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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2002
New Jersey farmers obtain many services from their marketing and
purchasing organizations. There are 57 different associations, one or more
serving every county in the State. Twenty-three of these, serving approximately 6,500 members, are concerned only with purchasing various farm
supplies. Twenty associations devote themselves entirely to marketing farm
produce for their 6,000 members. Twelve combine both marketing and
purchasing and serve about 5,500 farmers. The largest purchasing organization is the South Jersey Farmers' Exchange in Woodstown, which buys
for 2,500 members in Salem, Gloucester, and Cumberland Counties. Another important purchasing association is the Grange League Federation
Exchange, Incorporated, of Ithaca, New York, which serves 1,600 members in seven New Jersey branches.
The marketing organizations specialize in certain products such as blueberries, peaches, potatoes, and poultry, or deal in general farm products.
Their fruit and vegetable auction markets are situated to serve the nine
counties in which the great fruit and vegetable supplies are grown. Largest
of the marketing associations is the Flemington Auction Market Cooperative Association, serving 1,300 farmers. Two other large organizations are
the Monmouth Farmers' Exchange in Freehold and the Gloucester County
Agricultural Association in Glassboro.
In 1935 the Federal Census showed 1,914,110 acres of farms in New
Jersey, occupying about 40 percent of the total land area. Dairy products
are preeminent in money value, followed by vegetables, eggs, and grain.
The State leads all others in production for market of lima beans, cucumbers, and eggplants; and it holds second place in asparagus, string beans,
spinach, and green peppers. Other important vegetable crops are tomatoes,
beets, cabbage, cantaloupes, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, lettuce, onions,
and peas.
The money value of all crops in 1935 was $87,054,275, but a more
typical figure would probably be that of 1929: $106,055,000. Values of
principal agricultural products in 1936 were:
| Grain | $10,219,000 |
| Hay | 4,756,000 |
| Vegetables | 15,774,000 |
| Fruit | 4,739,000 |
| Berries | 2,128,000 |
| Potatoes | 9,586,000 |
| Sweet potatoes | 2,520,000 |
| Milk | 25,500,000 1935 estimate |
| Eggs | 13,000,000 1935 estimate |
| Baby chicks | 2,200,000 1935 estimate |
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