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247.030 Functions of experiment station.
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The experiment station shall make field experiments in order to ascertain by
chemical and physical examination of soils and by direct experiments in
laboratory and fields what crops and treatment are best suited to each type of
soil, whether the present methods are tending to best results and to the
preservation or reduction of fertility, what rotation and treatment will be most
effective in retaining productive capacities of the soils of the various sections of
the state and discover and demonstrate the best methods of marketing of fruits
and vegetables.
It shall conduct investigations calculated to develop the beef, pork and mutton
producing interests of the state, and especially feeding experiments intended to
demonstrate the most successful combination of stock foods, discovering, if
possible, the most economical and successful methods of maintaining animals
and fitting them for the market. It shall also conduct pathological investigations
and investigate livestock conditions both at home and abroad, in so far as they
affect market values.
It shall conduct investigations for the purpose of developing the dairy interests
of the state and undertake feeding experiments for production of milk and
butter and the rearing of calves. It shall also study contagious diseases for the
purpose of finding remedies for those diseases.
It shall conduct investigations for the purpose of developing the horse interests
of the state, and study the best methods of feeding and breeding, and
diseases.
It shall conduct experiments for the advancement of the poultry interests of the
state and the economical production of poultry and eggs, including experiments
in breeding for egg production and methods best adapted for hatching and
raising of chicks.
It shall bring the scientific knowledge which it obtains concerning agriculture
and home economics, to the farm and home by means of personal visitation,
correspondence, cooperative demonstrations and experiments and the solution
of local problems by station experts visiting the locality and studying the
problems of the farm and home.
It shall conduct research and investigations for the purpose of advancing the
development of a market for the commercial production of earthworms,
including their potential for use in the areas of waste disposal and land
reclamation.
Effective:July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 362, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1980. -Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 177, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208,
sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 4636f-1.
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