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thursday mar 6 1969 the tribune page 9 land speculators should be taxed by john kruger councillor ward 5 fickering twp land speculators have pickering twp in a vicelike grip and as they squeeze their profits out of the township they are dealing a death blow to farming in our rural area and they are making a mockery of the assessment act the urban resident in the township is being played for some type of fool who is forced to see his property assessed at or near market value while the speculator can have his land assessed at only a fraction of its value there is no legal way in which the specu lator can be forced to pay his fair share of taxes to the municipality the problem stems from the assessment act but a cure may have to be found outside the act the basis of all assessment lies in the con cept that property value for assessment pur poses is the value in use of the property thus farm land is assessed not at the price a speculator pays for it but at the price it would bring if one farmer sold it to another farmer to be used for agricultural purposes there are valid reasons for this first of all the assessor cannot foretell the future and he is unable to project what a man may do with his land or what its long term value might be secondly there is a reluctance on the part of the provincial authorities to create a situation where iarmers may be taxed out of their present farming livelihood and be obliged to sell their property before the new use is feasible of necessity this would create sterile land in pickering township under the new assessment farm land has been assessed at values ranging from 280 an acre upwards yet most authorities agree that a farm ceases to be an economic unit if it is assessed at more than 275 an acre the mass appeal in the rural section of pickering township is no doubt go ing to try and make a case based on the argu ment that the farm land was not correctly assessed at its proper value in use it will be up to the court of revision to decide this issue and it will be a very difficult one from this concept of value in use comes inequity this same land which the farmers are fight ing to have reduced in assessed value so that they might be permitted to continue farming is going up in value like a skyrocket under the new assessment the farm may be assessed at 400 an acre but in actual fact its value on the land market may be s2000 an acre a spec ulator may buy the land for 2000 an acre and he will then sit on it and together with the farmers he will scream that the land should not be assessed at more than 275 an acre so long as the speculator puts a shovel in the ground he can claim it is being used for farm ing for the assessment act does not look to the occupation of the owner of the land when the land is assessed taking the speculator to court really doesnt help the idea of value in use has been tested in the supreme court of canada against spec ulators and they have won their case until such time as the law is rewritten we are all going to take it on the chin at the risk of sounding presumptuous i would suggest to the province that if they can not adequately cover this problem under the assessment act then its about time they brought in a capital gains tax on lands proof in performance freestall system best for cattle farmers from a wide area attended the annual pancake festival at charles richards and sons stouffvlue february 26 close to 500 orders pancakes not tractors were taken with delivery right on the spot a true tester of good food is murray richards shown here reserving a plateful for himself staff photo at bruces mil a a wall agricultural representative for york county newmarket housing for cattle con tinues to move in the di rection of more open space and less buildings beef cattle men for example are providing shelter only from wind rain and sun the term limited housing is used to describe what amounts to a roof set on posts with the sides often just filled in with baled straw research has shown that cattle are not very particu lar about temperature they will do well at any thing between 20 and 60 degrees over or under these temperatures there is some loss in feeding effi ciency but not enough to pay for fancy buildings at 1969 prices this is hard to accept for people who really like maple syrup season soon ayrshire president cattle we too often think that cattle like an environ ment the same as our own but the real answer on this has to be judged by how cattle perform experiments at guelph worked out that where cattle had no shelter at all daily gains dropped by only 9 the difference in feed cost was greater at 15 but this can be ac cepted if its offset by low er housing costs or if greater numbers can be kept its good to consider this in the remodelling of barns for beef there is a very strong preference nearly always for putting the feeding area right in side with the loafing area the idea is to provide a warm place to eat this warm place to eat upsets the whole system a good dry bedded area is just impossible cleaning problems are doubled hu midity and ventilation are complicated bedding costs are increased and the tra gedy is that the cattle really dont mind feeding outside much of this approach to housing applies to dairy tattle too freestall sys tems are a great step for ward from the cows point of view as compared to stanchions chains gutter cleaners slippery concrete floors dampness with no opportunity for exercise and she would eat outside with no objections at all visit okeefe centre a 49 passenger bus sponsored by the stouff- ville horticultural society took members to the spring flower show at the okeefe centre feb 27 they also visited allen gardens markham twp sugaringoff time is fast approaching and the fami liar springtime call of saps arunning will soon be heard in the ontario countryside sugaringoff or making syrup and sugar from the sap of our native maple trees is becoming increas ingly popular as a spectator pastime for people parti cularly those who live in the urban areas noting this increasing public interest the metro politan toronto and region conservation authority is scheduling for the second successive year a series of maple syrup making de monstrations at its bruces mill conservation area bruces mill is located two miles east of gormley two schedules have been arranged by the au thority one for the gen eral public and the other chardan building maintenance we are expanding our facilities in uxbridge clarcmont markham stoufifville and surround ing area to bring more service in our janitor floor cleaning program were fully insured our program consists of cleaning offices stores apartment buildings new homes also stripping of old wax in kitchens and rec rooms etc for prompt efficient and courteous service call claremont uxbridge 6492397 8527255 for organized school groups commencing on monday march 15 the public de monstrations will run daily through to sunday march 23 then again on march 29 and 30 april 47 inclusive and again on april 1213 the times are between 10 am and 4 pm maple syrup and pancakes will be available on these pub lic visiting days there is a 1 parking fee for cars the schedule for school groups and classes com prises each school day be tween march 24 and april 11 authority staff will be on hand to discuss the syrup operations to the students and distribute samples the 270acre bruces mill area provides an excellent showcase for maple syrup making since there are ex tensive stands of sugar maples on the site the public and the stu dents will be able to ob serve both the old-fashion- ashburn wm g reid of ashburn was elected president of the ayrshire breeders associa tion of canada at the di rectors meeting held in quebec city february 21 mr reid is owner of rei- dell farm in ontario county where he main tains a herd of 340 regis tered ayrshires he estab lished his ayrshire herd when he commenced farm ing in 1948 mr reid has been active in the promo tion and improvement of ed and modern methods of sap collecting and syrup making for example the oldfashioned method of collecting sap was with spile and bucket the mod ern method employs plastic tubing leading to a central collecting point the old way of making syrup was by boiling the sap in a big black iron kettle the new way uses a modern eva porator the breed for many years the newly elected vice- president is ulysse ber- nier bedford quebec he is owner of ferme des sa- pins where he maintains a 50 cow herd of ayrshires in 1966 ulysse bernier was conferred with the order of agricultural merit as quebecs outstand ing farmer e interested f in b buying i ivjt and group 1 milk quota john walker a phone 5197738035 loc rep jack grove 2943555 philmar lumber hwy 48 1 mile south of markham all your remodelling and house repair needs open monday to friday 8 am to 9 pm saturday 8 am to 5 ja mf135 wiefcifou saiteorl family food favourites red white food mores s3 cheek whiz save 6cl best buvi d cor 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