Sam Ocko, lecturing before the Jewish Agricultural Society’s night school on Monday, described the success of his farming enterprise in New Jersey.
Ocko related the hardships he encountered before he realized success. He said that in 1919 he began farming on a small loan advanced by the Jewish Agricultural Society.
Gradually he increased his acreage, he said until this year, when he became owner of one of the greatest orchards in the East. He described hard work and experience gained on his parents’ farm near Spring Valley, and early frugality as elements contributing to his success.
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