The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-09-07
USE ALL APPLES
YOU CAN TO SAVE
FOOD FOR ALLIES
Americans Should Eat Fruit and
Vegetables So Meat and
Wheat May Be Sent
Overseas.

Our allies In war against the kaise
are very much In need of meat an
wheat. II they are TO pull through tn
fan and winter successfully. we mus
send them all of these staples we can
IL Will be necessary for Americans II
home TO eat more perlshable food ar
ticles-like fruit and vegetables tha
cannot well be sent abroad.
For this reason Uncle Sans fooC
administration Is taking the keenes
interest In this years apple crop. Tn,
government wants us to eat more ny
pies than ever before so that the
wheat and meat supplies may go tC
help win the war. A campaign Of ed
ucation along this line Is soon to start
This years apple crop calls for in,
telligent handling. The latest govern.
ment reports indicate crop of about
l9OOOO,OO0 bushels. That Is little
below normal. Good prices are assured
for all honestly packed, first quality
apples, and also for honestly packed,
selected second grades, which govern
ment experts say can be put into stor-
age. When the crop Is big it does not
pay to store second grades, but this
year, despite the fact that we cannot
ship our usual 2,00000O barrels Of ap-
pies abroad, because shipping space is
precious, we should be able to get fair
prices for all good apples at home.
Careless packing Of poor quality
fruit has always been one of the chief
causes of market instability and un-
satisfactory prices to the growers.
This year the whole apple industry Is
cooperating TO remove this market
handicap. There has never been an
apple year such as this one is going to
be. Growers have never been able to
get together and engage and finance
national educational campaign
among consumers to increase apple
consumption. This year the situation
makes 1t necessary for the United
States government, through the food
administration, to conduct a cOnSum-
er's campaign of publicity on behalf of
the apple. This campaign will begin
while the crop is being sent to market,
and will probably continue until the
last apple is eaten up late next spring.
SO the grower has three great incen-
tives for grading, packing and storing
this crop with especial care.
l. 1t is a good crop and calls for
care.
,. The government will encourage
apple eating and apple storage and
will discourage speculation that raises
the price abnOrmally.
3. We must eat up at home more
than two million barrels of apples,
which would ordinarily he exported.
To get the best of the crop to the
market in prime condition it must be
picked carefully at the time of ma
turity and promptly cooled in tenn
pOrary storage, and then skillfulIy
graded and packed. Second-grade
fruit should not go into barrels or
boxes If it cannot be marketed in
bulk in nearby consuming centers,
then it should be worked up into by
products along with the culls.
There has been a gratifying i'm
DrOvement in apple marketing the past |
,wO or three years. Western apples |
Ire boxed to strictly honest standards,
~ the great cooperative growers or
in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Colorado. The
eastern barrel apple has also been
improved in New York
md other states. Because apples are
honestly packed and give the best pos
ible value for the money there is an
Increase in the consumer demand. Re-
all merchants who were formerly al
most afraid to buy apples in barrels,
ecause they were not sure of getting
values for their money,
re now buying freely and in conf
ence. This good work makes it pos
lble for the government to go further
nd encourage the use of apples as a
'ar-time food measure.
Because the bulk of the crop will be
licked by volunteer workers this year,
nd put into common storage until the
rover can find time to grade and
lck, there will be an opportunity to
We closer personal attention to the
'ading and packing than might be the
lse if the crop were handled as in
eace times. For the grower who de-
res instructions in apple packing, the
'partment of agriculture at Wash
gtOn has information in hullptin
rm. These bulletins can be secured
ee by writing to the department. {
rOwers will do well to obtain few {
pies for their pickers and packers.