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• JAMES M. WILKIE, M.D. 8075 Old Sauk Pass Cross Plains, Wisconsin 53528 608-831-5410 Page Two We are not able to earn sufficient rental from the entire farm to pay the taxes . This should tell you something about the problems relative to the small acreage being offered for sale . My wife and myself are both 77 years old and are in need of selling some parcels of land from the farm for economic reasons . We look forward to disposing of our property in such a way as to preserve the agricultural croplands , but we have to realize that the farm itself is not a viable agriculture venture . During the past year I received only $1 , 550 in rental for the entire cropland , including the parcel being offered for sale . The parcel being offered for sale includes 11 . 5 acres of farmland listed as cropland . Of this 10 acres is good or very good land , although I would hesitate to classify it as prime because it is classified as wetland by the Soil Conservation Service . In fact , they were not willing to accept it for C.R.P. purposes during the past year because of this . The eastern portion of the parcel consists entirely of woodland and some open or relatively open waste land at the bottom of the hill adjacent to and east of the field I have just described . This is the area where the buyer intended to put a house that would be reached by the normal lane that we used for agricultural access along the northern fence line . This would not encroach in any way on the field itself . The buyer has indicated his desire to continue the land in agriculture use and the tenant who has been working the land is agreeable to continuing to use the land for agriculture purposes as the rate of $50 per acre . I am not sure how many years he will be willing to continue to do this , although I suspect we will be able to get someone to do the agricultural work in the foreseeable future . It should be pointed out though, that the land is hardly economically viable when you consider the rental we have been getting and the small area of the field . My estimation is the chances of continuing the land in agricultural operation for the foreseeable future would be better in the hands of the prospective buyer than it would be if the land remains in our own hands because the prospective buyer has agreed to keep the land in agricultural use and to not encroach on the field from the standpoint of any house that he would build on the property . In this connection he indicates that a house , if built , would be built against the hillside where there would be no significant encroachment on the cropland .