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OF THE 139,000 acres outside the Shenandoah National Park, 88.000 are listed in farmland by the most recent census of agriculture. Of that land, 15,000 was listed as harvested cropland, 20.000 acres as pasture and other cropland, 25,000 in woodland with some pasture, and 28,000 acres in pasture, lots,ponds and waste. Both the area of land in farms and the proportion of cropland are declining. Cropland harvested in 1969 was 4/5 of the acreage of 1964 and less than half of the acreage in 1945.
Residents tend to have a greater percentage of cropland than nonresidents. Non-residents'have a larger share of timber and brush land than do resident owners, either because non-resident acquisition is associated with a conversion of cropland into less extensive uses or because non-residents tend to acquire land that is already in the extensive uses.
We cannot be sure whether ownership causes use or the other way around. However, some insight into the relation of owners to land use can be found by examining why a parcel was acquired. Except for the differences inherent in the definition of residence—i.e., that residents acquire a parcel for a pern manent home and non-residents for a second or vacation home— the sharpest distinction between resident and non-resident held parcels is that more of the latter are acquired primarily for resale. Recreation was reported as a prime reason for non-residents to acquire parcels, but not for residents.
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