 The now famous "Apple A Day" slogan gained national acclaim from "Apple Day" that Mr Stinson had staged when he was the director of horticulture for the St. Louis World Fair, 1903-4.He was the director of agricultural development of the Missouri Pacific Rail Lines from 1922-1946, He was an early advocate of crop rotation and diversification, and fertilizing depleted land.A native of Montgomery County, Iowa, he joined Missouri Pacific in 1905.