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during the later part of 1926 and COM
plcted in 1923,
@. Can martins (birds) walk
w. l.. A.
A. Martins. in common with all
swallows, cannot walk. If their wings
are clipped or injured they die of
starvation in a short time Their feet
are used only for perching.
O. Can rainfall be forced?--W A. N.
A. Attempts to induce rainfall have
been made from time to time. the most
important being those of Gen. Dyren-
forth of the Department of Agriculture
in Texas in 1891. Dyrenforth claimed
that he successfully produced rain by
using explosives, principally giant pow
Ger. and that raindrops sometimes COM
menced to fall within IL seconds after
the initial explosions. These results
have been questioned, however. and
| while his theory has not been entirely
abandoned no serious efforts have ever
been made to continue the experiments.
@. When did the so-called land rush"
| in Oklahoma occur?-V. S.
! A. The lands of Oklahoma we're de-
clared open to settlement at and after
! the hour of noon on the 22d of April,
| 1889. It is reported that upward of
| so 900 persons entered the Territory and
| that between 5000 and 1000 were con-
! veyed from Arkansas City to Guthrie
! by rail on the afternoon Of the first gay.
| @. What is darSo?-G. T.
! A. Darso is a grain sorghum OF I'M
| known origin. 1t is probably cross
! between saccharine sorghum and q
non-saccharine sorghum.
@. At what age do most people
| graduate from college?-B. B.
| A The Department of Education
says that the average age for graduating
from universities in the United States
is % years.
@. understand that 1.-THE Americans
| Creed" by William Tyler Page, Is COM
prised of sentences or phrases taken
from different literary productions.
Can you give me the order in which
the creed is composed and the names
OF the productions from which 1t is
taken?-H. A. H.
A. THE United States of America"
preamble, Constitution of the United
States. "a government Of the people,
| by the people, for the people," pre-
amble, Constitution of the United
States; Daniel Webster's speech in the
Senate, January &c, 1890; Abraham
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Whose
!
sent of the governed" Thomas Jeffer-
son in Declaration of Independence.
"a democracy in a republic James
Madison in the Federalist, No. 10;
Article K of the amendments to the
Constitution. "A sovereign Nation OF
many sovereign States" E pluribus
unum, Great Seal of the United States:
Article " of the Constitution. "a per-
feet Union" preamble to the Consti-
tuition" One and inseparable,' Web
ster's speech in the Senate, January
Is, 1880. Established upon those
principles of freedom, equality, justice
and humanity for which American
patriots sacrificed their lives and for
tunes" Declaration of independence.
II therefore believe it is my duty to
my country to love it, in substance
from Edward Everett Hale's THE Man
Without Country ITO support its
| Constitution" oath of allegiance. sec
ton 1857, Revised Statutes of the
| United States. TO obey its laws"
Washingtons Farwell Address Article
VI, Constitution of the United States.
ITO respect its flag" national anthem,
THE Star Spangled Banner; Army and
Navy regulations; War Department cir
cular on flag etiquette. April IA, 1917.
And to defend it against all enemies"
oath of allegiance. section 1857. Re-
| vised Statutes of the United States.