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Davis’s and Eastham’s remarks followed farmer protests against the advertised budget for fiscal 1976-77 and a proposed tax rate of $4.40, which was cut following the public hearing on the budget to $4. “Agriculture is not the major industry in Rappahannock County, real estate is,” Luke told the farmers. “Land is selling in this county—it’s being driven up—to $1,500 and $2,000 an acre. Luke
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