El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-04
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n DO soils necessarily wear outf
" &. q. VI
X Certain soils in Europe that
have been farmed for thousand
years are as good as the new ground
in America There are ten elements
that are necessary TO the growth or
crops. or these carbon. hydrogen,
oxygen. iron and sulphur seem alWeys
present In the quantities necessary
and ineNhaustible- The five that may
DE exhausted are potassium, magnes-
jun. nitrates. PHOSPHORUS and cal
cium- soils should be analysed TO de-
termine which of these materials are
needed and the proper fertilizer or
crop rotation used. Thus may the
worst Of so-called worn out soils be
brought up 10 standard
q. Can the old principle of barter
be applied 10 the present trade situa-
tiOns H. r.
A The exchange OF commodities
for commodities without the use OF
money is actually being practiced in
International trade today. Certain
traders are loading ships with ma
terials known TO be in demand in
foreign countries, are taking them 10
those countries and are exchanEinE
them for goods that are known TO be
salaole over there The transaction
Is pure barter and circumTents the
difficulties presented in the exchange
situation
O. Was admiral Sims horn in the
United stutess r. G. Z
A. he was born at Fort Hope. On
taric, Canada, October Is, 1855 He
was appointed 10 the United States
naval academy from the state OF
Pennsylvania in 1850
q. Has there ever been a law in
this country regulating the length OF
,yomen's sl<irtst II. B.
A. IN 1850 BY an act OF the general
~ Ha5 r.
Puritans prohibited short sleeves. and
required that ladies' dresses should
be made long enough 10 hide their
shoe buckles This act also pro-
hloiteq the wearing o. lmmoderats
great hreechcs. knots Of ribbon, broad
shoulder bands. silk roses. double
ruffs and cuffs
O. What were the dying words OF
Patrick Henry. the American orator
and patriuff F. J..
A. Just before he breather his last.
he said; Here IS a book fthe Biblel
worth more than all others ever
printed: vet IL is my misfortune never
10 have found time TO read 70. Il IS
now too late I trust in the mercy OF
God"
q. Was there IN inaugural hail in
Washington when president Wilson
FIRST took Officer A. G.
4 AIr- wilson omitted the inauEu-
raj ball. and discontinued the custom
OF lauGllE AT HulLe mouse rece nElolS.
While the Iafts were in the white
house dancing was in vogue at white
house receptions
q. Can an nirplane fIy upside down
for a distance of five miiess Z VI
a. The air service of the army SAYS
that no plane has even been known
70 fly upside down for a distance OF
five miles, or even for one mile. A
plane can fly in that position for a
short distance only
O. What has become OF the great
krupp munition plant in Germany
c. r.
q. This enormous manufacturing
plant which turned out most OF the
guns used by Germany during the war
is now said to be utilized largely for
the manufacturing OF agricultural and
railroad machinery.
@. What f. the origin and signin-
ennee OF Ash Wednesdays A. :.
a. Ash Wednesday. which is the
first day in Lent. is so called from
ing ashes upon the forehead as a sign
Of penitence- Though the custom can
be traced back as far as the Tenth
century, IL was sanctioned by Pope
Celestine III in 1I91. The ashes used
on Ash Wednesday are made by burn
ing palms consecrated on the previ-
Gus Palm sunday Though observed
In the Protestant Episcopal church.
Ash Wednesday is not attended with
any particular ceremony.
q. What f. the total yearly cir
eulatiOn Of daily papers in the United
StuteEs II. +.
a. The last compilation Of yearly
circulation figures were as follows
Daily publications, s.007,343.1O2;
weekly. 2,6lI.522,016; monthly. $780,
2s0, 05s.