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iam can testify as to how fences suffer, livestock is teased and abused, and land values soar, when a housing project pops up next door.
FARMERS need to exist within a complete farming community.There must be enough farmers, working farmers, to support the supply and service industries they do business with, and upon which they rely. One farm isn’t enough to justify the continuance of fence post suppliers, feed stores, machinery dealers, and all the scores of other farm-related industries. But a community of farms can support such enterprises, and the entire community benefits. Start spotting subdivisions all over a farming area, and it won’t be long before farming disappears entirely.
AND, remember, those existing farms aren’t creating the pressures on classroom space, school bus transportation, law enforcement requirements, recreational facilities, and all the thousand and one other service demands that accompany new subdivisions development. These things send tax rates soaring, creating still more pressures on remaining farmers.
It is to be hoped that Fauquier’s debate will be resolved in terms of what is best for all of the people in the county—and the emphasis is on all, not merely the bank accounts of a few, who are often more interested in a quick profit than they are in the long- range welfare of the county as a whole.□
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