Kansas Statutes

Chapter 2: Agriculture

Article 5: County Demonstration Farms

Statutes:

• 2-501 to 2-503:
• 2-504: Lands for demonstration farms; contracts for demonstration work.
• 2-505: Plans for and supervision of demonstration work; seeds and plants therefor.
• 2-506: Teams, equipment and expenses of work.
• 2-507: Crops.
• 2-508: Marking of plots; data and statistics.

• 2-501 to 2-503:

        History:   L. 1913, ch. 148, §§ 1 to 3; R.S. 1923, §§ 2-501 to 2-503; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.

• 2-504: Lands for demonstration farms; contracts for demonstration work. The board of county commissioners of any county in this state in which an agricultural demonstration farm has been or shall be hereafter located, with the consent of such board of county commissioners, by the board of regents, is hereby authorized to lease or donate to the board of regents any portion of lands owned by said county, not exceeding forty acres in extent, suitable for use in demonstrating the value of crops and methods in farming, gardening, horticulture and forestry, and to contract for the carrying on of such demonstration work under the plans, direction and supervision of representatives of the board of regents.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 223, § 1; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-504.

• 2-505: Plans for and supervision of demonstration work; seeds and plants therefor. All work upon such demonstration farms shall be planned and supervised by representatives of the board of regents, and they may furnish such seeds and plants at reasonable cost on board the cars at Manhattan, Kansas, as will not interfere with experimental work done at the college.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 223, § 2; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-505.

• 2-506: Teams, equipment and expenses of work. County commissioners may furnish sufficient help and proper teams, tools and materials other than seeds, to do the work planned by the representatives of the board of regents, and are hereby authorized to pay out of the general fund the cost of such expense and work, including traveling expenses of supervisor. The total cost to any county not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars for the first year nor five hundred dollars in any other year thereafter.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 223, § 3; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-506.

• 2-507: Crops. All crops grown upon such demonstration farm to be the property of the county in which it is located, and any surplus shall be sold to the citizens thereof when desired for seed or propagation, or used for public institutions; the receipts from such sales to be credited to the farm.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 223, § 4; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-507.

• 2-508: Marking of plots; data and statistics. That it may be known what is planted, methods used and results, each plot or planting shall be plainly and legibly marked for information of visitors to the farm, and the representatives of the board of regents, the superintendents of said farms shall furnish data for a brief printed summary, giving the results in amounts and values at usual market prices, to the county clerk by December 1 of each year, who shall have same printed and give through the county treasurer a copy of the same to each taxpayer with the taxpayer's tax receipt, and to others on request, and to publish same in the official paper of the county.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 223, § 5; March 5; R.S. 1923, § 2-508.