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Department of Agriculture, 1873 - 2003

 Record Group — Container: Offsite - NJ State Documents

Scope and Contents

Annual Reports: 1873-1978, 1980-1982 (later cataloged)

Circular: #153 History of cooperatives; #155, 181, 199, 212, 252, 293, 314, 334, 338 Farm prices paid; #221, 255, #319 Farm prices received; #351 Farm prices paid and received; #166 Statistical handbook; #179 Population growth and food supply; #182 A study of the economic costs of quarantine in NJ, 1930; #192, #359 Publication index 1916-1945; #203 Survey of rural townships; #215, 267 NJ Agriculture; #227 Idle Farms in Hunterdon Co.; #237, #249 Reports of Govs Emergency Farm Mortgag Comm.; #290 Climate data; #299, #327 Rural life; #185 Marketing NJ Fruits and Vegetables, 1930; #339 Historical facts and figures; #343 Costs of Distributing Milk; #390 Insects of Importance in NJ Nurseries; #274 Important Nursery Insects of NJ; #389 Annual potato summary crop of 1952; #186 A survey of roadside markets in NJ, 1930; #194 Survey of Large Farms in NJ, 1931; #239 Truck Crops in NJ and Competing Areas, 1934; #486-489, #491, #493-97, #499-502, #505-513, #515, #517-518; #232, #400 Survey of Cranberry and Blueberry Industries in NJ, 1933 and 1956; #247 Beekeeping Industry in NJ, 1935

Misc: Upper Freehold Township, a survey 1935; Farm lands in NJ 1916; Good things to eat from your neighbors; NJ The Garden State May 1963; Report of NJ Poultry Industry Steering Comm, 1964; Fertile furrow 50 years long, received 1967; Report of the Blueprint Comm. on the future of NJ Agriculture, 1973; Directory of agricultural orgs 1977, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989-1990; 1971 yearbook, Farm Labor NJ Style; NJ Agricultural Fairs 1977, 1980, 1983, 1985-1988, 1990, 1992-1995, 1997; Equine Associations of NJ, 1978; What you want to know about NJ, the garden state, 1978; Buyer's Guide for NJ Plants and Flowers, rec. 1978; NJ Farmer's Week, 1988; In the matter of proposed regulations amending NJAC 2:53-1.1 to 1.4, Finding of Facts, 1979; The Agricultural Preserve Demonstration Program, A Report to the People of NJ, Feb 1979; A graphic summary of NJ agriculture 1923; Agriculture in NJ, 1932; NJ The Garden State, 1941; Proceedings: The crisis in farm labor, 1967; Summary of results of seed inspection 1978-1980; Grassroots: an agriculture retention and development program for NJ, 1980; Farming in NJ 1986; Trespass vandalism 1986; NJ Choose and cut Christmas Tree Guide, 1989; Where to find NJ Apples 1993-1996, 1998; NJ Dairies of distinction 1994; NJ Gypsy Moth aerial defoliation survey 1990-1994; NJ's equine industry Jan 1, 1995; Where to find Pick your own Fruits and vegetables in NJ, Jun 1995, 1997-1999, 2001-2002; Certified Nurseries and Plant Deals 2003

Misc - Commission merchants, dealers, brokers and agents liscened too purchase perishable commodities: 1981, 1983-1987 (usually published last day of March); Supplemental 1981-1981 (published in June, except 1988 published in April)

Crop Reporting Service: Agricultural statistics 1963 and 1964

Milk Industry Office: Finding 1960-1966

Dairy Industry Div Misc: Milk study 1963-1964 no. 3-5, Misc addenda supp. no 1 rec. 1966; Sales of Milk and Milk Products in NJ, Nov 1978, Nov 1981, Dec 1987, Jan 1987, AS 1987; Jan-Jun 1988, Jan-Dec 1987, Jan-Dec 1987; Summary of Milk Production 1986; Milk Production in NJ Jul-Sept 1987; Rules of Fluid Milk and..., Nov 1986, Jan-Dec 1987, Jun/Jul 1989; Fluid milk production and milk sales, 1989; NJ Sales by Dealers and Producer Dealers monthly with Annual summary (AS): 1982 - Mar 1988 with AS (mostly complete); Summary of production in NJ by dealers: 1980- Mar 1988 with Annual Summaries through 1985 (mostly complete);

Plant Industry Div: 1964 and 1965 reccomendations for Dutch Elm Disease Control

Rural Advisory Council: Rural Planning a concept study for planning in rural NJ, 1961; Revenue-Costs ratios of rural townships with changing land uses, 1963; County Boards of Agriculture Part I (Farm orgs) 1964; NJ's Dairy Industry in the 1980s, 1969; Garden state agricultural trends Oct 1971, 1959-1976; Agricultural Land Sales in NJ first report Oct 1978, Second Jul 1979

Soil Conservation Committee: NJ Fights Erosion 10 year report, 1947; Inventory of NJ Soil and Water Conservation Needs 1962; Conservation Plantings Make Homes for Binds, received 1962; Directory soil conservation districts c. 1972; Cooperative program to conserve and develop our natural resources c. 1972; Standards for soil erosion and sediment control in NJ, Sept 1974

Dates

  • 1873 - 2003

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 476 Linear Feet (Offsite ) : 288 State docs; 144 Legislative books and docs; 18 assembly docs; 18 court reports; 8 Senate microfilm

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Related Materials

See also: Cataloged documents under New Jersey. Department of Agriculture. and subheadings.

Digital Materials

New Jersey State Library has digitized documents from the Agriculture Dept here

Processing Information

The entire card file for this record group has been transcribed.

Repository Details

Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository

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Newark NJ 07102 United States
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