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attention to it in eoncert with the State Board of Agricul- 

 ture, which was glad to co-operate and put up the money to 

 publish it. As Mr. Annin told us this morning, there were 

 115,000 copies of this distributed throughout the state. 



M(ist of you have seen it, but it was headed "Fruits as a 

 Food. ' ' We had some illustrations in it, and took it up from 

 this standpoint: "East fruit, why eat it, how eat it, and 

 when, why fruit is palatable. It adds flavor and zest to meal. 

 Fruit is nutritious. It furnishes heat and energy at low cost 

 and it should be eaten in combination with tissue forming 

 foods, like bread, milk, eggs, meat and beans." 



"Fruit assists digestion of other foods. A daily diet of 

 fruit is the best laxative that can be bought. Fruit contains 

 certain acids which are indispensable to the human system. 

 Fruit is healthful. It improves the complexion and purifies 

 the blood. Fruit is a necessity, not a luxury." 



How are we going to eat it? "Fruit may be used in 

 many ways. Eat fruit raw — before breakfast, after lunch, 

 after dinner, before retiring, between meals. 



"Eat fruit cooked — stewed, baked in cakes, pies and 

 puddings and tarts. Eat fruit preserves — canned friut, fruit 

 jams, fruit jellies, fruit marmalades, fruit conserves, fruit 

 sauce. 



Drink sweet fruit juices — cider, raspberry vinegar, 

 blackberry wine, grape juice. Eat fruit dried and evapo- 

 rated — drying and evaporating can be done at home— dried 

 and evaporated fruit is one of the cheapest foods. 



"For methods of preservation of fruit, send for the fol- 

 lowing publications: United Stated Department of Agricul- 

 ture — Farmers ' Bulletins Nos. 293 and 841 ; and State House, 

 Boston, Room 136, for Circular No. 55." 



We are laying a few of these bulletins on the table. We 

 do not want you to carry them off. There is only one of 

 each kind, but perhaps you would enjoy looking at them ; and 

 also looking at some of Mr. Barclay's apples which he grows 

 in cultivated soil. They are on the table, too. We had this 

 bulletin sent out under the State Board of Agriculture, feel- " 



