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banks and had been told that money is not loaned on the speculative value of land but on its ability to produce revenue. Instead of hurting a farmer’s credit rating, joining an ag district will improve that rating, maintained Zigler, since ag district membership “will enhance long term credit programs ...(and) enable farmers to plan for the future.”
Farm Bureau member and Rappahannock Planning Commission Chairman Herbert Barksdale asked if the 500 acres necessary for creation of an ag district had to be contiguous.
“The law is silent” on this point, Zigler answered. “Ideally it should be but there’s no reason why there can’t be some holes” in the proposed district, he added.
Zigler was asked if the Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act didn’t raise constitutional questions regarding unequal levels of
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