NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1065

SENATE BILL 167

 

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR RESEARCH STUDIES ON THE BREEDING, PRODUCTION, PROCESSING AND MARKETING OF MUSCADINE GRAPES IN NORTH CAROLINA.

 

WHEREAS, the native grape species are well adapted to environmental conditions prevailing over most of North Carolina and the culture of grapes is readily adapted to farming conditions in this State as evidenced by the successful commercial production of high quality grapes in several areas of the State; and

WHEREAS, farmers in North Carolina urgently need to devote more land and other resources to the production of crops such as grapes to supplement their income from traditional crops such as flue-cured tobacco; and

WHEREAS, it is well known that the North Carolina grape has a delicate and extraordinary flavor so that there is presently a large unfilled demand for wine made from North Carolina grapes for use in blends with other wines manufactured from less flavorful grapes produced in other parts of the country, and so that there is a large potential demand for North Carolina grapes for fresh consumption and for use in juices, jams, jellies, pasteurized soft drinks and other food products; and

WHEREAS, realization of the potential for the production and marketing of grapes in North Carolina depends critically upon research designed to develop and evaluate new varieties, to determine the influence of environment, production practices and post harvest handling practices on organic and inorganic composition of the plant and fruit and on the quality and storage life of the fruit and its products, to discover new and improved methods of freezing, fermentation, juice extraction and concentration and techniques for retaining in the processed products the delicate but volatile flavor components for which the North Carolina grape is prized and to assess the market potential for different grape products and processing techniques and the effectiveness of alternative marketing methods and market organizations; and

WHEREAS, an aggressive Extension Education Program will be needed to assist growers in exploiting the research findings; and

WHEREAS, realization of these research and educational objectives will require the close cooperation of horticultural scientists, food scientists and agricultural economists; and

WHEREAS, the resources needed for these specialized research and extension programs extend beyond presently available resources in terms of manpower, equipment and operating funds of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund of the State to the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station the sum of eighty thousand three hundred dollars ($80,300.00) and to the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500.00) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966; and sixty-four thousand seven hundred dollars ($64,700.00) to the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station and ten thousand five hundred dollars ($10,500.00) to the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, for general purposes set forth in the preamble of this Act and according to the schedule set forth below for each fiscal year as follows:

1965-66                     1966-67

North Carolina Agricultural                                                             $                                 $

Experiment Station

A. Breeding and Production Research

1. Personnel

a. Professional                                                                        12,000                        12,000

b. Sub-professional                                                                   5,000                          5,000

2. Maintenance and Operation                                                       8,000                          8,000

B. Processing Research

1. Personnel

a. Professional (1)                                                                   12,000                        12,000

b. Sub-professional (1)                                                             5,200                          5,200

2. Maintenance and Operation                                                     23,600                          8,000

C. Marketing Research

1. Personnel

a. Professional (1/2)                                                                  6,500                          6,500

b. Sub-professional (1)                                                             5,000                          5,000

2. Maintenance and Operation                                                       3,000                          3,000

North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service

A. Extension Marketing Economics

1. Personnel

a. Professional (1/2)                                                                  6,500                          6,500

b. Sub-professional (1/2)                                                          2,000                          2,000

2. Maintenance and Operation                                                       2,000                          2,000

________                  ________

Grand Totals—

North Carolina Agricultural

Experiment Station                                                                  80,300                        64,700

North Carolina Agricultural

Extension Service                                                                   10,500                        10,500

________                  ________

$90,800                      $75,200

Sec. 2.  The amounts for professional personnel of thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($30,500.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and thirty thousand five hundred dollars ($30,500.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the amounts for sub-professional help, operations and maintenance of forty nine thousand eight hundred dollars ($49,800.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and thirty-four thousand two hundred dollars ($34,200.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, shall be assigned to the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. The amounts for professional personnel of six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, and the amounts for sub-professional help, operations and maintenance of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1967, shall be assigned to the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service.

The above-named divisions shall handle and coordinate the administration and expenditures of the above funds appropriated for each fiscal year as herein set forth, and the professional personnel shall be assigned to the research and extension activities designated in the bill.

Sec. 3.  All expenditures made from the funds appropriated by this action and for the purpose herein designated shall be accounted for and reported to the fiscal and financial system of the agency to whom the appropriation is made as herein set forth.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1965.