Show utah growers collect for loss on 1939 crop RECENT RAINFALL BOLSTERS NORTHERN UTAH STREAMS greatly aided by recent rainfall northern utah streams are arc now carrying enough water to see the fa farmers in that portion of the state through h the season says dean george D clyde irrigation irr iga engineer at the utah state agricultural college while southern utah is suffering from severe drouth the logan weber provo and price rivers to have enough water in them so that with careful handling enough water will be available for this seasons Us use e according to the deans report juab east millard beaver iron parts of washington kane wayne garfield piute sanpete San pete san juan emery uintah and duchesne counties are very severely drouth stricken and government aid is necessary to relieve the situation this area has been dec blared an emergency area and because of this it will be possible for the farm security administration to take relief measures streams stream low in uintah county streams in uintah county have reached a dangerously low point according to dean clyde and even with the most careful conservation of the storage supplies of water it will be necessary for government agencies to help out in a meeting held august 10 in salt lake city it was pointed out that people living in this district do not want charity but a chance to work for enough cash to provide food and clothing and feed for their livestock for the coming winter A golden kilburn executive assistant for the triple A at logan reported that supervision of farms to determine compliance is well under way and benefit payments will probably be sent out to farmers in the drouth stricken area within 30 days after the various farms have been supervised this cash should be of some help if possible these payments will be out before tax time he explained the total payments of the AAA in the state of utah will amount to about with going for sugar beet payments wheat growers are now getting proof of the pudding from the federal wheat crop insurance program as insured growers who had bad luck with their 1939 harvests are collecting insurance payments to make up for their losses up to july 25 the federal crop insurance corporation le ported parted haat it had settled losses incurred by grosc growers rs for bushels most of the losses settled to date have been in the winter wheat belt where the harvest is nearly completed and the yield of the crop is below average claims for insurance payments have average averaged 1270 bushels losses have been adjusted in 17 states payments to insured growers are made from the insurance reserve of actual wheat in storage maintained by the corporation approximately growers in 30 30 states contributed to the reserve in the form of insurance premiums they paid at the time they insured their 1939 wheat crop the insurance is all risk that is it covers losses from all unavoidable hazards such as drought wind hail insects flood and plant disease growers may insure up to 75 per cent of their average yield drought has been the greatest single factor in losses adjusted thus far by the corporation po ration although claims have been registered as a result of a wide variety of damage including sand storms wini erosion flood hai ha grasshoppers and others |