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couraged citizens to beat the government” by cheating on their returns.
Chris Parrish, identifying himself as a cattle fanner, “one of the few feeding the many", said he resented being penalized through the county's tax on livestock for increasing his herd.
Beverty Massie. who helps operate a family farm near Amissville, noted that farmers next year will have to shoulder the added burden ot the county's first 100 per cent assessment on real estate. Currently, she said, many farmers in Rappahannock pay as much personal property tax on livestock and machinery as they do on land.
“You defeat your purpose if you tax farmers out of the production business.” she said, adding that people are attracted to Rappahannock because of the open spaces provided by the county’s agriculturally based economy.
Personal property taxes are "the most inequitable and unfair taxes we pay.” said Newbill Miller, Washington cattle farmer and real estate agent. Supporting elimination of the personal property levies on farm machinery and livestock as well as on household goods, he noted that Virginia’s legislature has "seen the need to establish an environment where agriculture can survive...Agriculture maintains this county’s land values.” he said.
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