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Abstract
Data on 268 farm sales in 10 counties
throughout Pennsylvania in 1977 were analyzed
using a hedonic price model. Problems associated
with the influence of parcel size and buildings
on per acre land values appear to have been overcome.
Proximity of farms to metropolitan centers
and the quantities of different types of land on
a farm were important explanatory variables.
Values per acre were computed showing the effects
of those variables on price. Values for nontillable
land, high productivity tillable land,
and land suitable for on-site sewage disposal
tended to cluster within a $65G-$700 price range
per acre at 85 miles from the nearest SMSA.