Some 3,000 Jewish families, most of whom had no previous agricultural experience, have made a major contribution to the building-up of a $100,000,000 poultry industry in the State of New Jersey, it was revealed here today in the annual report of the Jewish Agricultural Society.
The report, released by Dr. Theodore Norman, JAS general manager, said that the gross annual income of the farms of the 3,000 families totals $65,000,000 or an average of $26,000 per farm. The pioneers of this chicken-farming industry were recruited from New York City’s needle trades workers and in later years 1,000 DP immigrants moved into Southern New Jersey to take up poultry raising, the report added.
Dr. Norman also reported that in the 52 years of its existence the Jewish Agricultural Society has granted over $12,500,000 in loans to Jewish farmers in 41 states. It has been instrumental in directly settling 3,259 families on the land and has given advice on farm problems to more than 32,000 persons since 1919.
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