Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-07-04
REVIEWS OUTLINED.
FIFTH SPECIAL BULLETIN WILL
DEAL WITH ASSESSMENTS OF
CORPORATE PROPERTY.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capitol City, h various
State institutions and From
Many Different Parts OF
the Sunshine State.

Pierre.-The work Of the three dif-
ferent boards Of review, including
that of the tax commission, is explain
ed in detail in the fourth special artl-
Gle given out to the press by the ak
commission. The next article will
deal with the assessment of corporate
property. Following is an extract
from the current bulletin:
"The township board is allowed six
days in which to do the work and as
SCISSORS are required to post notices OF
the meeting at least 10 days previous
to the meeting. The members meet
on the fourth Monday in June at the
office of the town clerk. Parties own
ing property in the district may ap-
pear before this board and have their
assessments carefully reviewed and
corrected, If not made according to
law.
1.-THE second board is the county
board of equalization, composed of
the commissioners and the auditor. 1t
meets annually on the first Tuesday in
July at the office of the auditor and is
allowed Is days to do its work. Brief
ly stated these are powers of the
ty board: To raise or lower the val
uation of any tract or tracts of real
estate or any class or article of per-
sonal property, so that it will be as
sessed at its true and full value; upon
complaint to review individual assess
ments and bring values either up or
down to what the property is actually
worth, but when the owner is a resi-
dent of the county no assessment shall
be raised until due notice has been
given; when the total value of person.
al property or both in any township,
as returned by the assessor and re-
viewed by the township board, ap-
pears to be below actual value re-
quired by law, they may raise the to-
tai.
Son the first Monday in August in
each year, the tax commission, which
takes the place of the former state
board of equalization, examines the
returns of the counties of the state
for the purpose of equalizing
assessments between them. 1t is Civ
en- considerable power, such as to pro-
coed against taxing officers who do
not obey the law; to examine witness
es; to receive and pass on complaints
of individuals; and finally to order re-
assessment of all property in any as
sessment district when in the judg-7
ment of the commission such re-as-
sessment is advisable OF necessary to
the end that any I'M all classes of
property in such assessment district
shall be assessed in compliance with
the law. The authority to order re-
assessment is a very important pow
err"
To Destroy Potato Bugs.
Brookings.-The time of spraying
for potato bugs the first time is when
the bugs first appear, and the second
or third time will be necessary after
the bugs are present. One of the
most commonly used and easiest ap-
piled insecticides is paris green, ap-
piled at the rate of two pounds per SO
gallons of water. One of the main
things to be watched in spraying is
that it be applied in a YER thin mist.
If put on carelessly, the water drops
on the foliage act as small sui glasses
and often burns the foliage badly.
This is often taken as the effect Of too
strong a solution, when, in fact. it is
simply the action of the sun through
the water drops. 1t is a good practice
to add one pound Of quick lime to
each 50 gallons of the paris green
spray. This lessons the injury to
the foliage. Stake and add water to
form a paste before mixing with the
spray solution. (By John E. Larson,
Sphinx County Farm Improvement as
sociation.)
Death to cutworms.
Brookings.-To destroy cutworms,
treat them to a bran-molases-paris
green banquet, say Prof. Harry G.
SEVERN, entomologist of the state COL
lege at Brookings. Thoroughly mix
one pound of paris green with Is TO
IS pounds of bran or middlings. Dilute
n quart Of any cheap molasses with
two or three gallons of water and mix
with the poisoned bran. The exact
proportion OF this poisoned bran mash
is not important. Stir in enough paris
green to give the mixture a faint tinge
Of green and then add sweetened
water until the mass has the right con-
s%istency. Scatter this "bait" over the
infested field as near evening as posi-
BILE in little heaps. In gardens, place
a tablespoonful at the base Of cab
bage. tomato and other plants.