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You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library STATE OF NEvV JERSEY DEPARTi\1ENT OF AGRICULTURE PHILLIP ALAMPI, Secretary Forty-fourth Annual Report OF THE New Jersey State Department of Agriculture July 1, 1958 - June 30, 1959 NEW JERSEY STATE LIBRARY Trenton, N. J., June 30, 1959 You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library NE\V JERSEY STATE BOARD OF AGRICCLTURE l\1ICHABL J. KLEIN, 1 Clifton. President ERNEST C. BELL,l BeJ]mawr, Vice-President LESLIE :M. BLACK, Stockton CHARLES A. COLLIXS. :\Ioorestown ALFRED H. LOWE, SR., Cranbury INSLEY H. Roy, Andover ALVIN \Y. STRIXG, Harrisonville HERBERT O. \\'EGNER. X ewfielcl PHILLIP ALAMPI, Secretar::: of \YILLIAM C. LYNN, Assistant Secretar')} of Agriculture DR. L. BROWER,:.! Director. Dh'isiOJl of .'luilllal Indltstry FRI~D \V. JACKSON, Director, Di'l'ision of Inforlllation \VARREN \V. OLEY,3 Director. Di'l,isiOJI of Jllarkcts FRANK A. SORACI, Director, Di'l'isiOIl of Plailt Indltstry FLOYD R. HOFF~IAN, Director) of Jlilk IlIdltstry 1 Messrs. Klein and Bell \vill retire from the Board on June 30, 1959. The new members will be Irving K. Christensen, \Vooel-Ridge, and Clarence H. Steelman, Sr., Princeton. 2 Dr. Brower became director of the Division of Animal Industry on June], 1959. He succeeds Dr. R. A. Hendershott who retired on May 15, 1959. :1 Mr. Oley will retire as director, Division of Markets, on June 30, 1959. Vinton N. Thompson has been appointed acting director, effective July 1, 1959. You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library CONTENTS PAGE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE...................... 7 YEAR I~ REVIEW ....................................... 9 WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT .............................. 10 REPORT OF DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION......... 14 REORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTl\IENT ..................... 15 PERSONNEL. 15 ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ................................ 16 STAFF CHANGES ......................................... 17 THE NEW JERSEY JUNIOR BREEDERS FUND. 17 REPORT OF DIVISION OF :MARKETS .................. 19 BUREAU OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLE SERVICE ................ 21 Purpose of Inspection ................................. 22 Certifying Fresh Produce .............................. 24­ Cannery Crops . 28 Shipping Point and Miscellaneous Inspections. 29 Terminal Inspections .................................. 29 Market Activities ..................................... 29 BUREAU of MARKET NEWS AND COOPERATIVES . 32 Cooperative Service ................................... 33 Market News Service . 34 Other Projects of the Bureau .......................... 35 DAIRY SERVICE .......................................... 36 Official Grades Program ............................... 37 Livestock Auction Markets ............................ 38 BUREAU OF POULTRY SERVICE ............................. 39 Poultry Standardization ..................... 39 Cooperative Marketing ................... ............. 44­ Auction Markets' Egg-Feed Ratio ....................... 45 Grading and Inspection Service ......................... 48 Fresh Egg Law Enforcement ........................... 49 Source Identification Law. 50 BUREAU of LICENSING AND BONDING ...................... SI Milk Dealer's Licensing and Bonding Act. 51 Produce Dealer's Licensing and Bonding Act. 51 Cattle Dealer's Licensing Act .......................... 52 Disposal Plant Operator's Licensing Act ................. 52 Garbage-Feeding ,Hog Farm Licensing Act ............... 52 Poultry Products Promotion Council and Tax Act ........ 53 White Potato Industry Promotion and Tax Act .......... 53 Asparagus Industry Promotion and Tax Act . 53 Apple Industry Promotion and Tax Act ................. 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 ................................... 54 Leptospirosis ......................................... 60 Anthrax ............................................. 60 Certification of Imports and . 61 Sheep Scabies ........................................ 64 Scrapie .............................................. 64 Miscellaneous Diseases .................. 65 Equine Encephalomyelitis .............................. 65 Inspection of Disposal Plants ........................... 65 Swine Disease Control ................................. 65 BUREAU OF POULTRY DISEASE CONTROL. .. ... 67 Pullorum Disease ..................................... 67 Fowl Typhoid ........................................ 