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Alfalfa Farming in America

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Title	Alfalfa Farming in America
Subject	Agriculture Alfalfa Farming
Place	Mechanicsburg (Ohio) Champaign County (Ohio)
Description	Alfalfa Farming in America tells of Joseph Wing's early experiments with alfalfa, the history of the hybrids he developed, and the practical details of sowing, growing, harvesting, and storing alfalfa. He includes plans for barns and feeding racks. It is 538 pages long and measures 5" x 7.5" (13.97 x 19.05 cm). The first 53 pages are included here. Wing (1861-1915), often called 'Alfalfa Joe' or the 'Alfalfa King', was born in Hinsdale, New York, and came to Ohio in 1866 with his parents. As a young man he traveled to Utah, where he found work on a cattle ranch and discovered a green crop grown locally called lucern or alfalfa. This crop fed most of the livestock in the Mormon settlements surrounding Salt Lake City. He spent two years of observing the growing and harvesting of alfalfa, during which time he sent some of the seed home to Mechanicsburg, to see if it would thrive in Ohio. Adapting the plant to various growing conditions became a life long obsession. It was many years before he made money on the sale of alfalfa, but he stuck to his vision of growing acres of alfalfa to feed livestock. In addition to lecturing on agricultural topics around the world, and the research and development of alfalfa that could be raised even in tropical regions, Wing was a writer for the Breeder's Gazette. He also published books on several subjects including his travels in Europe and sheep farming. Wing died at the age of 53, having contracted a disease while in South America for the U. S. government.
Creator	Wing, Joseph E. (Joseph Elwyn), 1861-1915
Date of Original	1909
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Mechanicsburg Public Library
Type	Text

Title	Om2206_2605135_002
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2206_2605135_002.tif
Image Height	3198
Image Width	2162
File Size	1913.053 KB
Full Text	,ci XIL -njj.ic/1 iivCi JOS.E.WING _ssmBai^aatismm

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