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of which Professor Sabsovich, of course, was a member. 

 He never missed a single meeting, unless ill in bed. He 

 kept up this interest until the last days of his life. About 

 a week or ten days before his death, Mr. Hein, President 

 of the Federation of Jewish Farmers, and I visited him 

 at his bedside, and he asked a number of questions about 

 the work of the organization. 



When the Jewish Agricultural Society started the pub- 

 lication of The Jewish Farmer in May, 1908, I consulted 

 with him on this venture, as I remembered that as far 

 back as 1891 Professor Sabsovich was instrumental in 

 publishing The Jewish Farmer; but, due to the rather 

 limited number of Jewish farmers, it appeared for only 

 about one year. He was, though, the first man in Amer- 

 ica who felt that there was a need for a special publica- 

 tion for them, and in 1904 he was editor of Farmers' 

 Leaflets, published at Woodbine and containing timely 

 articles on farming contributed by the instructors at the 

 Agricultural School. 



Besides his active participation in every phase of Jew- 

 ish agriculture, Professor Sabsovich took an active part 

 in the agricultural affairs of the state. He was for a 

 number of years the Secretary of the Cape May County 

 Board of Agriculture, and in that capacity submitted a 

 number of very interesting reports on agricultural con- 

 ditions in the County. These were all incorporated in 

 the annual reports of the New Jersey State Board of 

 Agriculture. Some of the contributions were so inter- 

 esting and well written that the special attention of the 

 Governor of New Jersey was called to them, and Profes- 

 sor Sabsovich was invited a number of times to important 

 conferences. He was later appointed a Trustee of the 

 New Jersey State Agricultural College and Experiment 

 Station at New Brunswick, N. J., the first and probably 



