Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-04-23
Answers to Questions.


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The albuquerque Journal lnfor.
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o. How much water is needed
for raising crops by Irrigation? t.
w. =.
A. The amount of water needed
or raising such crops varies with
the character of the soil, but agrl'
cultural investigators have found
that from 800 to 500 or more
pounds of water Is required for
every pound of dry matter pro-
duced.
Q. When was the first orchestra
established in America? Il. w.
A, Bethlehem, Pa, is the most
remarkable town musically in the
| United States. The settlement had
an orchestra as early as 1880. Their
modern musical festival is often re-
ferred to as rne American musical
Oberammergau or the American
Beyreuth.
Q. How many kinds of birds are
there I'm our own United States! M
Il. Il.
A. There are 500 distinct kinds
of birds in this country. They are
divided into sixty-nine families, o.
which twenty families are classy
as waterfowl, seven as shoreplros
four as upland game birds, five al
birds of prey and thirty-three a
land birds.
Q. Why are the upper parts D
many lamp globes frosted? ii. u
r.
A. The effect of frosting the up
per part of a lamp is to diffuse TIM
light which would ordinarily g
through the glass without alterna
ton of direction. BY this the hsn
is sent out more uniformly IN al
directions, the frosted glass pe
coming q secondary source Oh ilsnt
There is also a small increase II
the light sent downward through
the clear part of the bulb, due u
this diffusion. -
o. How many books have becl
published? &. w. .,
A. 1t is estimated that owe
I155,000 books, pamphlets and mag
zines are published annually an
that 100000 separate works nav
been published since printing wa
invented in the fifteenth century.
O, Are Englishmcn taller tina
the Scotch and Irish? l.. A. Il.
A, A compilation of heights o
men in the 1 n.,ed Kingdom show
that the average height of Scots
men is five feet eight and three
fourths inches; of lrishmen, NV
feet eight inches; of Englishmer
fiv, feet seven and one-fourt
inches: and of Welshmen, five fee
six and one-half inches.
Q. Was the name OF IN
CITY Oh SICNcLtuu ORIGINALLY SPS
"Cieayeland?" L. II.
A, The city of Cleveland wa
named for Moses Cleaveland, lead
ing shareholder Of the Connectict
Land company, who founded IN
first settlement on the site of IN
present city. The spelling of tn
name was changed in 1880 whe
the Cleveland Advertiser was e.
tablished and the editor droppe
\ 1.-The IA in the first syllable in orde
to get the headline into the form
Q. How tall is baby at birth
j. c.
A. A newborn baby is abot
twenty inches tall, and at the en-
of it's third year of life has attaine
half Of its adult height.
Q. What is meant by "scye
pound lcad?" ID. +. S.
A. In plumbing, tho term
used to indicate sheet lead Of sue
thickness that one square fo'
would weigh seven pounds.
Q. How long have inhcritant
taxes been employed to raise publ
funds? ID. Il.
A. The raising of public funt
by inheritance taxes has been SAM
toned by legislation since the b'
ginning of Roman law.