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• hand, Buffalo's capital costs can be expected to remain <br />• <br />stable for the next ten years. <br />This study underlines the fact that it is fiscally sound <br />to concentrate growth around areas with existing infrastruc- <br />ture and to discourage growth on large lots in farming areas. <br />State support of farmland preservation is a fiscally practi- <br />cal method to achieve these goals. It enables farmers to re- <br />sist selling their land for large tract development. As a <br />second step, it encourages less expensive settlement around <br />existing infrastructure. Over the long term, farmland pres- <br />ervation protects an invaluable resource and it helps to pro- <br />tect farming counties from the onslaught of unplanned growth. <br />iii <br />