Arizona republican., 1921-11-07
Questions And .AnsUers

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 O. How long have American farm CTS fed stock by the soilins method? L. B.
 A. Farmers in this country began to turn their attention to soiling in the nineteenth century and by 1850 the practice had become general in | the eastern and southern states. Soil ing consists of feeding grazing anil mals in inclosures or barns with the | green forage instead of allowing free | pasturage It requires less land and | eliminates food waste and does away with pasture fencing. There is an additional expense, however, for the | labor involvel
 c. Car all alcohol be used as an
 external medicine? H. M. s.
 A. Ethyl or grain alcohol may be | used internally and externally. Wood ! alcohol is poisonous and should not
 be used incidentally either internally
 or externally Special denatured al-
 cohol can be purchased which may
 be used as a medicine externally. O. How can smoke be prevented
 when taking a fashiight? w. E. P.
 A. Arrange over the spot where
 ignition is to take place a large flat
 pad of damp wool lint. This will ab-
 sorb most of the smoke.
 O. How long before Lincoln was
 assassinated did Mrs. Surratt go to
 Washington to live? w. F. w. A Mrs Surratt moved to Wash ington in 1862 and opened the board ing house which became a meeting place of the men who planned the assassination of President Lincoln. c. How much weight does coffee
 lose in roastine7 T. N.
 A. Coffee usually loses about II
 per cent in weight in roasting. e. What IS the total number oi 1, miles of railroad track in the Unitec ! States? G. E. R.
 A. In Class I railroads there i! T total of 234. 4.S6S34 miles; Class I roads. 16,966.5S miles; Class III roads T 7,194.71; and switching and termina q l roads, ?, 2,52919; making a total mi . leage of 261, ,35S.S2
 e c. Having made a vain search To . the Acadian mountains 1 am coming to you for help. 3. C. A. Q 4. The Acadian mountains is . name infrequently applied to the ele = vated region between the Hudson e the lower St. Lawrence and the At . lantic and includes the White. Greer = Maine and Canadian mountains. y c. When were side saddles frs s used? H. C T.
 't A. Side saddles were introduce
 as early as the twelfth century. The were developed from the billion O e pad on which a lady rode sidewis - behind her escort and steadied her 7 7. self by holding on to his belt. c. In the name Robert Lou n Stevenson" IS Louis given the En- ,e fish or French pronounciation? p. ,t A It is ss'd that Robert Lou ,5 stevenson gave the name the En.
 fish pronunciation Lewis"
 O. Are liCht colored cigars mild re than dark ones2 ~. s.
 X. A light colorcd wrapper do