67 Avian Tuberculosis .................................... 68 Terminal l\1arket Poultry Inspection .................... 68 Exports of Hatching and Poultry .................. 69 DIVISION LABORATORY REPORT 70 REPORT OF DIVISION OF INDUSTRy ........ 72 BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY .....••.......................... 72 N ursery Inspection .................................... 72 Post-Entry Quarantine . 75 VVhite-Fringed Beetle Control .......................... 76 Golden Nematode ..................................... 76 Blueberry Certification Program ........................ 76 Red Stele Disease of Strawberries ...................... 77 Japanese Beetle Quarantine Enforcement ................. 78 Gypsy :Moth Control .................................. 78 Southern Vegetable Plant Regulations ................... 81 Virus-free Strawberry Plant Certification ................ 82 Bee Culture .......................................... 83 BUREAU OF SEED CERTIFICATION .......................... 86 Grain Seed Certification ............................... 86 Seed Potato Certification ............................... 95 Tomato Seed Certification .............................. 96 BUREAU OF PLANT PATHOLOGY ................••......... 99 Canker Stain Disease Control .......................... 99 Oak Wilt Scouting ................................... 100 Dutch Elm Disease Control ............................ 101 Cooperative Economic Insect Survey .................... 109 (4) You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library PAGE LABORATORY ACTIVITIES .................................. 111 Biological Control of a Sawfly in Native Pine ............. 111 Survey of Nurseries for Plant Parasitic Nematodes ........ 114 Strawberry Plant Examinations for Nematodes .......... 116 Soybean Cyst Nematode Survey ........................ 117 Certified Seed Examinations ........................... 117 Bee Disease Examinations .............................. 117 REPORT OF DIVISION OF INFORlVIATION ............. 118 INFORMATION ACTIVITIES ................................. 118 News Services ........................................ 118 Farmers Week ....................................... , 119 Publications .......................................... 120 PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES ................................. 120 Poultry Products ........... .. 122 Asparagus ........................................... 125 White Potatoes ....................................... 126 RURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ... 127 Planning and Zoning Studies ........................... 127 "Vater Supplies ....................................... 129 Vertical Integration ................................... 129 Vocational Agriculture. .. 129 Urban-Rural Conflicts ................................. 130 Farm Credit . .. 130 Other Projects ....................................... 130 NEW JERSEY CROP REPORTING SERVICE ..................... 131 Voluntary Reporters . .. 131 Continuing Reports. .. 131 Special Reports and Surveys. 132 REPORT OF OFFICE OF lVIILK INDUSTRY ............. 134 BUREAU OF ADMINISTRATION .............................. 134 Federal Milk l\1arketing Order 27 ....... .. 135 Public Hearings ...................................... 138 Price Orders and Regulations ......... .. 140 Appeals and Legal Opinions ............................ 142 BUREAU OF Al:DITING .................................... 143 BUREAl: OF LICENSING ................................... 144 BUREAU of INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCE~fENT ............ 145 BUREAl: OF :NIILK ECONOMICS. .. 147 FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL STATE AGRICULT"CRAL CONVENTION ................................... .. 154 (5) You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library STATE OF NE\V JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PHILLIP ALAMPI, Saretary TRENTON June 30, 1959. To ilis Excellency) the Governor) and 1.11embers of the Senate and General Asserllbly of the State of J,rv-:ew Jersey: I have the honor to transmit, on behalf of the State Board of Agriculture, the Forty-fourth Annual Report of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1959. Respectfully yours, You Are Viewing an Archived Copy from the New Jersey State Library The State Board of AgricultuiI"e 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 of Agriculture and often with other officials of the Department. During the 1958-59 fiscal year, 18 meetings of the Board were held. 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.
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