For the purpose of continuing a survey of the soils of the Commonwealth that was begun by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Station shall direct and supervise a comprehensive soil survey of the Commonwealth of such a character and along such lines as to obtain an inventory of the soil resources of the Commonwealth and to determine their adaptability to various crops, forestry, and livestock enterprises to promote the utilization of the lands of the Commonwealth in the most practical and economical way. It is contemplated that the Station will make such soil survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
1994, c. 433, § 23-132.9; 2016, c. 588.
Structure Code of Virginia
Title 23.1 - Institutions of Higher Education; Other Educational and Cultural Institutions
Chapter 26 - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
§ 23.1-2600. Corporate name; name of the University
§ 23.1-2602. Meetings; officers; committees
§ 23.1-2603. Powers and duties
§ 23.1-2604. Investment of endowment funds, endowment income, etc.
§ 23.1-2607. Purchase of electric power and energy
§ 23.1-2609. Administration of the Division
§ 23.1-2610. Duties of the Service, the Program, and the Station
§ 23.1-2611. Personnel; local units
§ 23.1-2612. Division; funding sources
§ 23.1-2613. The Division and the Program; appropriations by the General Assembly
§ 23.1-2614. The Division; appropriations by local governing bodies
§ 23.1-2615. Station; soil survey
§ 23.1-2616. Station; agricultural survey
§ 23.1-2617. Hampton Roads and Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Centers established
§ 23.1-2618. Centers; function
§ 23.1-2619. Centers; Advisory board of directors
§ 23.1-2620. Centers; executive director
§ 23.1-2621. The Division and the Program; reports
§ 23.1-2622. Construction of acts relating to the Service and the Station
§ 23.1-2623. Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research established
§ 23.1-2624. Control and supervision
§ 23.1-2625. Executive director
§ 23.1-2626. Powers and duties of the Center
§ 23.1-2627. Virginia Coal Research and Development Advisory Board
§ 23.1-2628. Virginia Water Resources Research Center established
§ 23.1-2629. Control and supervision
§ 23.1-2630. Functions, powers, and duties
§ 23.1-2631. Executive director
§ 23.1-2632. Virginia Water Resources Research Center Statewide Advisory Board
§ 23.1-2633. Virginia Center for Housing Research established
§ 23.1-2634. Functions, powers, and duties
§ 23.1-2635. Control and supervision
§ 23.1-2638. Institutions receiving interest accruing on proceeds of land scrip
§ 23.1-2639. Institutions receiving money allotted to Commonwealth under act of Congress
§ 23.1-2640. Experimental farms