identified 67 projects with an estimated 27 scientist years

 oriented specifically to small farms. All CRIS forms in any way

 identifying small farms as subject of inquiry were examined and

 only those judged to be of direct relevance to small farms were

 included. About 75 percent of these research projects were social

 science oriented while the remaining 25 percent were technology

 oriented (see Appendix Tables 1 and 2). These 67 projects repre-

 sented less than one-half of one percent of all State Agricultural

 Experiment Station research projects.

 Another 22 projects were marginal in the sense that some aspect

 of the project had direct application to small farms or the entire

 research effort was deemed to have potential implications for

 small farm. These projects are in addition to most of the research

 which is not specific to size of farm and which can benefit farms

 of all sizes. 4/

 Nearly half of the research projects specifically oriented to small

 farms are being conducted in the 1890 Institutions and Tuskegee. These

 universities, with their traditional concern for the poor, the alien-

 ated, and the disadvantaged, have emphasized the problems of the large

 proportion of farm operators living on small farms.

 SEA-AR scientists have develop many new fruit and vegetable

 varieties and production practices which have helped small-scale


4/ Research not specific to size of farm would not be size neutral if
 application of the results required large capital investment.