Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1914 — Joe Wing, Alfalfa. Rensselaer, Sept. 15. [ARTICLE]

Joe Wing, Alfalfa. Rensselaer, Sept. 15.

To the many readers of the Breeders' Gazette we need not offer an introduction to Joe Wing. To others it may be of interest to say he was reared upon Woodland farm in Ohio, his present home. A number of his early years were spent as a foreman on a cattle ranch in Utah. There he learned the worth of alfalfa. The appeal of an aged father and the love of a sweetheart finally overcame the attractions of majestic mountains and fertile valleys. He returned home with a keen appreciation of alfalfa and a quantity of the seed. Ihe years of trials and failures in learning its requirements under these changed conditions reads like a romance. His ability to tell how he succeeded secured for him the position of staff correspondent for the Breeders’ Gazette. Rumor has it that he is the highest paid agricultural writer of the present. He has traveled extensively in foreign lands. Of the books he has written ‘‘Alfalfa in America,” holds first place. In securing him for Rensselaer he was chased by letter through New Hampshire, Tennessee, Illinois and Ohio, which gives some idea of his acquaintance with the United States. The information he gives has been expensively gathered from the field of experience. His talk is on a subject that brings material advancement. It means a better understanding of soil fertility, more profitable returns from the farm, more and better live stock, longer contracts between land-owner and tenants, and a higher scale of wages to farm laborers. indirectly it touches every interest, and is a force in the uplift of the economic, intellectual and social standards of the community. He not only entertains, he enspires. Listen to Joe Wing and you will become aware that you are in the presence of an unusual man. 'dvt. W. H. PULLIN.