rowing land, is
sufficient for the production of ninety bushels of wheat an acre.
The question as to what becomes of the rainfall, therefore, is of
considerable interest in this great agricultural center of North
America, where we do well if we average twenty-five bushels to the
acre.

(2)

(_New York Evening Sun_)

WE WASTE ONE-QUARTER OF OUR FOOD

If a family of five using twenty-five bushels of potatoes a year at
$2 a bushel, lose 20 per cent on a bushel by paring, how much has
the family thrown into the garbage can during the year? Answer, $10.
Applying this conservative estimate of dietitians to other foods,
the average family might save at least $100 a year on its table.

(3)

(_New York Times)_

FARM WIZARD ACHIEVES AGRICULTURAL WONDERS

BY ROBERT G. SKERRETT

Can a farm be operated like a factory? Can fickle nature be offset
and crops be brought to maturity upon schedule time?

These are questions that a farmer near Bridgeton, N.J., has answered
in the most practical manner imaginable.

(4)

(_San Francisco Call_)

DOES IT PAY THE STATE TO EDUCATE PRETTY GIRLS FOR TEACHERS?

BY KATHERINE ATKINSON

Does it pay the state to educate its teachers?

Do normal school and university graduates continue teaching long
enough to make adequate return for the money invested in their
training?

(5)

(_Newspaper Feature Service_)

HOW HUNGER IS NOW MEASURED AND PHOTOGRAPHED

Just what hunger is, why all living creatures suffer this feeling
and what the difference is between hunger and appetite have always
been three questions that puzzled scientists. Not until Dr. A.J.
Carlson devised a method of ascertaining exactly the nature of
hunger by measuring and comparing the degrees of this sensation,
have investigators along this line of scientific research been able
to reach any definite conclusion.

(6)

(_The Outlook_)

GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME

BY CHARLES HENRY LERRIGO

Are you interested in adding fifteen years to your life?

Perhaps you are one of those sound strong persons absolutely assured
of perfect health.

Very well. Two thousand young persons, mostly men, average age
thirty, employees of commercial houses and banks in New York City,
were given a medical examination in a recent