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29 <br /> While agriculture is still important to the Township, the <br /> conversion of agricultural lands to non-farm uses over the <br /> last three decades has been continuous ' and significant. <br /> Between 1955 and 1977, the year the North Carolina Crop and <br /> Livestock Reporting Service discontinued its township <br /> cropland countst Eno Township lost 37% of its crop and <br /> Wence from two sources since <br /> pasture lands. Anecdotal evi( <br /> then indicates the trend has continued. <br /> The first source of information is the Orange _CountX <br /> _ nM� S—ervice- between <br /> Service. They estimate that <br /> rtar:t'xtension <br /> KUH-C—Urtur Pa5_V_UL <br /> 1981 .-and 1957F approximately 500 acres of crop and <br /> -land e owns*E!p_i#_as71_01i_t to development acilv.'tY- <br /> The second source of evidence is enrollment trends in the <br /> 1 - 6 5 --began In EEKB <br /> 6-ran vala—etaxation j2rogfdi�, whic _ se 12roperty <br /> The 'proc <br /> Y S. o [ram allows land owners W110 <br /> 337F t <br /> -meets certain agrMultl�rii ro c 13—nor - forest management <br /> criteria to have that property taxed at its use value rat her <br /> et value. In the five ear neriod from <br /> enrolled in the �ro <br /> in :he ro am <br /> to 1987 the overall acres �e enrolled t ro <br /> �t the r�a <br /> r s within <br /> r e�Wi;7 4� <br /> rends - the roqrM <br /> aEctua ffyincreased. Specifi,q � t <br /> �y _� <br /> coweveri still s <br /> u ort the conte ntion nti-- <br /> continual <br /> conversion rom fa rm to nonfqrmu�es is taking place. <br /> There are two land classifications within the use val <br /> a icul - EV_e_U_ <br /> MaMlon --—�Ia-m�, a icultux:- d ma a ed t. <br /> P land <br /> �tu& ogram increased roilah the overall acr2ekage 11 00 <br /> tural declined L�60 <br /> c=assifiect as -a <br /> acres. The increase came entirel in the m anaged forest <br /> d from 2,650 to 50 acres,, Forty <br /> catec <br /> - zogy ::w�3:6h 12M R6 d tht <br /> r)erc- nt of the increase in manacred forest an was e resul <br /> . <br /> of iust one new property . beincL_ enrolled in the Dro am <br /> a ="li-_ of conversion of <br /> An-oEher 25% of the increase is the re n - <br /> the pro - culture to mana ed forest. The <br /> j=at��I`n_the�vroqram�from ail��Irri <br /> d f� <br /> _a;��f from and n s M� stria' <br /> anr <br /> c <br /> L le a o---_nt the <br /> B ri t er I a or manacied forest I M <br /> required land use less intensive than for ro e t classified <br /> as algilica tura . Because of this reduction in use intensity- a <br /> - <br /> ransition tural to manacred forest !—and may <br /> t <br /> or en - uture deve o2 meat_0r. the affected ""n'r <br /> The remainder of the increase can be attributed to the <br /> -WF- <br /> enrollment of much smaller oarcels than In nast years.. a t <br /> p <br /> this i Br than utting fidicates is that. ........ new farm or <br /> have dec <br /> forest land into productiong, smaller landowners <br /> ja�t_ions are now worth tne tax saviaas <br /> thiit the -additional re eats. As a <br /> Enat accrue in -cue ace o increasers -assessme <br /> genera ru e, the minimum lot size that can be enrolled in <br /> e pro is ten acres. For an averageten acre Parcel in <br /> am <br /> 178-2 the differince bet market value and use value was <br /> Tat gap -110 five years later. <br /> 4 had ideas to Mr <br /> 5 <br />