Forty-Fifth Annual Report New Jersey State Department of Agriculture
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You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHILLIP ALAMPI, Secretary Forty-fifth Annual Report OF THE New Jersey State Department of Agriculture July 1, 1959 - June 30, 1960 NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY Trenton, N. J., June 30, 1960 You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library NEvV JERSEY STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE HERBERT O. WEGNER,l Newfield, President INSI;EY H. ROy,l Andover, Vice-Pres,ident LESLIE 1\;1. BLACK, Stockton CHARLES A. COLLINS, lVloorestown IRVING K. CHRISTENSEN, Wood-Ridge ALFRED H. LOWE, SR., Cranbury CLARENCE H. STEELMAN, SR., Princeton ALVIN \AI. STRING, Harrisonville PHILLIP ALAMPI, Secretary of Agriculture VVILLIAM C. LYNN, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture DR. E. L. BROWER, Director) Division of Animal Industry W. JACKSON, Director) Division of Information FRANK A. SORACI, Director) Division of Plant Industry VINTON N. THOMPSON, Director) Division of Markets FLOYD R. HOFFMAN, Director) Office of NIilk Industry 1 Messrs. Wegner and Roy will retire from the Board on June 30, 1960. The new members will be Azariah M. Frey, Stewartsville, and Reginald V. Page, Toms River. You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library PAGE STATE BOARD OF 7 YEAR IN REVIE\V ....... 9 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT................................ 10 Fruit and Vegetable Marketing . 11 The Poultry Industry "Depression" . 12 Licensing and Bonding ... 12 Council Promotions . 12 Terminal Food l\1arket ... 13 Livestock Disease Control . 13 Plant Pest Control. 14 Seed Certification . 14 REPORT OF DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION. .. ..... 16 PERSONNEL. 17 STAFF CHAKGES . 17 GENERAL SERVICES . 18 NEW JERSEY JUNIOR BREEDERS' FUND....... ... .......... 19 STATE BOARD OF LOAN FUND . 21 REPORT OF DIVISION OF 22 BUREAU OF LICENSING AND BONDING ..................... " 25 l\1ilk Dealers' Licensing and 25 Produce Dealers' Licensing and 26 Poultry Products Promotion Council Tax Act . 26 White Potato Industry Promotion and Tax Act ... 27 Asparagus Industry Promotion and Tax Act . 27 Apple Industry Promotion and Tax Act ..... 27 BUREAU OF 1YIARKET NEWS AND . 28 Cooperative Service . 28 lVlarket News ..... 29 BUREAU OF FRUIT AND VEGETABI~E . 29 Certifying Fresh Produce . 31 Cannery Crops ......................................... 34 Shipping Point and Miscellaneous Inspections ............. 37 Terminal Inspections . 38 Miscellaneous Inspections . 38 Market Activities . 39 Shipping Point Auction lVlarkets ........................ 39 DAIRY SERVICE . 41 New l\!lilk IVIarketing Agency ........................... 41 Official Grades Inspection Service . 41 Livestock Auction lVlarkets . 43 BUREAU OF POULTRY SERVICE ..... 43 Poultry Standardization ................................ 44 Cooperative Marketing ......................... 47 Grading and Inspection Service . 52 Fresh Egg Law Enforcement ........................... 53 Source Identification Law. 53 (3) You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library PAGE REPORT OF DIVISION OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 54 BUREAU OF LIVESTOCK DISEASE CONTROL... .... .. •. .• .•. 54 Bovine Brucellosis . 54 Bovine Tuberculosis . 55 Leptospirosis ......................................... 60 Certification of Imports and Exports . 60 Milk Additives .. 63 Tattooing 4-H Beef. 64 Sheep Scabies ........................................ 65 Sheep Scrapie ........................................ 65 Swine Disease Control ................................. 65 Inspection of Disposal Plants . 67 Eastern Encephalitis ................................... 67 BUREAU OF POULTRY DISEASE CONTROL. • . • • . • 72 Avian Tuberculosis .................................... 72 Pullorum Disease . 72 Fowl Typhoid ........................................ 73 Turkey Inspection for State Seal of Quality. 74 Terminal Market Poultry Inspection ..................... 74 Exports of Hatching Eggs and Poultry ................ 74 DIVISION LABORATORY ...................•••••...•.......• 76 REPORT OF DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY ........... 79 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. • • • . • • • • • . • • • . 79 Nursery Inspection .................................... 79 Post-Entry Quarantine Inspections ...................... 81 Blueberry Certification Program ................... 82 Red Stele Disease of Strawberries. 83 Virus-Free Strawberry Plant Certification. 83 Gypsy 110th Control. 84 \Vhite-Fringed Beetle Control. 87 Japanese Beetle Quarantine Enforcement . 87 Golden Nematode ..................................... 88 Soybean Cyst Nematode Field Survey. 88 Bee Culture .......................................... 88 BUREAU OF PLANT PATHOLOGY. .