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Professor Sabsovich took an active interest in the wel- 

 fare of the Jewish colonists in New Jersey and other 

 states. He went frequently for conferences to New York 

 with Mr. Arthur Reichow, in charge of the New York 

 office, through whose efforts the sister organization, the 

 Jewish Agricultural Industrial Society was started, and 

 its first General Manager. This society took over all 

 the agricultural work done by the Fund, with the excep- 

 tion of the Agricultural School. Later Professor Sab- 

 sovich was appointed a member of the Jewish Agricul- 

 tural Society. 



When Professor Sabsovich became the General Agent 

 of the Baron de Hirsch Fund in 1906 and settled in New 

 York City, his duties did not bring him into contact with 

 the farmers, as this work had been taken over by the 

 Jewish Agricultural Society. But many farmers, when- 

 ever they wanted a sympathetic hearing or advice on any 

 subject, would write to him and frequently visit him, and 

 he continued to take an active interest in the welfare of 

 the Jewish farmers until his last days. 



When the Federation of Jewish farmers of America 

 was organized in January, 1909, he was unanimously 

 elected as the First Honorary member, and he addressed 

 the first as well as all the other annual conventions. In 

 the fall of 1909, in connection with the Convention of 

 the Farmers, an agricultural fair and exhibit was held 

 on the roof and in the gymnasium of the Educational 

 Alliance, and Professor Sabsovich was chairman of the 

 Jury of Awards. The fair was a very successful one and 

 hundreds of exhibits of fruits, vegetables, dairy, grain 

 products, and the results of the skill of the farmers' 

 wives, in canned goods, preserves, etc., were sent in by 

 Jewish farmers from New Jersey, Connecticut, New 

 York, Massachusetts, and even from North Dakota and 



