A Medley of Puzzles
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IN this field of 49 baseballs the puzzling proposi- tion is to mark off all but 20 and to leave those 20 balls in such arrange- ment as to score the greatest possi-- ble number of rows, 4 balls to a row.
In the diagram it is shown how the balls, lettered from A to K — 12 balls — are made to score 5 rows. Now see what is the highest score you can make with the full comple- ment of 20.
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���How Large Is This Man's Lot?
"Talking about Poles" remarked Mc- Manus, "here's a study in Poles that would give Peary and Cook a pair of head- aches.
"In building a fence around my square lot I find that if I put the
��MARCH PRIZE WINNERS
The ten copies of the "Cyclopedia of Puzzles," offered for the best answers to the four March puzzles are awarded to the solvers given below, who not only solved all of the puzzles with absolute correctness, but gave analyses of the Kugelspiel problem, which proved to be the stumbling block for most of our contestants. Ernest A. Hodgson, Dominion Obser- vatory, Ottawa. Nathaniel Ratner, 1804' Arthur Ave.,
Bronx, N. Y. Fred A. Tracey, 59 White Street,
Mt. HoUy, N. J. T. B. Ford, Chevy Chase, Md. George S. Fuller, 506 Sears Bldg.,
Boston, Mass. Chrystal McCue, Goodells, Mich. Audley A. Baker, 808 Bell Ave.,
E. Carnegie, Pa. Earl F. Koke, 2121 N. Nevada Ave.,
Colorado Springs, Colo. Wm. K. Bendrat, 616 W. 48th Street,
Los Angeles, Calif. J. A. Fairchild, Mt. Olive, 111.
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��poles two feet apart I will be shy no poles, whereas, if I plant them two yards apart, I will have 90 poles left over.
"Now can you tell me how many square feet there are in my lot?"
Children A-plenty
Farmer Smith and his wife say that the race sui- cide scare io of no account down their way, as they have 15 children, born at inter\'als of one year and a half.
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���Miss Pocahontas, the eldest of the chil- dren, who is reluctant about mentioning her age, admits she is seven times older than Captain John, Jr., the youngest of the brood.
Can you assist the census man in figur- ing out the age of Miss Pocahontas?
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