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Show ASSESSOR IS CLASSIFYING FARMLANDS :arm Lands Divided Into Four Groups Based on Soil and Water HUIT LANDS IN TWO DIVISIONS ew Scheme Will Equalize Taxation of Various Districts Dis-tricts of County. Ihe re-classificntion of farm Lds in Utah county will not ma-rially ma-rially change the total valuation : ihe county, according to Charles Hawkins, county assessor, under hose direction the classification is :ug made. Ihe state board of equalization rdered the reclassification some ae aj;o on the recommendation of e tax committee of the state farm .rcau federation. The work in ah county is being done by Mr. Hawkins in collaboration with .ree men in each precinct. I'uiler the new classification ,.;m lands have been divided into ;r groups, A, B, C and D, accord-to accord-to the productiveness of the ;, water right, location and crop ability. Fruit lands are di- iri into two divisions, A and B: ;:;reare three other classifications : lands, unimproved farm lands, -;ste lands, and grazing lauds. The valuation -of class A lands, includes lands containing t soil with full wa,ter right, has ,n set between $160 and $180 an : re. The water right has been set .; 50 per cent of the total valua-Class valua-Class B lands have been ' valued between $120 and $135 an :res, class C lands between $S0 -id $90 an acre, and class D lands rtween $10 and $45 an acre. The unimproved farm lands will :? valued from $10 to $30 per acre, ."azicg lands, which is mostly com- rised of mountain ranges, have re valued at $4.50 an acre, while Me land? are valued at little or : thing'. The fruit lauds will take y. same value as the respective .5s of the farm land. Separate divisions have been :itie of the lands in Cedar Valley. '--pine. Highland, Goshen, Santa-in. Santa-in. Elberta, Goshen and Spanish rt canyon. While lands within city limits are included in the improved farin-' farin-' lots, Mr. Hawkins expects to "-ijust the valuations of these -is also so that they will be more ;-alto farm lands in the county, ition and adaptability for com-rial com-rial purposes will be used as a Is in the classification of city :1s. "The reclassification will -affect the total valuation f thr Wy," said Mr. Hawkins in dis-:ins dis-:ins the matter. "Thus far we : re found in the districts where -J re-classification has been com-M com-M that some lands have been 'red while others have been so thnt the total valuation ; not been materially affected. 1 new scheme will be of great however, to the taxpayers as h district will more nearly hear Portion of the taxes than they done in the past" |