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   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 12/3/2025 4:18 PM, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2025-12-03 12:47, Andy Burns wrote:   
   >> J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Marian wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> Where I live we have 40-acre zoning, so every property has to be a minimum   
   >>>> of 40 acres   
   >>>   
   >>> So hugely different outlooks! I've never heard (though I'm sure you're   
   >>> right) of a _minimum_ property size before.   
   >> I had heard of the phrase    
   >>   
   >   
   > While that explains the origin of the "forty"...   
   >   
   > ...I have huge doubts about Arlen stating the whole truth about anything.   
      
   That makes sense for agricultural land. 40 is a quarter of a 160 property.   
   And hobby farms here are 40. The zoning likely prevents chopping a title   
   into smaller chunks. You can't turn Ag land into subdivisions, without   
   the right zoning. And a higher level of government draws lines around   
   productive farmland and prevents that sort of thing. If they didn't do   
   that, all the farms would be sad looking subdivisions.   
      
   For hobby farming, you have to be careful to not lose your tax status.   
   The easiest way to "meet the farming requirement", is to rent out 30 acres   
   for hay production, a neighbour comes in and harvests hay several times   
   per year. And that income is then taxed (somehow) at a farm rate. If   
   you just sit on the land, some tax becomes hella expensive. That's   
   what I've overheard from people doing this. There is an incentive to   
   "make it look like it's a farm". That's how the scheme works here.   
      
   A few people, will run their property like an actual farm.   
      
   Even inheritance of the property is a huge liability.   
      
      Paul   
      
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