Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-08-29
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q. How old is Goldfish which weighs
3s pounds7 X. r. A.
A. The Bureau Of Fisheries says
that the weight OF tn. fish ls in no
direct proportion to it's age. In BODY
Of water where the food supply II
abundant n goldfish might attain a
weight of 80 pounds In two years. while
in another body Of water with different
conditions, II might take four years or
more.
q. Please give details concerning the
Delaware Breakwater. u. X.
A. The Delaware Breakwater is un-
der Federal control. The Engineer's =
Office of the War Department says
that It is 1850 feet long, is constructed
Of stone and the initial cost was s2,-
| 23s ,2e53i. Sixteen thouaand dollars is
/ the amount which has been spent
| on the Breakwater since IL has been
| completed.
q. wnl feeding potatoes 10 cows
cause them To bloat7 q. NJ. 8.
/ A. Potatoes are very palatable u
dairy cattle. They are high In energy
though very low In protein. There
Is danger from bloat If potatoes are
fed In too large quantities.
@. Please explain what the waiver
route" in baseball is. J. r.
A. When a big league club wishes
to send a player TO minor leagues II
is obliged to obtain from the Other
clubs IN the league waiver OF Their
rights to the player. This, therefore
is called the waiver route"
O. rs George Bernard Shaw English
or Irish? G. r. q.
A. George Bernard Shaw was borr
I'm Dublin. ireland. and spent the frs
20 years Of his life there. Since tina
time. he has lived in England.
O. Is II true that the Detroit river
never rises and never falls2 w. r.
A. The rise md fail of the Detroit
river in 80 small as TO be impercep-
tible. This is due to the fact thai
the river is fed directly by the Great
Lakes and is consequently always a
full stream.
O. Where was the American Tele-
phone and Telegraph Company origi-
\ naJly incorporated? u X. Y.
Il A. What is now the American
Telephone and Telegraph Company
was aret Incorporated February 70
4 1926. under the laws Of New York
az the American Reli Telephone Com,
many. In March. 1900. Il Was rein.
corporsted as The American Telephone
and Telegraph Company.
q. Can anything be wider than j
is iong2 =. H. =
/, A. II is not possible for an objec
10 be wider than il is long, sine
. length is the name applied to IN
! greater OF the two dimensions.
O. What kind OF wheat = crow
in Canada? III. a T.
A. In Canada both autumn sow
and spring sown wheat is grown j
the region between Georgian Bay am
4 Lake Ontario, in Alberta, and j
4 nritlah Columbia Practically all o
e fine wheat acreage in Manitoba ant
Saskatchewan is spring wheat. whih
Enbout one fifth the acreage In Alberta
is winter wheat. The spring-whea
: belt of Canada directly adjoins tn
? spring wheat section OF the Unite'
: States. The soils In this region ar
similar to the prairie soils Of IN
] United States and the chernoxiom o
: southern Russia. About nineteenth
{ OF the wheat crops of Canada - pro
4 dueed In western prairie provinces.
4 O. Does an excursion boat carr
ballast? G. G.. g.
V Excursion boats are required b
: law to carry ballast