Background
Joseph Harris was born on June 29, 1828, at Shrewsbury, England, near the famous battlefield of Hastings. His parents were Henry and Anne (Webb) Harris.
( In this delightful, turn-of-the-century guide, farmer J...)
In this delightful, turn-of-the-century guide, farmer Joseph Harris dispenses practical, time-honored teachings on the hows and wherefores of pig rearing.
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Joseph Harris was born on June 29, 1828, at Shrewsbury, England, near the famous battlefield of Hastings. His parents were Henry and Anne (Webb) Harris.
At an early age Joseph developed an unusual talent for investigation, which was greatly increased by his being associated as a student with Sir John Bennet Lawes and Sir Joseph Henry Gilbert, experimenters and research workers in agriculture on the experiment farm at Rothamsted, England.
Joseph Harris came to America as a young man, in 1849, and soon after establishing himself became a regular writer and contributor to farm magazines. In 1855 he was associate editor of the Country Gentleman and for a number of years he was owner and editor of the Genesee Farmer. In 1866, when he transferred the latter to the American Agriculturist, he became partner to Orange Judd and contributed to the journal until his death. He was well known for his department on “Walks and Talks on the Farm, ” which was eagerly read by thousands of farmers.
In 1879 Harris started a seed business, carrying it on until his death in 1892, after which it was operated under his name at Coldwater, New York. Harris died at “Moreton Farm, ” near Rochester, New York, where he had maintained a home since 1862.
( In this delightful, turn-of-the-century guide, farmer J...)
Harris married, in 1861, his wife was Sarah A. Mathews.