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4 November 6, 1998 Re: Petition 7376:Ervin Lee Town of Vermont To: Brian Standing and Dane County Zoning Committee My realtor, Kendall Kahl, told me there is a problem in determining how many splits we are entitled to for our farm_ Perhaps some background will help you understand our position on this matter. I graduated from Black Earth High School in 1956 -and stayed on the farm working for my father. At that time, my father's farm consisted of 85 acres in the Town of Vermont, as well as an adjoining 198 acres in the Town of Cross Plains. In 1965, I bought all my father's farm machinery and livestock and entered into an agreement with my father whereby we shared farm income and expenses fifty-fifty. In 1967 , I married Sharon and we moved into the farm house and my parents moved to Black Earth. In 1981 my wife and I purchased a 120 acre parcel which was contiguous to the west boundary of the home farm. We had been renting this land for nine years and I felt it was a logical addition to our farm. At that time, my fat, er still owned the 85 acre Town of Vermont parcel but he told me he had it in his Will that I would have the first chance to buy the farm from his estate. So for all intents an purposes I looked at the 120 acre parcel as part of the total farm and a part I would not have to buy from the estate. I removed all the line fences between the 120 acres and the 85 acres and farmed it as one large field. In 1987, my father died and I purchased the rest of the farm from his estate.