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Show 142 COUNTY FARMS INSURE WHEAT AGAINST CROP LOSS Preliminary reports indicated 14-wheat 14-wheat growers in Franklin county have taken out federal all-risk crop insurance on lln-ir 1941 crops, Wil-t'ord Wil-t'ord Stokes, member of the county AAA committee in charge of crop insurance, announced today. The sign-up for spring wheat crop insurance, which close February Febru-ary 2S. was conducted! by the county coun-ty AAA office, anil many farmers in the county made out applications for their wheat insurance at the same time they filled out the 1941 farm plan sheets. In the state 11,000 growers applied ap-plied for 1941 crop insurance, compared com-pared with 63000 insured growers in 1940, and 1700 -in 19:19. The number of insured growers in the county in 1941 compares with 21 in 1940, and 19 in 19:i9 which was the first year crop insurance was available, I lie committeeman said. Growers are insured against all natural and unavoidable hazards up to 75 per cent of the normal wheat production on acreage allotted allot-ted under the 1941 AAA farm program. pro-gram. The 1941 program guarantees guaran-tees the county a wheat production from approximately 3S50 acres even if the county should face a total crop failure. o o |
