N.J. Stat. tit. 4, ch. 16

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-1 Station continued

The New Jersey agricultural experiment station, hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the "experiment station" , with suitable branches, established by the act entitled "An act to provide for the establishment of an agricultural experiment station," approved March tenth, one thousand eight hundred and eighty (L.1880, c. 106, p. 137), is continued. The experiment station is established for the benefit of practical and scientific agriculture, and for the development of the unimproved lands of the state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-6 Duties of board

The board of managers shall: a. Locate the experiment station and branches; b. Appoint a director who shall have the general management and oversight of the experiments and investigations necessary to carry out the objects of the institution; c. Employ competent chemists and other assistants necessary to analyze soils, fertilizers and objects of agricultural interest, so as to properly carry on the work of the station; and may employ such competent persons for investigation in floriculture as may be required; d. Make an annual report of its work to the governor of the state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-7 § 4:16-7

The board of managers, with the approval of the state house commission, may accept conveyances of land in any portion of this state for the purpose of carrying on the work of the experiment station. Such conveyances, when made, shall be to the state of New Jersey.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-8 § 4:16-8

There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of the state for salaries and wages and for the expenses of maintenance and operation of the experiment station and its authorized activities, such sums as may be included for that purpose in any appropriation act.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-9 § 4:16-9

The chemist or chemists of the experiment station shall analyze all samples of milk, butter or other farm products, or the imitations thereof, that may be sent to the station by the department of health, and shall report to such department the results of the analysis, and the costs thereof shall be paid out of the appropriation made to the station.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-10 Investigation of oyster propagation

The director of the experiment station may: a. Establish and maintain one or more stations for the scientific investigation of oyster propagation and other ostreicultural problems, which station or stations shall be situated at a point or points in the oyster-growing sections of this state; b. Procure boats adapted to the prosecution of such research work and have them equipped with suitable apparatus; c. Engage experts and others needed in the maintenance of the ostreicultural studies; d. Transmit to the governor, annually, in the reports of the experiment station, a complete report of the scientific operations under this section.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-11 § 4:16-11

The experiment station shall conduct an investigation of the biology of sewage disposal, to the end that more effective methods of sewage purification may be discovered and applied to the purification of sewage in this state, and may expend for such purpose such sums as shall be included in any appropriation act.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-12 "Poultry" defined

"Poultry" , as used in sections 4:16-13 to 4:16-16 of this title, includes all birds which are or may be domesticated for farm use or propagation.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-13 § 4:16-13

The experiment station may maintain a department of poultry husbandry as a part of the work of the station, and employ assistants necessary to carry out the purposes of sections 4:16-12 to 4:16-16 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-14 § 4:16-14

The board of managers of the experiment station may erect for the use of such department, upon land set aside for that purpose by the trustees of the state agricultural college, such buildings as may be appropriate or necessary and may purchase and acquire such poultry, incubators, brooders and other supplies as are necessary for the proper equipment of the department.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-15 § 4:16-15

The department shall conduct such investigations and experiments in the breeding and care of poultry as are deemed necessary to the poultry interests of the state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-16 § 4:16-16

The results of investigations under section 4:16-15 of this title shall be published in the bulletins and reports of the experiment station.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-17 § 4:16-17

The experiment station, through the department of poultry husbandry, may conduct three egg-laying and breed-testing stations as a part of the regular research work thereof, and employ assistants necessary to carry on the work. The stations shall be located, respectively, in the northern part of the state in the vicinity of Westwood, Bergen county, in the central part of the state in a place designated by the department, and in the southern part of the state in the vicinity of Vineland, Cumberland county.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-18 § 4:16-18

The experiment station, in its department of poultry husbandry, may conduct research, investigational, instructional and demonstrational work in the subject of poultry diseases and parasites for the benefit of the poultry industry of the state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-19 Supervision of work; poultry pathologist and laboratory assistant

The work authorized by section 4:16-18 of this title, shall be done under the supervision of the poultry husbandman as head of the department of poultry husbandry. The experiment station may employ a trained poultry pathologist and, if necessary, a laboratory assistant. The poultry pathologist shall become a member of the staff of the department and shall devote his entire time to the work authorized by said section 4:16-18.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-20 § 4:16-20

For the purpose of encouraging poultry raising in this state, the experiment station, through the department of poultry husbandry, shall arrange for meetings of persons engaged in the business of poultry raising.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21 Instruction in poultry raising; poultry exhibitions

At meetings held as provided in section 4:16-20 of this title, the department of poultry husbandry: a. Shall provide for instruction in poultry raising; b. Shall arrange for, organize, prepare and superintend exhibitions at which all recognized varieties of poultry as determined and judged by the American Standard of Perfection may be shown; c. May charge an admission sufficient to pay the expense of the exhibitions, and any surplus remaining therefrom shall be maintained in a fund and devoted to future exhibitions under the supervision of the department. The department may award premiums to the exhibitors of poultry, shall formulate all rules and regulations governing such exhibitions and the award of such premiums, and shall arrange for the time and place of holding the exhibitions, which, if practicable, shall be held in each of the counties of the state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.1 Turkey breeding and feeding research farm

For the purpose of promoting the development of the agricultural resources of the State and for encouraging the further development of the important poultry industry in the State, the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station is hereby authorized to establish and maintain in the vicinity of Millville a turkey breeding and feeding research farm, and to employ such assistants as may be necessary to carry on the operation of the same. L.1938, c. 179, p. 389, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.2 Co-operation of board of chosen freeholders

