Co., N. C. I bought one of Mr. Harper’s books and cured tobacco with his receipts. I think they are wll they are recommended to be. W. J. MAY. Dayton, Durham Co., N.C., Nov. 28rd, 1886. 5 I bought one of Mr. Harper’s books this year. Iam pleased with-the results of his receipts. BAXTER KING, ‘Chapel Hill, N. C., Noy. 28rd, 1886. I have examined Mr. Harper’s directions and receipts for curing the various kinds of tobacco. Having had 40 or 45 years experience in erowing and curing tobacco, J believe this theory, is as reliable as could - be given for curing tobacco. J. L. BLACWELL. Durham, N. C. This is to certify that I have examined Mr. R. B. Harper’s treatise on tobacco, having had twenty-five or thirty years experience in the culti- vation of tobacco. I think they are as ae as could be given. . M, JONES, Durham, N C. Having had twenty-five or thirty years.experience in the cultivation of tobacco and also in the curing and handling the same, and I further say that I have raised as fine tobacco as was ever raised in the State of North Carolina, and having examined’ R. B. Harper’s treatise on tobacco, I say they are as good as could be given. S. BROWNING. Durham, N. C., Feb. 15th, 1886. Having examined R. B. Harper’s treatise on the culture, curing and ‘handling of tobacco, I am decidedly of opinion that new beginners and even those that have experience in tobacco raising will derive great ben- efit by following these general directions. Having had fifty years expe- rience in the culture, curing and handling tobacco. Te a LYON, JR., Durham, N. C, ‘ty dollars and eighty-three cents worth of tobaceo. One of my adjoin- particular, I can safely say I believe i receipts are as réliable as could - a 4 > pe a ae ee : ¥ ipas \ rk as ot s a y a) z CO, ¥ ¥ 4 : y ‘ eS ep ‘ yee Z wr 4 aa v oa ‘ ee : . ‘ : | . ' % 7 nf : \ . at 4 ' i ¥ 6s uf 8 Neh qi 7 oo ‘ a 1 $e" / This is to certify that I have examined Mr. R. B. Harper’ s treatise om, .. the cultivation of tobacco, having had some experience in raising tobacco. | ‘ { raised in the year of 1885, on two acres of land, five hundred ‘and twen-_ ing neighbors raised on 26 acres of land the same year cotton and it i sold for rye: His treatise isundoubtedly good. _ ; URES WILLIAMS, Elm Grove, N.C. * This is to certify that I have examined the treatise of R. B. Harper on’ the culture, curing and management of tobacco and take pleasure in re-— commending the same as entirely practicable and safe in procuring a good marketable crop of tobacco. having had considerable experience in the management of tobacco in every way trom the planting of the seed to preparing it for the manufacturer, and being familiar with the curing in be given for the ae y of the various kinds of tobacco. . H. LYON, Darham, N. C., Feb. 10th, 1886. I have examined Mr. R. B. Harper’s treatise on the cultivation and — euring of tobacco. and I consider it very wel] gotten up, and believe it tat be of service to all inexperienced persons wishing to engage in the culti- vation of tobacco. ‘ Respectfully, H. A. REAMS. ° Durham, N. C., Feb. 17th, 1886. ’ Knowing the within named gentlemen and knowing them to be meu of great experience in the culture “and handling of tobacco and judgmg from their certificates I believe this treatise on tobacco correct. W. T. REDMOND, J. P., Durham, N.. C., Feb. 13th, 1886. / Knowing the within named gentlemen and knowing them to be expe- rienced in the culture of tobacco, and also perfectly reliable for what they say. I believe Mr, B® B. Harper's treatise on. tobacco of benefit to any one that is not thoroughly experienced in raising tobacco. : W. A. LEA, Proprietor of the Globe Warehouse, Durham, N.C. W. DUKE, The original founder of the great world renowned Duke of Durham Smoking Tobaceo and Cigarettes. - B.-L. DUKE, One of the firm of Duke, Sons & Co., Durham, N. C. ‘ We know several of the parties whose certificates are given above as recommending Mr. Harper’s book and believe them to be reliable. BLACKWELL’S DURHAM TOBACCO CGO. I know the gentlemen who have given above certificates and am sure they not only know what is a good process for curing tobacco, and would not give a certificate to any treatise unless they believe it tobe a good one. E. J. PARRISH. ~~ i + é * cee Dy iy > 9. TR.GATTIS, eo eed 2 VA. 