THE JEWISH FARMERS' BEST FRIEND 



BY JOSEPH W. PINCUS 



PROFESSOR SABSOVICH was to me more than a teacher, 

 an ideal preceptor. He was a real friend, who played a 

 very determining part in my career, as he has played in 

 that of many young men in America. 



Even before I came to the United States I heard of 

 Professor Sabsovich through the letters of my deceased 

 father, who preceded me and the rest of our family to 

 this country, by six or seven months. In the letters my 

 father wrote that he had had the pleasure of meeting 

 Professor Sabsovich, a "landsman of ours from Ber- 

 diansk," and that, together with the Professor, just then 

 appointed agriculturist by the newly-organized Baron 

 de Hirsch Fund of America, he had been inspecting farms 

 in Bridgeton and other sections of the State of New 

 Jersey. 



Although I came to America in the fall of 1891, I did 

 not have the opportunity of meeting Professor Sabso- 

 vich until the spring of 1895, when, largely on his ad- 

 vice, I entered the Baron de Hirsch Agricultural School 

 at Woodbine. While the School was established in 1894, 

 all the pupils up to 1895 were sons of Woodbine settlers, 

 and I had the distinction of being the first student from 

 outside the colony. Well do I remember the warm re- 

 ception and hearty welcome which I received from the 

 Professor and his family upon my arrival at Woodbine ; 

 and from the first day of my acquaintance with him I 

 formed an attachment for him which grew into real 



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