Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22-79-1
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (statutory authority Secs. 22-79 to 22-118) conducts scientific experiments and investigations, principally on plants including trees; on plant diseases; on insects, including plant pests; on microbes; and on soil and water.
The management of the station is vested in a board of control, whose members, meetings and duties are prescribed in Sections 22-79 through 22-81 of the General Statutes. The public may make submissions or requests to the board, through the Director, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, Conn. 06511.
The station staff, which is appointed and compensated according to Section 22-81 of the General Statutes, is organized into departments of Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry, Ecology and Climatology, Entomology, Genetics, Plant Pathology and Botany, and Soil and Water.
The state entomologist, a member of the station staff (Sec. 22-88 ), has statutory duties including gypsy moth surveys, inspection of nurseries, bee inspection, and certification of imported nursery stock. As specified by statutes, the station samples fertilizers, feeds and pesticides registered for sale in the state, and publishes reports of analyses of these products. Station chemists also analyze or otherwise examine samples of food taken on the market by agents of other state agencies, and publish the results of these examinations.
Results of experiments and investigations made by the station are published, either in station publications or in technical or popular periodicals and books, and presented at public appearances by staff members. Station publications are supplied to those who request them, and reprints of other publications are available for distribution or for study. A list of available publications is issued annually, and all past reports of research are available at the station.
Citizens may request information on the experiments and investigations of the station by telephone, letter, or in person. The station is at 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, its Lockwood Farm in Hamden, and its Valley Laboratory on Cook Hill Road, Windsor.
Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22-79-1