The Snyder Farm was donated to Rutgers University 12 years ago. Clifford and Melda Snyder were the original owners before they donated it to Rutgers. The farm had been in their family for over 100 years.

There are 400 acres on the farm. 200 acres on one side of the Locust Grove Road and 200 acres on the other side of the road.

Professor Grande now supervises the running the farm.

Eight people work on the Snyder farm.

The Research Farm exists to try to help farmers. They can assist if there is an insect problem or any other problem in farming. The reasearchers at the Snyder Research farm study plants.

The farm has 20 to 25 different crops. There is a pond that is 1.4 acres. The farm can't be sold because it is a research farm. The only animal on the farm at the present time is the cat Louie.

Some of the machines on the farm are a potato digger, corn harvester, and a crop planter.

Some of the crops they grow on the farm are lettuce, tomato, apples, peaches, strawberries, corn and many other things.

The fastest growing crop is radish. One of the slowest crops are apple trees.

Professor Grande says that none of the plants grow best, they all grow well in there own way. Professor Grande said that it is very tough work to be a farmer.

There is much terracing on the Snyder Farm. A terrace is a small hill that collects rain water as it rolls off the hills. The grass filters the water as it flows into the pond.

The pond is 1.4 acres or about 60,000 square feet. The pond was built by local farmers Frank and Chuck Kocsis.

In the winter it is still busy. There are many meetings on the Snyder Research Farm. Professor Grande says that you shouldn't grow anything if you don't know how. He also says that farming is very weather related. The farm also helps homeowners with lawn and garden questions. The future of this farm is up to the people of New Jersey to decide.