ing system that evolved since 1973. 

 They concluded that "15 percent of 

 the wood passed through a middle- 

 man; direct sales from producers to 

 consumers was the predominant mar- 

 ket channel." 



B. E. Lindsay and S. E. Martin 

 (1977) established a land market 

 transactions database for towns ran- 

 domly sampled in New Hampshire, 

 which represented the first attempt in 

 this state to establish an informational 

 base depicting land market movement. 

 The intent was to determine the grant- 

 ees and grantors, their motives for 

 buying, and the specific characteris- 

 tics of the parcels transacted. Non- 

 New England residents purchased the 

 smallest sized parcels. Frontage on an 

 all-season road and access to a town 

 within a 10 minute drive were the two 

 most important attributes cited by 

 buyers. 



Lindsay and D. L. Dunn (1980) 

 focused upon two existing tax exemp- 

 tions in New Hampshire — current use 

 and elderly — to isolate the influence 

 of each upon property tax rates for 

 selected New Hampshire municipali- 

 ties. The impact of two exemptions 

 upon property tax rates was shown to 

 vary according to population size of 

 the community. The effect of the cur- 

 rent use tax exemption was greater 

 than the elderly exemption on the 

 property tax rate in towns with popu- 

 lation under 4,000. The elderly ex- 

 emption had a stronger impact on the 

 property tax rate in towns over 10,000 

 than the current use exemption. 



A statistical guide to agricultural 

 land use changes, based on a descrip- 

 tion of such changes in the Northeast 

 between 1949 and 1974, was devel- 

 oped by D. E. Morris (1977) as a handy 

 reference for persons involved in land 



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