Evening star., 1925-12-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. H4SKIN.

I Q. What States lead in the prodnc-
tion of cotton. wheat and rice?-J. +.
A. The leading States in the produc,
ton of cotton; Texas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Georgia;
wheat, Kansas. North Dakota: rice,
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Colo
rado.
.. What foods were brought over
with the Pilgrims?-J. 7.
A. The food that was brought
over on the Mayfiower consisted of
bacon, hard-tack, salt beef, herring,
cheese. beer or ale. For luXuries
they carried butter, vinegar, mustard
and perhaps lemons and prunes
About 1880 the food of the colonists
consisted of fish and game. oysters,
clans and mussels. beans, pumpkins.
peas. squash. turnips. parsnips.
onions. apples and pears. grapes and
huckleberries. Cranberries were not
then known.
Q. How much room would it take
to store 1000 900 silver dollars?-P. 6.
A. Approximately. 100000 silver
dollars can be contained in space
of $50 cubic feet.
@. Upon what facts is the story
ba sed that Marie Antoinette was 10
have been brought to this country
by Stephen Clough?-C. II. ii.
A The mayor of Wiscasset, Me-,
saws: THE only ba sis that | have
found for the report or legend that
plan existed to bring Queen Marie
Antoinette to Wiscasset is that the
ship Sally of this port, Stephen
Clough, master, brought from France
certain articles Of furniture. etc, sup
posedly from a palace mere which
had been occupied by her. The bulk
of the goods went to the possession
of Col James Swan of Boston. as
will be seen by an article upon that
family published in the Boston
Transcript about T5 years ago, being
one Of series of articles by Mr..
Bowditch. which articles were known
as the Cleaner" articles c'Gleaner
being the signature To them). the
articles being afterward reprinted
by the Boston record commissioners
/ in a volume of their reports, which
| report 7 d" not remember and have
not the set before me. 1t has seemed
! to me that the legend about the
Queen naturally grew out of the fact
which I have referred to.
Q. Who was the first chief of cav.
airy In the Army of the United
! StdteS.-J. Il.
A. Casimir Pulaski. He was com
missioned brigadier general Septem'
/ ber 13, 1777. and was Immediately as
, signed to the general command of
! the mounted force of the Army.
I @. What flowers are principally
grown for perfumery?-L- F.
A A report from Grasse in South
! ern France states that the following
! flowers are most largely grown for
| the manufacture of perfumes: Violet
/ acacia. jonquil, niiSnonette. rose,
orange, jasmine. tuberose and carna
| ton.
| Q. How many eggs day will 4
! queen bee Iay?-F'. y. Il.
A \ prominent bee keeper has re
ported that at the height of her work
| a queen bee has been recorded as lay.
ing approximately 5000 eggs day
| O. What Is acar-agar and where
/ does " come from?-R. l.. W.
| 4. Agar-agar Il gelatin made
! from type of sea weed known as
. red aljae. commonly called celidium
used for gelatin and other purposes
| Al monopoly for supplying this was
! held by Japan for many years, but
| lately production on large scale is
j being made on the California coast
! Japan's revenue for exporting agar
| agar has been reported as between