• .. .••. .. .•••• 91 Cooperative Economic Pest Surveys ..................... 91 Cooperative Economic Disease Surveys. 97 Shade and Forest Tree Pest Surveys .................... , 101 Plant Pathological Diagnostic Services ................... 105 BUREAU OF CERTIFICATION ............•.....•.....••• 106 Grain Seed Certification ..... 106 Seed Potato Certification ............................... 113 Tomato Seed Certification .............................. 114 LABORATORY ACTIVITIES. • . • . .. 118 Sawflies in Native Pine and Their Biological Control ....... 118 Biological Control of the European Pine Sawfly . .. 122 Survey of Nurseries for Plant Parasitic Nematodes. 122 Strawberry Plant Examinations for Nematodes. 123 Certified Seed Examinations ............................ 123 Bee Disease Examinations .............................. 123 (4) You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library PAGE REPORT OF DIVISION OF INFORMATION. .. .. ... 124 INFORMATION ACTIVITIES. .. 124 News Services ........................................ 124 Farmers \¥eek . .. 125 Publications .......................................... 125 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES. .. 126 Poultry Products Promotion ............................ 128 White Potato Promotion. .. 130 Asparagus Promotion '" . .. 131 Apple Promotion. .. 134 lVIilk Promotion ....................................... 136 Farmobile ............................................ 137 KEW JERSEY CROP REPORTING SERVICE. .. 137 Crop Reporters . .. .. 138 Special Surveys and Reports. .. 139 RURAL ADVISORY COUNCIL ......... ..................•... 140 STATE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. .. 142 The Relationship of the State Committee to the Districts .... 142 Analytical Study of the Soil Conservation Program. 143 Revision of the Soil Conservation Act of 1937 . .. 143 Liaison with State and Federal Agencies. .. 143 Farmer's Guide to Conservation Assistance. .. 143 In-Service Training Program for Supervisors ............. 144 Conservation on the Land .............................. 144 \Vatershed Projects. 145 Conserving SOlI and Water in Rural-Urban Areas ....... " 145 Conservation Education Committee ...................... 145 Appointment of New Supervisors ....................... 146 REPORT OF OFFICE OF :MILK INDUSTRy..... ...... .... 147 BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION ................•......•...... 147 :Milk Industry Trends . .. 148 Kortheastern Dairy Division ............................ 149 New York-New Jersey Milk lVlarketing Order 27 .......... 150 Public Hearings and Decisions .......................... 152 Retail and Producer Prices. .. 155 Formal Hearings, Appeals and Legal Decisions. .. 155 BUREAU OF AUDITING .... , . .. ... .. .... .•... 159 BUREAU OF LICENSING. • .. 160 BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. • . .. 162 BUREAU OF l\lILK ECONOMICS. .. 163 Production ........................................... 163 Producer Deliveries of Milk to Handlers. 165 Prices ............................................... 167 Gross Income ........................................ , 169 Sales of Fluid l\1ilk and Cream ............... .. 170 Exports and Imports of l\1ilk and Cream . .. 172 FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION ... .. 173 (5) You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHILLIP ALAMPI, Secretary TRENTON June 30, 1960. To His Excellency, the Governor, and Members of the Senate and General Asse1nbly of the State of New Jersey: I have the honor to transmit, on behalf of the State Board of Agriculture, the Forty-fifth Annual Report of New Jersey Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1960. Respectfully yours, You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library The State Board of Agriculture The State Board of Agriculture is responsible for all policies of the State Department of Agriculture, and is the highest official agency representing New Jersey's agricultural industry. The eight members of the Board are all active farmers, who serve without compensation. They meet at least once each month in Trenton with the Secretary of Agriculture and often with other officials of the Department. Terms of Board members are staggered and two new members are appointed each year. They are chosen by official delegates to the annual State Agricultural Convention for recommendation to the Governor for appointment. The law provides for 84 official delegates, who represent the county boards of agriculture, Po mona granges, and State breed and commodity organizations. The proceedings of the 45th State Agricultural Convention appear on page 173. 7 You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library The Year in Review New Jersey continues to be the leading state in the nation in cash receipts per acre. In 1959 this amounted to $179 per acre, a drop of about 8 per cent from the year before. New Jersey's