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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



MR. ORANGE JUDD. 



On July 26, 1892, was the 70th 

 birthday anniversary of Orange Judd, 

 the present well-known editor of the 

 Orange Judd Farmer, whose home is at 

 Evanston, Ills. Many were the sur- 

 prises in store for him on the above 

 date, which reminded the recipient that 

 he had a host of warm-hearted friends 

 who loved to show their honor for him, 

 and their appreciation of his helpful 

 life, by numerous sifts as well as the 

 most loving and cordial congratulations 

 and wishes that he might have " many, 

 many returns of this anniversary." 



There are many important events in 

 such a busy, useful life as has been that 

 of Orange Judd, which we should be 

 very glad to place before our readers, 

 but in the limits of our space we can 

 only mention a few — such as have 

 brought the greatest good to the Ameri- 

 can people, and the highest honor to 

 him whose portrait so enlivens the op- 

 posite page. 



Orange Judd was born July 26, 1822, 

 in a log cabin near Niagara Falls, and 

 grew up a hard-working farmer's son, 

 thus gaining — as does every boy who is 

 so fortunate as to have been born on a 

 farm — valuable experience and prepara- 

 tion for his life work. He was a great 

 reader, his special inclination being 

 towards natural philosophy and chem- 

 istry. 



When near his majority he left the 

 farm to prepare for college, refusing 

 financial aid from home. He said to his 

 father: "You have enough to do to 

 give the other children a good education; 

 I can work my own way." And he did, 

 through nine years spent in securing 

 such a varied, practical education as 

 to place him among the foremost scholars 

 of his time. 



Mr. Judd was given the American 

 Agriculturist (which he edited for 30 



years) when it had but 812 subscribers, 

 and under his wise and efficient manage- 

 ment it became very popular, and its 

 regular circulation ran up to over 160,- 

 000 early in the '60's. 



The International Sunday School Les- 

 son System was originated by Mr. Judd, 

 which now is used the world over, and 

 which is such a splendid help to bible 

 study. 



The Crop Reporting percentage system 

 now used by the General Government 

 and State bureaus, was devised and 

 wholly carried on by Mr. Judd for two 

 years, when the Agricultural Bureau at 

 Washington was induced to take up the 

 work. A tardy but much-merited recog- 

 nition of his work in this line recently 

 appeared in a Government document. 



He was usually fortunate and success- 

 ful in securing good lieutenants in his 

 various departments of business and en- 

 terprises, so that he always had time 

 and energy for some new work. He has 

 found time since 1850 to visit and de- 

 scribe in part portions of every State 

 and Territory in the Union, except 

 Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Alas- 

 ka ; also all the countries of Europe ex- 

 cept Norway, Spain, Portugal, Turkey 

 and Greece. His numerous letters and 

 essays on " Who Should Go West, When, 

 Where and How ?" were re-published 

 millions of times by others, and con- 

 tributed much to the rapid settlement 

 of Icwa, Kansas, Nebraska, etc. His 

 scientific explanations of the utility of 

 irrigation were highly valued, and 

 much re-published in the arid States 

 and Territories. 



Mr. Judd's great interest in educa- 

 tional matters is well known, and his 

 co-operation and means, erected the 

 " Orange Judd Hall of Natural Sciences," 

 presented to his Alma Mater, which, at 

 the time of its dedication in 1870, was 

 one of the most perfect and commodious 

 structures of the kind in the country. 

 This, Mr. Judd often says, is the most 

 pleasing and profitable investment he 

 ever made ; says it pays him now a very 



