. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. out other people have to live too. I think we have to strike a happy ; Section of the Farmland Assessment Act states that: "The Board of assessors of a city or town, in valuing land with respect to which timely application has been made and approved as pro- vided in this chapter, shall consider only those indicia of value which such land has for agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural uses. Said board, in establishing the use value of such land, shall be guided by the list of ranges of va
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. out other people have to live too. I think we have to strike a happy ; Section of the Farmland Assessment Act states that: "The Board of assessors of a city or town, in valuing land with respect to which timely application has been made and approved as pro- vided in this chapter, shall consider only those indicia of value which such land has for agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural uses. Said board, in establishing the use value of such land, shall be guided by the list of ranges of value published pursuant to section 11 and by its personal knowledge, judgment and exper- ience as to local land ; The relevant phrases in section 11 which defines the Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission and its duties are as follows: "The commission shall meet ... to determine ... a range of values on a per se basis for each of the several classifications of land in agricultural or horticultural uses in the several counties of the ; The critical passage seems to be the last sentence in section 10. Mr. Mestieri, in defending his high ($2,000 per acre of bogland) assess- ment in the town of Wareham, Mass., stressed the phrase "and by its personal knowledge, etc.," whereas Mr. Macdonald, counsel for MFBF, using that whole sentence, pointed out that an assessor must come up with a solid excuse for rejecting the Commission's recom- mended range of values as did Mr. Mestieri. In Macdonald's opinion this published average value is a definite point of the law, and it provides some solid basis for claim. Even if Macdonald's contention is upheld by the courts, the cran- berry growers will still feel the need to secure a lower figure from the. Commission for that 'list of ranges of value published pursuant to section 11.' The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Asso- ciation are agreed that the assessed val
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