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cover this with a cheese custard made 

 as follows: Press through a colander 

 or mash smooth one cup of cottage 

 cheese, add one well-beaten egg, one- 

 half cup of milk and salt and pepper to 

 taste. Pour over the top of the maca- 

 roni and bake in a moderate oven thirty 

 minutes. 



Cheese Sauce — 1 cup milk, 1 table- 

 spoon cottage cheese or M cup grated 

 cheese, 2 tablespoons flour, salt and 

 pepper. Thicken the milk with the 

 flour. Just before serving add the 

 cheese, stirring until it is melted. This 

 sauce may be used on hard-boiled eggs, 

 toast, cabbage, cauliflower, macaroni or 

 rice. Double the quantity of cheese 

 when it is to be eaten with macaroni 

 or rice. 



Wider Distribution by One Association 



For several years the editor of Bet- 

 trh: Fhuit has carried on an aggressive 

 campaign in an editorial and advisory 

 way to increase distribution. In 1916 a 

 number of articles appeared on this 

 subject, causing a great deal of favor- 

 able comment and some criticism. It is 

 a pleasure to note that the articles have 

 had a wonderful influence in stimulat- 

 ing and increasing distribution. This is 

 evidenced by the fact shown in Nocem- 

 ber and December issues of Better 

 Fruit. In 1916, for a period of two 

 months, the total number of towns 

 shipped to were 611. In twenty days 

 during the month of November, 1917, 

 the distribution covered 550 towns, al- 

 most as much in twenty days in 1917 

 as in the sixty days in 1916. It must 

 be borne in mind that in connection 

 with this statement that more fruit 

 rolled to diversified points this year 

 than ever before, consequently the full 

 number of towns is not shown, and 

 during twenty days in November the 

 number of towns exceeded the total 

 number of towns shipped last year. A 

 very significant and much appreciated 

 letter has reached this office from one 

 of the sales organizations through the 

 courtesy of the sales manager. This 

 concern up to the time reported had 

 shipped about 500 cars of apples, dis- 

 tributed to 187 different towns. A very 

 significant feature in connection with 

 the information contained in the letter 

 is the immense number of towns that 

 have bought in carloads. There is no 

 question if all the selling organizations 

 will put on a sales force sufficient to 

 cover their territory thoroughly to cul- 

 vate trade ill small towns, distribution 

 will continue to increase, relieving the 

 pressure in the big cities and maintain 

 a high average price, and the fear of 

 overproduction will have passed. Again 

 we repeat, we do not believe it is a case 

 of overproduction, but a lack of distri- 

 bution. This year's results have been 

 conclusive evidence — the Northwest has 

 moved by far the heaviest crop of box 

 apples ever handled in less time, with 

 the widest distribution, bringing more 

 satisfactory prices than for several past 

 seasons. 



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