New Britain herald., 1925-08-06

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 Q. Will 1t ever be possible for the annual growth of forest prod ucts in the United States 10 equal the amount of consumption
 A. The department of agricul- ture says 1t will be possible, with fairly intensive forestry, to grow around 27,00O,000,O00 cubic feet of wood a year by utilizing the coun- trys whole forest area (470,00O,- GOO acres). But this cannot be ac- complished in less than 50 to 100 | years from now. Present consump- tion is around 22,500, ,0O0,O0O cubic l feet, The possible reduction of sub stitutos, eliminating wastes, etc, will be offset by population growth. l Therefore the nation Is not likely 10 need less wood, but rather more if we can get it.
 Q. Are all kinds of glass made | of the same chemical ingredients?
 A. The chemical composition of glass differs with the different kinds. It is essentially a silicate of soda or of potash combined with silicate of some alkaline earth or other basic body. such as the oxide of lead Window glass is made from siicate of soda and lime; Bohemian crystal glass, silicate of potash and lime; flint glass, silicate of potash and lead, and bottle glass, that is, of the common kinds, siIicate of lime and alumina with smaller quantities of the silicate of potash or soda, iron and manganese, the silicatcs of haryta and magncsia be- ing also frequently present.
 Q, Who discovered the conti- nents of Europe. Asia and Africa?
 A. It is not known who discov- cred these continents. About 800 B. C. certain parts of Europe were al ready inhabtated by people who had attained a certain degree of civilization, while about 5000 E. c. when the historic curtain first rises, in some favored regions, as the val loys of the Nile and the Euphrates, there wcrn nations and civilizations already venerable with age, aud possessing arts, governments and institutions that bear evidence of slow growth through very long periods of time.
 - Q, I have seen reference 10 a , new pathway called The Long l Trail" To what does the title re- 7 fer?
 = A. The Long Trail is a mountain l pathway along the Green Moun- : tains from Massachusetts to Can - ada, being built by the Green Moun- } tain club. The main trail is to be 5 supplemented by branch trails lead l ing to the summits of all the higher llr1N l llt NNtJtt NbO uINlIGu lllIt
 sections, each section having 1T h charge the building and mainte i nance in it's own vicinity. The mair 6 purpose of the trail is 10 encourage y mountain climbing. The office of th' S Green Mountain club is at Proctor - Vermont.
 - e. What is the draft of some 0 W the largest battle ships? - A, The mean draft is 30 feet, Il inches; the draft aft, S1 feet l. 0 inches.
 t c. What is the largest refract
 ing telescope in the world? - A. At the Yerkes obsery atory d the astronomical observatory of th 'r University of Chicago, located a ,e Williams Bay, Wisconsin. The ob s ject glass is 40 inches in diameter n Q. What are the dimensions i 'u rods of square lot containing a le acre ot ground?
 A. A square lot with an area C U. one acre is 12.64 rods on each sid
 or 50,56 rods around.
 Q, From what is the quotatio
 "Individuals may form Commun
 ties but it IS institutions alone ths es can create a nation" taken? st A. From a speech Of Benjami
 Disraeli, Earl of Bcaconsield, { m Manchester England, in 1866. ev Q. What is the title of the n;
 l,-p,,, oF
 A. King Christian Stood Befol
 the Mast"
 Q, l want to name. our countl
 place an Indian name for sunshil 7, or joy. Gan you give me son ed names with either of those meal ings?
 re A, "Assandawi" is an India
 name meaning Place of sunshin, ne and "Tapawingo" means Place
 joy"
 a c. What is Rotten Row.
 London and why is it so called? 1st A. This is a fashionable brid
 path in Hyde rark, London, 90 fe os- wide extending for a mile and
 half from Hyde Park Corner ou Kensington Gate, along the sou
 side of the Serpentine. It runs para lb- Tel with the driveway, from whi
 it is separated by a promena ld, fr;nFed with turf. Some of the me
 brilliant displays of fashion al
 wealth in London are to be seen he the walks along it's side on fl
 afternoons during the season and
 the church parade on Sundays. T
 name is supposed 10 be deriv
 from Route de Roi. or Kin! I'm