The mirror., 1922-03-16
QUERIES
NOTICE TO INMATES


good literature. acquiring an education in our
Night Schools, or, who need helpful informa.
ton in connection with their work in our var:
to use the Query" column. You are well
come to send in any queries Of serious interest
liberation of Miss Miriam E. Cary, Super
visor of Institutional Libraries, will gladly
endeayor to supply the requested information.
NOTICE-In order to regulate the conduct
OF this column inmates must sign their name.
submitted for publication. Inmates names, Of
course, will not be published, only the initials
OF each Querist being used.-Editor.
Q:-(a) How many bushels of wheat
does it take to make hundred pounds of
flour? (b) From the same number of
bushels, how many pounds of bran, and
shorts are there left? (c) About how
much does it cost to produce these three
products ?-L. L. c.
A:-(a) The miller estimates that it
will require in the neighborhood of four
bushels and thirty pounds (27O pounds) of
wheat to produce 1876 pound barrel of
Hour. The yield of -four will vary with
the quality and particularly the plump
ness OF the wheat. (b) The difference be-
tween the 270 pounds of wheat and the
1876 pounds of -four produced will be
divided fairly evenly between bran and
shorts under the usual conditions of roller
milling. Sometimes the shorts are divided
into Red Dog and Standard Middlinps in
the ratio of approximately a. (c) The
cost OF producing -four varies widely in
different plants. The best data available
on this subject is found in "Grain and
Flour Statistics During the War;" compiled
by "A. l.. Russell of the u. S. Grain Cor
poration. This document under the column
head Average Milling Cost of Flour per
Barrel" quotes the following: Minnesota.
$2o6s; North Dakota, $.6O93; All d.
Visions, $.4639. These costs have been re-
Gently reduced somewhat as result of
more or less general reduction in the wages
OF mill operatives. The several items
illustrate the wide variations in cost which
are found under different conditions cl
milling.-By C. Fl. Baily assoc. Aar. Bio
chemist U. of M.
Q:-Does British Columbia have its
own Provincial police or is it under the
ROYAL Canadian Mounted police Pr. M.
A-Previous to 1918 British Columbia
had its own Provincial police. In 1919
the Royal Northwest Mounted police was
amalgamated under the title of RovaI
Canadian Mounted police and in the
Canadian almanac 1921, II is shown that
British Columbia is under their jurisdic-
ton.
Q:-(a) After being prisoner can a
World War veteran U. S. ex-soldier who
foueht in France. taks up any of the voca-
tlona courses, which were so given to u.
S. soldiers? (b-1) Please tell me if an
osteopathic physician practices the same
anatomy science as the regular medical
physician? Are they both alike? (b-2)
Has the osteopathic physician the authority
to examine people like the medical phy-
siclan or is the osteopathic physician the
same as medical doctor "A. w. S.
A-(al Yes. if he is physically disabled
as result of the war and is honorably
discharged. (b-D Yes (b-2) Yes, ex-
cept he uses no medicines.
Q-(a) Are the following words con-
sidered compound words? Patrolman
powman, postman. and plexiform? (b)
What is correct definition of COM
pound word ?-H. B.
A-fa) No. (b) Consult The Xmas
En0lish. pages 27s-2So. library catalogue,
No. 1881.
O.-(a) Is there any magazine or paper
devoted entirely to the hotel business? (b)
Kindly give the addresses of the following
publications: Billboard; Taller; Movie
H. G.
A-(a) There are eleven such listed in
Avres' Newspaper Index. Such as The
Hotel Record. 1888 Broadway. New York
CITY. (h) Billboard. IS Opera Place,
Cincinnati. Ohio: Taller, Taller Pub Co.,
Strand Theatre Co.. N. Y. City: Movie
Magazine not listed. Movie Weekly,
Physical Culture Corporation, 119 w. 4Oth
ST.. NJ: Y. City. Moving Picture World,
SIG Fifth Ave., N. Y. CITY.
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