The farmer and mechanic., 1913-10-21
Feast of the Apples" Comes
October 21St
KING APPLE IN HIS PRIME
So Do Him the Honor to Eat
Him, It's the Greatest Ser
vice You Can Bestow Upon.
So Let the Joy Mastication
Be UnConned,

Baltimore. Oct 1s.-Let every man.
woman and chiId who awakens IN the
morning OF October elst, pay homage
To hing Apple. II Is exclusively his
day. Thersis only one way 10 honor
his MajeSty-eat him. ON with the
feast-let appetites be unconfned'
Bring out the apple dumpiings, apple
| pies, apple frltters, apple float. apple
| cake. apple salad, or any or the other
1877 appetizing dishes that can be
made from the delicious fruit, IL you
see Willie sneaking away from the
| apple barrel with his pockets bulginH
| out suspiciously, overlook II. Hie IS
doubtless filled with laudable desire
to do his share in honoring the apple
The Original Apple Day.
While Apple Day was inausurated
in this country and Canada by Mr..
James Handley, Of Quincey. III. il or
iginated in the Garden Of Eden al the
worlds beginning. If the fruit had
not been SO delicious. II would not
have had to share the blame arising
from Adams and Ewes downfall
Why Apple Day is Observed.
| The apple is the most wholesome
and best liked fruit In the world. II
can be used in more ways than any
other; keeps longer under all condi
; tions, and has the medicine Of nature
; stored under its glossy skin. There is
; more truth than poetry in the s!o-
, gans: 'Health's best way is to eat APP
pies every day and An Apple =
day keeps the doctor away"
II Nor does the virtues of the apple
{ stop here. 1t is stated by those who
= have studied the properties OF the ap-
J. pie that if "A woman eats the fruit
+ daily she will make her cheeks fai
Q roster than if she used the cosmetics
q Of the drug store.
/. Ways of Observing Apple Day.
: Besides eating the apple in one
|. form or another, Apple Day will be
d observed by sending presents Of choice
s apples to friends and relatives. sick
C or we'll. In some States public and
n private schools Will observe the day
8 by having their pupils study the apple
J. Some schools Will OFFER prizes for the
:. best essays on the apple. In New
r Hampshire many OF the city scholar:
e will be allowed to go to nearby orch
e ards and study the apple at first hand
L In some cities wagon loads OF the frui
o will be sent free to the schools, char
: liable institutions, and to the slums
d Prominent restauranteurs in Baltimor'
l. are preparing to furnish surprises Z
II their customers in the form Of appi
E delicaces.
r Facts About King Apple.
The size OF the American appl
crop LIlS season equals a wall tl dp
ID pies II feet high extending almost n
re distance from Chicago 10 New Yorh
e. All Of these apples will be availa bl
ce for National Apple Day.
y. The American apple crop. il laid en-
In to end, will reach 3l6, ,445 miles. or
iS double track seven times around tn
" " world.
III The railroads would have the tim
~ Of their lives in moving this crop If
S was offered for shipment in sing
no day. In cars the apple crop Of tk
o. United States would reach a distanI
-. Of over S52 miles
~ M "197 Ways TO Cook Apples
- Mr.. u. Grant Border Of Baltimor
- Md, one Of those interested in in
of pressing the public with the va1ue
10 the apple, is issuing an apple reciI
,,e booklet showing 1877 ways OF serviI
~ the fruit. 4 copy VIII be sent by hi
~ to anyone sending two-cent stamp.