192 HOW TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY 



the road of betterment, and we are moving forward 

 and upward with our food. Slowly but surely we 

 are becoming vegetarians; not vegetablearians, but 

 eaters of nuts, fruits, and cereals as well as vege- 

 tables, in preference to meat. It is a hopeful sign 

 when a nation works through its government, as ours 

 is working, along this line of creative improvement. 

 Anyone can become a creator, and while he im- 

 mortalizes his name, can bless the whole human fam- 

 ily with a new kind of food. 



The apple is the one indispensable fruit; the 

 orange is not. The average consumption of oranges 

 has probably reached its maximum, and with oranges 

 at a cent a piece and apples at five cents a piece, it 

 needs no demonstration to convince us that the apple 

 is not getting sufficient attention. Our whole nation 

 needs to be waked up to this great fact that every 

 educated apple orchardist can reap an abundant 

 recompense for his work, while he becomes a national 

 benefactor. It is not the work for a lout, but for 

 a thinker and student. The tree and the fruit alike 

 demand a good master. 



