49-50-102 - Nature of work. - Tennessee Statutes

49-50-102. Nature of work.

This work shall be known as cooperative extension work, carried on in cooperation with the United States department of agriculture, provided for in the Smith-Lever Act, Public Act May 8, 1914, ch. 79, § 1, 38 Stat. 372, compiled in 7 U.S.C. §§ 341-349, and in accordance with the regulations provided for in that act for the conduct of this work, which provide that this work shall include:  

     (1)  Practical demonstration instruction in agriculture and home economics;

     (2)  Conducting 4-H boys' and girls' clubs for teaching farm and home practices;

     (3)  Introducing new crops and new systems of farming in various areas of the state, as development in industry necessitates changes in existing crops and systems of farming;

     (4)  Developing improved methods of marketing farm products; and

     (5)  In general, improving rural life, with the object of making farming more prosperous and farm life more desirable and attractive.

[Acts 1929, ch. 81, § 2; mod. Code 1932, § 2542; modified; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3402.]