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That the totS.1 leaf area of a larj^e forest tree i.my anount to an 

 acre or more? Yeai*s aj^o, a Harvard professor estiraated that the u-ashington 

 Elm in Cambridge had approxinately 7,000,000 leaves with a total area ai.-iount- 

 ing to 200,000 square feet, or almost 5 acres. 



That a strawberry plant should be mulched before the temperature drops 

 much below 20''^ F? If left unprotected until the ground freezes hard, injury 

 to the crown and a reduction in yield may occur. 



That apple concentrate is novi bein;^ used as a substitute for glycerin 

 in the manufacture of cigarettes? One manufacturer is reported to be inter- 

 ested in obtaining a large quantity of this product, a six to one concentra- 

 tion of apple juice. 



That dehydrated appleg v;eigh only one-seventh as much as raw apples 

 and can be reconstituted readily to make apple sauce, pie filling or fruit 

 for eating with cereal? In the case of carrots, 6 orates, v:eighing 19G pounds, 

 yields 17 pounds of dehydrate, enough to fill t\;o S-gallon cans. (Fr^m "Country 

 Life in /sritish Columbia"). 



That there were, according to a July count, 4,323 frozen-food locker 

 plants in the United States? This is an increase of 700 over last year. 



That the fruit tree leaf roller has replaced the codling moth as 

 En3my IIo. 1 aiioni^ Kickapoo Valley (w'isconsin) apple growers? Injury ranged 

 around 30;^ in sprayed orchards in 1941. --L. Southv.-ick 



That a new high point was reached in 1941 in the amount n" co;;Tmercial 

 fertilizer used by American farmers? The total figure \/as 8,400,000 tons, an 

 increase of 7;;^ over 1940. The previous pe&k v/as in 1930 \;hen sales totalled 

 8,222,000 tons. (From "The Fertilizer i^eview"). 



That every time a 16-inch „un is fired, 120 pounds of nitrogen goes 

 back into the air from v/hich it cai:ie. The nitrogen needed annually by our 

 farmers would, if converted to explosives, be sufficient for v;ell over 7 mil- 

 lion 16-inch shells. (From Dupont Agricultural Ilev.-s Ijetter), ■ 



That the ITeTir England honey crop this year amounted to about 1,706,000 

 pounds or 27)"j more than in 1941? The nu:;iber of colonies of bees is about 18^o 

 larger than the 45,000 reported last year. The honey c rop in the United States 

 was 13^j smaller than last year, or 179,653,000 pounds compared with 206,551,000 

 pounds in 1941. (l^rom N. E. Crop Reporting Service). 



That 10,934 cars of apples were purchased last year by the Surplus 

 liarketing Administration? Virginia led with 2,269 cars, followed by New York 

 v;ith 1,605; Y/'ashington^ 1,513; and Ohio, 1401. Massachusetts marketed 96 cars 

 throuji this agency. 



That approxinately 1200 cooperatives handling perishable comi.iodities 

 vrere in operation in the United States during the year ending July, 1940? 

 Products valued at O289,.000,000 v;ere marketed for IGCjOOG producer-members, 

 (From Eul. 49, Fan.i Credit Adiiiinistration), 