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Oey AW iis Wu eee To this inquiry is this: We have established in New York city a purchaser, with cash in hand, whose business it is to look after every house on the verge of bankruptcy and ruin, to buy the lump, or in lots, every class of merchandise which we can get at less than its value. Hence the astonishingly low prices at which we sell. Call and examine our stock before buying elsewhere. Respectfully, PAGE, WHEELER & CO. HOTEL CLAIBORN, DURHEAM, N. Cc. Ma eS PSR pA. Seco: MEALS, FIFTY CENTS EACH. GEN TRALLY LOCATER. Convenient to all Warehouses. W. J. POGUE, Proprietor. TERRY & PLEASANT’S me rok ‘SA hoo wr. PARRISH STREET, DCF be Er AUREL ET oe They carry the largest, purest and best stock of Whiskey, Bran- dy, Beer, Ale, Wines, Cigars, Tobacco, &c., to be found in the State. 163 SOMETHING THAT BVERY GROWER OF FINE YELLOW TOBACGO SHOULD CAREFULLY READ. Fine Yellow Tobacco is too valuable a crop for any planter to take risks on, and he is not wise to invest in a fertilizer that time has not thoroughly tested and proved. It is not enough for such a fertilizer to ‘‘analyze’’ well (for the most indif- ferent materials ‘‘analyze’’ as well as the best); its elements must be of the right sort, and put together in the right way, to produce the best results in the field. Two things must be specially proyided for in such a fertilizer: First, it must feed the plant with regu/arity from the beginning to the end of the crop, (not start off with a flirt and wind up with a poor, chaffy leaf); and second. it must burn the plant as little as possible in dry weather, Now all this is seeured by — the use of the “ANCHOR “4 BRAND” TOBACCO FERTILIZER ! It has had twenty years of successful use, is the most complex article ever made for tobacco, furnishing the food needed as ealled for, and the universal judgment on it is that IT STANDS A DROUGHT BETTER than any other fertilizer ever offered for this crop. The crop of 1886 encountered the contrary, namely, a very wet season, but the reports on the “ANCHOR BRAND” continue good in spite of this drawback. Both warehousemen and manufacturers commend the tobacco grown by this fertili- — zer for its special excellence in COLOR, SIZE, WEIGHT and TEX- TURE; in few words, it always brings ‘‘the top of the market.” Let no one prevail on you to use anything else on this crop; you~ can’t afford to incur the peril. The “ANCHOR BRAND” is furnished in lots to suit by JOHN L. MARKHAM, DURHAM, N. ©. SOUTHERN FERTILIZING COMPANY, Richmond, Va. ~ Fe ~~ PSR PH oly oot “> ~ane ~ CALL AND BUY YOUR GOODS OF ee IN: 5: IVA Rea EE AM. Wholesale and Retail Dealer in GENERAL SNUERCHANDISE, Lurhanssan. C. He always guarantees the best goods at the lowest prices and keeps a large and first-class line of almost everything. 2 Biers Sash a ne DURHAM, GENERAL HARDWARE. STOVES, PAINTS, OILS, CROCKERY, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE. CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK. ik. M°OMURR » TIN smitH, I, DURHAM, NW. Cc: Is prepared to do all kinds of Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper work. Tin Roofing and Guttering a specialty. Tobacco Flues in Season. Work solicited from all parts of the country. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. WAZ ET. “FSC ie Vea Green Street, near the Old Academy, Durham, INC. GENERAL BLACKSMITH. Horse Shoeing a Specialty. Thirty years experience warrants me in saying that I understand my business. When you wish any work in my line I would be pleased to have you call to see me. RY OF CONGRESS _—__ ini Dr. N. MJ OHNSON & CO... | -* GUARANTEE TO SELL | As Pure and Cheap Medicines as any House in the State. Also Heavy }} Drugs, such as Soda, Salts, Oils, Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes, bo. ty MANGUM STREET, NEAR MAIN, DURHAM, N. C. E. A. WHITABHER, DUREH AD, WC: (Two doors below Morehead’s Bank,] Dealer in Pianos, Organs, Guitars, Violins, Flutes, Accordeons, || Sewing Machines, &c. | instalment Plan, $1.25 a Week will Buy You an Organ. THE DURHAM FURNITURE MWF’G COMPANY, DURHAM, N. C., Wholesale and Retail Dealersin all kind of PARLOR, CHAMBER, eae Ge KITCHEN FURNITURE, Clocks, Pictures and Mattresses a Specialty. Metalic Caskets, Burial Cases and Coffins. | A General Line of Undertaking. ALL GOODS SOLD FOR CASH OR ON INSTALMENTS. DINING ROOM AND | AND WINDOW | —— ee re ee eee a