Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-07-26
STATE HOUSE.
State Assessors find Out
look in Maine Encouraging
Maine Summer Schools Are
Having Very Successful Season.
Automobile Registration Going
Ahead Of Last Year.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Friday, July 20, at 10 A. M.

The Board Of State Assessors will
begin today the seventh series OF
meetings which they are holding with
the boards of assessors in the diff
1efent counties of the State for the
purpose of ascertaining the valuation
OF the cities towns and plantations in
those counties as made up by the To-
cal boardS The meeting today will
De Tor Sagadahoc county and will be
held at the courthouse in Bath To-
morrow the board will go over into
Lincoln county, holding a meeting at
the courthouse in Wiscasset, and on
Thursday they will go to Boothbay
Harbor, where the meeting will be
held in the Office of the local board of
assessors.
The members of the board began
their annual tour of the State June
8, and since that time have held meet
ings in Oxford, Franklin, Somerset,
Piscataquis, Waldo and Knox coun-
ties, and the meetings thus far have
been very successful. The meetings
have been very fully attended by the
town assessors representing their in
dividual towns, and the outlook as
reported by them is very encouraging.
The State board finds that farm
values as a rule are higher than they
have been in the past, but hardly
think that there has been as much
exchange in real estate as there was
last year The outlook for the farmers
as the basis for the work Of the State
assessors, by returns made by the
town assessors, indicates that the to-
tai valuation of the State as made
up by them will be considerably larger
than in 1909. These returns always
carry with them a conservative value
and very safe one.
The board finds that livestock and
especially neat stock, is very much
higher, even going up to war prices
New milch cows that formerly sold
for $50 to $50 would now be safely
reckoned from $50 to 500. There are
but few oxen in the State and they
are commanding high prices. Some
of the farmers are using them instead
of horses. The high price OF neat
stock in the State is due to it's scarcity
and the large crop of hay now being
harvested 1t is estimated that the
hay crop will be so per cent. larger
than in 1909.
The potato crop, SO far as the as
SCISSORS have conducted their examin-
alton will be nearly as large as that
of last year, although many or the
fields have suffered on account OF the
wet weather early in the spring. In
some places they did not come up
well, which is shown by the missing
hills in many fields.
From appearances the apple crop as
a rule will be light, the reason 1of
w vhich is ascribed to frost. The acre
a ee of corn is small but as rule the
fields look well and the general ap-
pearance indicates a good crop. Inc
recent hot weather has been a great
help to this crop.
The assessors find that much hullo-
ing is going on in different sections
of the state and that there is a gen
eral feeling of encouragement on the
part of the people. This feeling Is
noticeable among the farmers whose
potato crop turned out poorly lasl
yoar. and is manifested by the ldct
that they have this year planted 1uli
crop evidently believing that the
nIace to find their money rs Where
they lost it.