The board of chosen freeholders are authorized and empowered to include in any project such amount as they shall determine for the erection of buildings on lands of this State and for the purpose of co-operating with the State in the establishment and maintenance of any farm or farms under the act to which this act is a supplement. L.1939, c. 6, p. 18, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.3 Studies of communicable diseases of domestic fowls authorized

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey, through its Department of Poultry Husbandry, is authorized and directed to make studies of Newcastle Disease of poultry, and other communicable diseases of domestic fowls, with respect to the nature of such diseases, their causes, symptoms, and control measures, in effort to assist those engaged in poultry farming in this State in the treatment and control of such diseases, and to report results, as accrued, through the usual channels of publication employed by that institution. L.1947, c. 287, p. 999, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.4 Poultry pathology laboratory; Monmouth and Ocean counties; establishment

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey is authorized and directed to establish, erect and maintain a poultry pathology laboratory in the vicinity of the boundary line separating the counties of Monmouth and Ocean. L.1953, c. 347, p. 1912, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.5 Vineland laboratory; expansion and improvement

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey is authorized and directed to expand and improve the facilities and equipment of the existing poultry pathology laboratory at Vineland by the expenditure of not in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00). L.1953, c. 347, p. 1912, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-21.6 Appropriation

There is appropriated to the Agricultural Experiment Station of the State University of New Jersey the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) to carry out the requirements of this act if and when included in any annual or supplemental appropriation act. L.1953, c. 347, p. 1912, s. 3.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-22 Definition; construction of article

As used in this article, "director of the extension service" means the director of the extension service of the agricultural experiment station. This article is hereby declared to be in the public interest and is to be liberally and broadly construed.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-23 County agricultural agents

The board of managers of the experiment station may, whenever it seems necessary, appoint a county agricultural agent for each of the counties of this state, who shall: a. Be a man of practical experience; b. Reside, during his term of office, in the county for which he is chosen; c. Devote his time to the supervision and furtherance of farm demonstration work in his county, under the supervision and direction of the director of the extension service; d. Receive the salary fixed by the director of the extension service, which salary, or so much thereof as the director of the extension service may require, shall be paid by the county for which the agent is appointed, from money appropriated for that purpose by the county. The board of managers may change the designation of the office of county agricultural agent to such name as it may determine.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-24 § 4:16-24

For the purpose of assisting the farmers of this state to care for and improve the conditions of the soil, to increase the productivity of the farms and the value of farm products, the director of the extension service shall conduct a continuous course of demonstration of the most improved and scientific methods of agriculture in the various counties of this state.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-25 § 4:16-25

The director of the extension service shall select for purposes of demonstration, farms in the various counties of this state which are most convenient of access to the majority of the farmers of such counties, the owners of which consent thereto and agree to co-operate in such demonstration work. The work upon any particular farm may be abandoned at any time it becomes evident that the work upon that farm fails to produce the proper results.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-26 § 4:16-26

The demonstration work contemplated by this article shall be performed by the owners of the farms selected, under the supervision of the director of the extension service and the county agricultural agents. The farms upon which such work is in progress shall be open to the inspection of all persons interested in order that the results thereof may be as clearly and widely observed as possible.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-27 County appropriations

The boards of chosen freeholders of the various counties of this state may appropriate for the purpose of farm demonstration work in their several counties such sums of money as shall seem to them just and proper to be expended in the counties making such appropriation by the county agricultural agent, under the supervision and direction of the director of the extension service. Appropriations made by any county shall be used only in such county in addition to the funds appropriated by the state and in furtherance of the projects contemplated by sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-28 § 4:16-28

There shall be appropriated annually out of the general revenues of this state for the expenses of carrying into effect the purposes of sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title, such sum as may be included in any appropriation act.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-29 Use of state or county appropriations

The funds appropriated for the purposes of sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30 of this title by the state and the counties shall be used only, except for the payment of salaries and expenses as provided in said sections 4:16-22 to 4:16-30, in giving field instruction on their own land to farmers selected by the director of the extension service, as a part of the regular business of farming; and no part of such appropriations shall be used in maintaining a state farm, in conducting experiments not in the line of regular farm work, or in the distribution of literature.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-30 § 4:16-30

In the performance of his duties under this article the director of the extension service may act in co-operation with the United States department of agriculture so long as that department continues to operate in this state, but shall not be limited by, or depend upon, the continuance of such work by the United States department of agriculture.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-31 § 4:16-31

A branch agricultural demonstration farm or an extension of the system of scientific farming may be established on any lands owned by the state in whole or in part for charitable or correctional purposes and the labor of convicts or others located thereon may be utilized in connection with the work.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-31.1 Victory garden program; organizing and guiding

The State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to organize and guide the educational phases of the victory garden program, and to distribute printed information and provide assistance through demonstrations and supervision to assure the most effective use of seed, fertilizers and other materials. L.1943, c. 137, p. 386, s. 1.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-31.2 Canning, drying, freezing, brining of foods; encouraging and promoting

The State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to encourage and promote the preservation and conservation of food by means of home and community programs of canning, drying, freezing, brining and other suitable processes, to maintain the health of New Jersey families and to conserve the products of victory gardens and commercial farms. L.1943, c. 137, p. 387, s. 2.

N.J. Stat. § 4:16-31.3 Enlisting participation and cooperation of state and federal agencies and departments

In carrying out the purposes of this act, the State Agricultural Experiment Station is authorized and directed to enlist the participation and co-operation of the State Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health, the Department of Public Instruction, the Office of Civilian Defense and its subordinate Defense Councils, and other Federal, State, county, municipal and private agencies in promoting the health and welfare of the citizens of New Jersey and the more effective conduct of the war effort. L.1943, c. 137, p. 387, s. 3.

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