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system of allocation? Answer: In my opinion, the Congress should establish 

 stronger economic Incentives for groups of states to cooperate In conducting 

 livestock research. Congress can assist this process by taking a position that 

 It will assist with the financing of only a few high quality facilities. 

 Furthermore, Congress can establish Incentives that make these facilities 

 available for use by scientists that reside primarily In states other than the 

 one where the facility Is located. If, however, a State wants to put Its own and 

 /or local Interest group funds Into a local livestock research facility. Congress 

 cannot prevent It. Congress can Insist that It will not Invest resources In 

 these facilities, and this will make the task of building them more difficult. 



Q6 . How do we balance centralized national planning with local Interests , given 

 the nature of the Land Grant system? Answer: One way to balance central 

 national planning and local control of agricultural research Is through a 

 selective approach to planning. National planning Is economically Important In 

 areas of research leading to a large share of pure public (or generally useful) 

 rather than locally useful knowledge or Information. For example, most advances 

 In general and pretechnology sciences fit Into the pure public good category. 

 Advances in applied sciences generally contain a much larger share of locally 

 useful advances In knowledge or Information. Thus, conflicts between the 

 national and local Interests can be reduced when the national planning deals 

 largely with Issues of establishing the general and pretechnology sciences base 

 for agricultural technologies of the future. The States should largely decide 

 the direction or plan most of the applied research leading to locally useful 

 technology or Information. Applied livestock research In the nonforaglng 

 animals, however, should be coordinated across regions. 



