THESE THREE MEN are charged with the
responsibility of re-assessing Lancaster
County. They are, left to right, Donald E.
Chmenson, Landisville, chief assessor, E
Assessors to Request
Information from Farmer
If you are one of the more than,
FO.OOO persons who own one of
the 100,000 pieces of taxable prop
erty in Lancastei County, you are
going to have visitors sometime
dm mg the next year.
Farmers will probably be visit
ed fust by a man asking them to
point out their property lines on
a map Then will come a team to
assess the farm.
These men will be visible evi-
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C. Johnson, Somerset, resident consultant;
and A. W. Clemson, 713 College Ave., Lan
caster, assistant chief assessor' (LF Photo)
device of the re assessment pro
gram now being carried on by the
county
But much of the work of re-as
sessment will- have been done United states
long before you see these men.
Eight now the county is engaged Geodedic Survey maps, Sir photos,
in the task of makng accurate tax. developers plat maps and high-
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maps of the county These maps
\ull form a master record of the
location of all real estate in Lan
caster County.
at these dealers
Lititz
Eby's Mill, Inc.
Manheim
N. G. Hershey & Son
Cassel’s Mill, Inc.
Quarryville
Ross H. Rohrer & Sons
Conestoga Farm Service
Stevens
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Snader’s Mill, Mt. Airy
Denver
Paul H Gehman
Feed Mill
6—Lancaster Faming, Friday, March 7, 1958
way maps are being used. Map
ping, while seemingly simple, is
an exacting job and frequently
errors crop up in what have been
believed to be the most accurate
maps.
But in the business of estab
lishing property lines, much has
to be done. One method would be
to search out each deed and estab
lish the property lines in this
manner. This method, while ac
curate, is extremely expensive.
Therefore Donald E Climenson
Landisville, mapmg supervsor
and chief assessoi, has decided
that the easiest and least expen
sive method would be to ask each
farmer to draw in his own prop
erty lines
So it might be a good idea for
you to take a look at your deed
and re-determme, to your own
satisfaction, just where your
property lines are The tax maps
will have no legal standing other
than locating the property for
property record cards and the
property owners index.
If there is doubt as to a prop
erty line, the determination of
that line will rest with the land
owner or with the courts if in
dispute.
‘ But if any “voids” show up on
the map, property that has been
left unclaimed by all landowners
in a given area the assessors of
fice ' will institute a search of
deeds to determine the ownership
of the property
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Here Are 7 More Reasons
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On Big Eggs!
Chick cost usually the same.
Rearing cost the same for both.
It costs you just as much to house and care for small
egg pullets as big egg pullets.
It takes just as long to gather small eggs as big eggs.
(If you have poor eyesight, you may have trouble find
ing small eggs.)
It takes longer to grade and pack small eggs because
of more different size eggs laid by small egg strains.
You get more “part cases” with small egg strains.
You may have trouble selling small eggs.
There was a time, BBB 1 ", when small egg pullets would
lay more eggs and lay longer . than large egg strains.
This is no longer true. Today, with Babcock Bessies, we
have a strain-cross pullet laying more eggs than most small
egg birds. Bessies are laying longer than most small egg
strains, strain-crosses, and hybrids. Babcock Bessies do
not mature as quickly as some of the competing small egg
birds.
Babcock Bossies are a large egg bird. For 12 months
lay first eggs counted in Bessies lay 83 to 85% large
eggs. After 3 months of lay 93 to 96% of all eggs laid'
are large and extra large. At egg marketing stations
most flocks of Bessies are grading 92 - 96% A’s and AA’s.
You Might Just As Well Have Bessies
Prices are reasonable. You can afford them. Also you
might just as well be raising a big egg pullet while you’re
at it. Won’t cost you any more. Also, you might just as
well supply the consumer the eggs she wants . a big
egg. Why try to change a woman’s mind? If she is
ashamed to buy “pullets” and “mediums”, let’s give her
Big Eggs— Bessie Eggs.
Babcock Bessies.
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BABCOCK HATCHERY
Lancaster County Branch
Route 3F, Lititz, Pa.
Russell Mease
Route 4
Manheirp, Pa.
Phone MO-5 4703
When you realize that there are
924 square miles of real estate in
Lancaster County, you can readily
see how some confusion might
arise.
Climenson said that men from
the mapping section probably
will not be in the field until about
the middle of spring.
The other team that will visit
the farm will be to detemine the
true value of the property. This
is the value that will be used by
the assesors office and by the
county commissioners in deter
mining tax rates for the county.
And this phase of the re-assess
ment program is one that is great
ly mis-understood and feared by
many people in the county.
According to E. C. Johnson,
Somerset, resident consultant,
this is the way that farm values
will be determined.
First of all a study will be made
on the values of farm land in
vauous parts of the county. In
foimed farmers, the county agent,
leal estate men, federal land
bank appraisers and others m
agricultural businesses and serv
ices will consult on what land
values are in a given part of the
county.
After this information has been
obtained, a table of base values
in a given farm aiea will be drawn
up. . '
(Continued on page seven)
Monroe C. Babcock
Phone MAdison €-5872
Bob Decker
R. D. #1
Milford, New Jersey
Phone Milford 44909