Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

Q. How does the highway mileage
of the United States compare with
that of France, of Germany, of Grea.
Britain?-C. E. u.
A. The United States has 3.00l 1925
miles of highway: France. $4,000
miles; Germany, 100000 miles, and
England, Scotland and Wales, a total
of It's, 205 miles.
@. What State raises the most
watermelons?-H. S.
A Georgia. For the past ave years
Georgia has produced on an average
16, 438 carloads of watermelons annual
ly. This is 31:6 per cent of the pro-
duction OF the entire country. Florida
ranks second, with an annual average
production Of 9,187 carloads, and Texas
third with 7.456 carloads.
O. Why should the apostrophe he
used in phrases such as "a years
time" "a months time"?--H. NJ. w
A. The apostrophe used with the
letter IS" to denote possession indi
Gates the omission of the letter 81,
which, together with the letter IS,
was formerly the sign Of possession
For example, years ago rather than
1.-The Kings hat" the phrase read "the
Kingis hat" The 81" has now been
dropped from the sign of possession
and the apostrophe indicates it's omis
sion.
O. Which Is the longest highway
| bridge in the United States?-E. r. T
A. The Delaware River Bridge
| which Is the worlds largest suspension
bridge, is probably the longest high
way bridge in the United States nov
| in operation. The length of the en-
| tire bridge is 181 miles. This bridge
is O. highway bridge over the Della
ware River connecting Philadelphia
with Camden, n. j.
@. How many colors are there?-
| ?. II.
A. The seven primary colors are red
orange, yellow, blue, green. indigo an(
violet. ALBERT estimated the solal
spectrum to contain about 1000 dis
| tinguishable hues, from which abou
100000 tints and shades can be de
rived.
| O. Please explain the county uni
| school system.-J. H. K.
A. The Bureau of Education classi
| fes 20 States as having the county
unit and recognizes or others a:
| having made some beginning with
this form of school organization. The
States which have the county unit are
divided into two groups, namely
those having the strong form ant
| those having the weaker or semi
| county form. In the former. county
school authorities, as distinguished
from district authorities. constitute
the dominant school administrative
agencies, while in the latter the dis
| trict system still prevails. and in gen
eral the district authorities predomi
nate, but some important functions
partaking of the nature of county
organization are given to the county
authorities. In States having the
strong form, the county Is a consider
able contributor to public school sup
port; the County Board of Education
is given more or less power in the
arrangement of district boundary
lines, and in nearly all cases the
county superintendent is selected by
the county board. Power is also giver
to the county board in the matter OF
selecting teachers.
O. What is the value of the crops
raised on irrigated land in this coun
| try?-P. D.
A. Last year on Government irri
cation projects, totaling 2,264.O
acres, crops were produced that haC
an aggregate value of $109, 800.
@. Is IT. true that the weasel is use
full to the farmer? If so. in wha
ways. NJ.
A. Wease!s live almost entirely or