Putnam patriot., 1927-11-03
RED HAIRED CITIZENS Connecticut Has Sixteen In Every 1,000.-Schoo Pu- ph Lnrolmsnt ncreases-Tobacco Crop Harvested-Mor- taiy Kate Shows Slight Increase.-Tripe A Airports.
 
 tGRIFFIN NEWS BUREAU) Special Correspondence to Putnam Patriot)

Washington. D. C, November 2- Sixteen persons out of every 1000 residents of Connecticut have red hair. ac,es ding to the fpures of n re- port compiled by the medical division of the war department, based on draft ing activities during the World War.
 The report shows that the percent. age of red-haired people in Connecti- cut is considerably greater than the percentage for all of New England Twelve and six-tenths persons out of every 1 .000 New Englanders hays Ted I hair.
 l The Nutmeg state ranks second of i the six New England states in the percentage of red-haired residents. E New Hampshire comes first. with f9 ! out of every LOGO boasting red hair. Rhode Island follows Connecticut. l i4.s persons out of l LOGO natives of that state having red hair Massachu- setts comes fourth. with l3.9 red hair ed persons in every 1000 Vermont fifth with ILL; and Maine last with i only 0.4 persons in every 1000 hay i ing red hair.
  sons in Maine is lower than for any other state Of the union. Of the en- tire population of the country, l2.9 individuals of every 1000 have red hair.
 Enrolment Increase.
 The number of pupils enrolled in the Connecticut public elementary and secondary schools increased approxi- mately f50 per cent during the last half century, according to a report of the Bureau of Education of the Department of the Interior.
 In 1925 there were 293, ,739 boys and girls enrolled in schools of this class in the state, as compared with f55 .22s in 1900 and 1858 in 1870. These figures place Connecticut sec ond among the six New England states in total enrolment
 Massachusetts came first with an ap- proximate increase of 250 per cent and with an enrolment in 1925 of 747 ,93s pupils Maine was third with q decrease of l7.64s under the 1900 enrollment and 5.03i under the fs- ures of 1870. The total enrolment in that state was IT ,566. Rhode Island showed an increase of about $50 per cent over the 1870 figures as compared with those for 1925 ot l32 40g: it's enrolment in 1870 was 34 900 Ranking fifth was NewHamp- shire with an increase of ,, l61 over the 1870 figures. The 1925 enroll mcnt for the state was "A. .llS. Yer mont ranked sixth and last with 64, 096 pupils during 1925, which is a decrease of about 1 .500 under the 1900 and 1870 figures The total New England enrolment during 1925 was 1.459,s66. as compared with l.. 0f9.1s2 in 1900 and I'll. .l90 in 1870. This is an increase of about 100 per cent for 1925 over 1870.
 Tobacco Crop
 Favorable weather conditions in the Connecticut Valley during Sep tember indicate the completion of harvesting and curing of the tobacco crop according to report Of the De- partment of Agriculture.
 From conditions the forecast for September l was 37.000.000 pounds and for October l, 40. .4s3, % pounds.
 The September estimate is de- crease of ? 1000. .000 pounds under the 1926 production of 39.000, 900 pounds. and the October estimate Isl an increase of 2,4s3,00o pounds over last vear's yield.
 For October the forecast for the entire country is f,i6S. .9o0, ,000 hounds. as compared with the 1926 production of i.30I0o0, 900.
 Mortality Rate
 The mortality rate for Connecticut during 1926 rose to 1 LAO per 100, 1000 population from 1,l25 for the year before. according to a report of the Department of Commerce. The total