Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1909 — Can Yon Answer These? [ARTICLE]

Can Yon Answer These?

Here is a list of questions for the widewake boy. Can you answeT all of them? You can any day see a white horsey how many of you a white colt? '/ How many different kinds of trees grow in your neighborhood, and what are they good for? Why does a horse eat grass backwards and a cow forward? Why does a hop vine always wind one way and a bean vine another? Where should the inside of a chimney be the largest, at the top or bottom; and “why? Can you tell why a horse, when tethered with a rope, always unravels it, while a cow always twists it into kinky knots? How old must a grapevine be before it begins to bear? Why do leaves turn upside down when it rains? What wood will bear the greatest weight before breaking? Which is the most elastic? What is the length of a horse’s head —is it long as a flour barrel? What animals have no upper teeth in front and why?