J. M. (John Minton) Westgate

Born in 1878 and deceased in 1937, J. M. Westgate is identified in library and archival records as John Minton Westgate. He wrote under the name J. M. Westgate and is associated with agricultural publications rather than fiction or literary work.

His surviving works show a strong focus on agronomy and useful farm guidance. Westgate authored and contributed to government bulletins and reports on crop production, including material on crimson clover, and he also appears in connection with the Hawaii Agricultural Experiment Station as an agronomist in charge.

Today, he is remembered mainly through those practical publications, which offer a snapshot of how agricultural knowledge was shared in the early 1900s: clearly, directly, and with an eye toward helping working growers solve real problems.