AN EASTERN CHAMPION. 



Headers of the Irrigation Age will be glad to become better acquainted with S.S 

 Orissey, the veteran horticultural editor of The Grape Belt, of Dunkirk, N. Y., as 

 he appears in the accompanying portrait. 



Possessing all the sterling traits of good old New England character, Mr. 

 Crissey must be accouated a potent factor in the educational movement for national 

 imgation, as he brings to his forceful editorial efforts the wisdom of long and act- 

 ive experience in the agricultural world. 



S. S. CRISSEY. 



Clear grit and unflinching purpose distinguish the aggresive educational cam- 

 paign now being conducted by Mr. Crissey from his eastern position a fair and 

 fearless campaign of convincing logic that is breeding a larger patriotism in sections 

 lately governed by prejudice. 



If the East will reason in the light of Mr. Crissey 's cogent philosophy, section 

 lines will vanish and a needless discussion be averted. 



