New Jersey § 4:1-20

§ 4:1-20.

The department may investigate, ascertain and publish information and statistics relating

to the promotion of agriculture and the advancement of agricultural interests in the

various branches thereof, as it may deem proper, including: a. The acreage under cultivation in general and as to specific crops or agricultural

use; b. Crop adaptation of land; c. Agricultural land for sale and its adaptation; d. The improvement of agricultural methods tending to advance the quantity and quality

of agricultural products; e. Improvement in transportation; f. Establishment of markets; g. Rates; h. Irrigation and drainage of lands used for agricultural purposes; and i. Any and all subjects connected with or related to the agricultural interests, present

and future, of this state. The department may use for the publication and distribution of the information and

statistics collected by it such methods as may seem to it best adapted to the efficient

dissemination thereof, either with or without charge therefor as it may determine. In order to collect and disseminate reliable and useful information, and to encourage

a higher standard in the agriculture and horticulture of the state, the department

may cause to be made experimental and practical tests of specific remedies or cures

of diseases of domestic animals and poultry, and of plants, vegetables and fruits,

and insects injurious thereto.