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ment, but the speculative element in recent years has very greatly 

 whittled away our Town and County Planning Act. I doubt whether 

 you are ready for freezing land values at some point. 



I wasn't ready when that plan came out. But the older I have 

 grown, the more I feel that it is right, that you will have finally to 

 freeze land values if you are not going to get completely uncoordi- 

 nated development. 



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Mrs. VELMA GOOD. Many worthwhile comments were made re- 

 garding the family farm in the panel on the Farm Landscape. 



The family farmer is concerned about keeping a healthy land- 

 scape, as Mr. Sears mentioned. He is interested because his greatest 

 desire is to pass on his land, well preserved, to his son and future 

 generations. To the best of his ability he is efficient, follows soil 

 conservation practices, controls weeds, fertilizes, etc. 



It is imperative that we keep this type of agriculture in our economy 

 at whatever cost. The question I had hoped to ask was, "Would 

 it be possible to include in your report a statement favoring the 

 family farm pattern of agriculture?" 



RICHARD H. GOODWIN. We need some new thinking and planning 

 to exploit the mutual and compatible interests of the city dweller 

 who wishes to own land and enjoy a country landscape as a weekend 

 and vacation place, and the farmer. In a system of private enterprise, 

 plans might be developed for these two types of landowners to share 

 the land the commuter providing some of the funds to support the 

 tax base and the activities required to preserve the aesthetic qualities 

 of the landscape ; the farmer providing the labor and equipment for 

 the farming and maintenance operation while deriving some finan- 

 cial support from the commuter. 



An example might be given in the case of a group of small country- 

 estate owners needing the services of a farmer to cut hay and provide 

 suitable livestock to maintain pastures. These people could more 

 than cover the tax costs of maintaining the land as open space. 



DAVID K. HARTLEY.* Considerable mention was made in the 

 panel on the Farm Landscape and in other panels of the conference 



*This is an extension of remarks made by Mr. Hartley during the panel 

 discussion. 



