Arizona republican., 1920-03-31
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
o. Did the value of farm products show an increase last year over that

O. Did the value of farm products show an increase last year over that of the previous year? A. M. A. i A. The department of agriculture says that 1919 was the most prosper ous year in the history of American farming. The estimated value of last years crops. animals. and animal products. was placed at S24,9S2, ,0O0. .O0O and increase of s2,500e COG, ,00O over 1918. This farm turnover represents an average income of nearly S4.OOO for each of the 6,00O,000 farms in the United States. It is about equal to the sum it cost the United States to engage in the world war. and about five times as great the amount it will cost to run the government during the next fiscal year.
 O. How many submarines did the United States have in operation dur ing the world war? L. o. E.
 A. Uncle sam had s7 U-boats securing the seas during the recent
 O. When did granuIated sugar first come into use? T. D.
 A. The bureau of plant industry says that granulated sugar. as we know it commercially. first began to replace brown sugar about 40 years ago. Before that time it was used only to a small extent.
 O. Can a citizen of the United States be deported for being a com munist? J. o. S.
 A. The naturalization bureau says that citizen of the United States munists who are not citizens of the country are subject to deportation for their activities against the govern ment.
 O. For import purposes, is canned whale held to be meat or fish? M. E. C.
 A >ha hr1 of rlr rafes ha it was recently decided that canned whale meat is not meat within the meaning of the tariff act which ad- mits free of duty meats of all kinds. The United States board af appraisers classifies the flesh of whale as fish in tin packages. not specially provided for" On this class of goods duty of 15 per cent ad valorem is levied.
 O. In cutting for partners in bridge, when two cards of equal face value are cut. how do they rank? w. w.
 A. When two cards of the same face value are drawn in cutting for part ners or for the deal, the highest suit in bidding is the lowest in cutting. For example. spades are highest in bidding but lowest in computing the winner of the cut. In cutting the ace is low.
 O. Which noise can be heard the farthest, artillery or thunder? E. B. c.
 A. The greatest distance at which thunder can be heard is 14 to IS miles, but it is not generally heard at greater distance than nine miles. In the recent war. the shell and bomb explosions, and the noise of the 15-inch guns of the Germans and the allies in France. were heard in the eastern part of England, at distances up to 15o miles
 c. Where is the wettest place on earth? P. A. K.
 A. Cherrapongee, in southwestern Acca nm Ind l1o fvn the world. The annual rainfall there has reached 905 inches.
 c. How does the female population of the leading countries compare with that of the male? J. O. H.
 A. The latest available compilation shows the United States to be the only one of the four leading countries of the world where the male population outnumbers the female. The propor- ton of females to each thousand males is as follows: United States, 934; England. LOGS; Germany, 1,O26; France. 1,O33.
 o. Did Napoleon say that a man has a right to take his own life? H. F.
 A. He said that a man had right to suicide if his death will do no harm to anybody, and life is a torment to himself"
 O. What percentage of the fnhabit- ants of the United States live to be 100 years of age? c. B. G.
 A. The number of centenarians re- ported in this country in 1910 was equal to four for each 100000 of the total population. The corresponding ratio in 1850 was II.
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