program to the national level would run into the hundreds of

millions of dollars.

 Currently, $5 million of Extension funds are devoted to the

 special pilot projects. While mudc has been learned about the suc-

 oess of these programs, they have not been designed to generate the

 kind of management data needed to formulate a national program. For

 example, it is not known with any degree of certainty whether inten-

 sive involvement by Extension is needed each year for the farm family

 to maintain past increases in income and achieve further increases or

 whether intensive involvement is needed only every other year or

 every third year. Answers to questions of this type are essential

 in determining resource requirements for a national program.

 It is reconnended that the program be increased to $10 million

 and, coupled with the increased research, a formal evaluation of

 the program be undertaken over the next three years.

 Higher Education

 No estimate is available of current small farms efforts of

higher education; hence, it is not possible to suggest any changes

with respect to future funding. It seems obvious, however, as the
needs and desires of small-scale farmers become better known,

higher education will have an important role in the design and

implementation of programs to meet these needs and desires.

Source of Resources

 Additional funding for small farm research should not cone from

redirection. This is not to say that all current activity is of

higher priority than some of the identified small farm research