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P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307

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Department of Agriculture and related agencies


³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's State Board of Agriculture was established in 1872. Its administrative responsibilities were vested in the Department of Agriculture, which was created by law in 1916.


Series:
Department of Agriculture
Miscellaneous Publications, 1921-1975
Control #:
SAG00001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Expense Registers, 1916-1930
Control #:
SAG00002
Format:
2.5 c.f. (5 vols.)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Appropriation Account Ledgers, 1916-1971
Control #:
SAG00003
Format:
19 c.f. (41 ledgers)
Notes:
Departmental accounts end with FY 1968 (FY 1930 missing); Board of Agriculture/Office of Milk Industry cont. to 1971 (1953 missing).
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Series:
Department of Agriculture
Cash Books, 1917-1975
Control #:
SAG00004
Format:
3 c.f. (25 vols.)
Notes:
The cash books record inspection fees, license fees and penalties. The volume(s) covering July 1930 - September 1934 is (are) missing.
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Series:
Department of Agriculture
Fiscal Records, 1927-1974
Control #:
SAG00005
Format:
8 c.f. (8 boxes)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Annual Reports, 1930-1967
Control #:
SAG00006
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
See State Board of Agriculture/Annual Reports for earlier volumes.
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Series:
Department of Agriculture
Bulletins, 1916-1928
Control #:
SAG00007
Format:
2 c.f. (4 boxes)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Circulars, 1922-1934
Control #:
SAG00008
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Analytical Reports, 1966-1975
Control #:
SAG00009
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)
Notes:
Missing 1973-1974.

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Highlights of Annual Reports, 1961-1974
Control #:
SAG00010
Format:
0.5 c.f. (1 box)

Series:
Department of Agriculture
Secretary Philip Alampi (served 1956-1982)
Subject Files, ca. 1956-1979
Control #:
SAG05001
Format:
32 c.f. (32 boxes)
Arrangement:
Alphabetical by subject
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Series:
Department of Agriculture
Office of the Secretary
Photograph Collection, 1893 & ca. 1920-1983, ca. 1920-1983
Control #:
SAGSE001
Format:
30.05 c.f. (69 boxes)
Arrangement:
Various
Notes:
Includes Division of Information's and "Farmers Week" photographic collections; consult card-file in Manuscript Reading Room.
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Series:
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Agricultural Experiment Station/³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Agricultural College Experiment Station
Annual Reports, 1880-1907 & 1930
Control #:
SZAGE001
Format:
1.5 c.f. (3 boxes)
Notes:
Missing 1894-1896, 1907-1929.
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Series:
State Board of Agriculture
Register of Expenses, 1910-1916
Control #:
SZAGR001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
Notes:
The Board's responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Agriculture in 1916.

Series:
State Board of Agriculture
Annual Reports, 1859-1914 [with gaps]
Control #:
SZAGR002
Format:
4.5 c.f. (9 boxes)
Notes:
In 1916 the State Board of Agriculture became the Department of Agriculture.
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Series:
State Dairy Commission
Annual Reports, 1886-1900
Control #:
SZDAI001
Format:
1 c.f. (2 boxes)
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Series:
State Commission on Tuberculosis in Animals
Register of Expenses, 1910-1916
Control #:
SZTUB001
Format:
0.25 c.f. (1 vol.)
Notes:
The commission's responsibilities were transferred to the Department of Agriculture in 1916.


Related records:


Series:
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ State Agricultural Society
Draft of Report to Governor [incomplete], 1856-1857
Control #:
PAGRI001
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
Arrangement:
Local society statements are by county
Notes:
Includes statements of local agricultural societies on their organization and progress, November 1856 - January 1857.

Series:
Department of State
Secretary of State's Office
Crop Reports, 1854
Control #:
SSTSE073
Format:
0.1 c.f. (1 box)


~ The collections listed on this page represent 107.5 c.f. of paper records ~

To contact the ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ State Archives about research, reference services, records transfers or donations, please email us at njarchives@sos.nj.gov


For additional and/or more recent records relating to this topic, contact:


Department of Agriculture, Health/Agriculture Building, John Fitch Plaza, PO Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08625-0330, tel. 609-292-3976, website:

³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Museum of Agriculture, PO Box 7788, 103 College Farm Rd., North Brunswick, NJ 08902, tel. 732-249-2077, website:


This page last updated 05/17/2006