Show FARMERS LIKE CROP INSURANCE REPORTS STATE administrator utah farmers are demonstrate demon demonstrating strat ng added enthusiasm over the federal crop insurance plan in becent weeks leroy C funk state crop insurance supervisor and executive officer of the agricultural adjustment administration in a communication to mr funk H E larsen cra crop insurance supervisor for box elder county made the following report leland laland S hendricks one of the largest wheat farmers in blue creek valley district was in the county conservation office today to pay the premium on his 1939 1039 federal crop insurance policy mr hendricks operates approximately 2500 acres of dry farm wheat land half of which is summer fallowed fallowes fall owed every year the production product on on the half of his farm crop cropped ped each ye ar a r averages mr hendricks is a believer in crop insurance and for years has carried some protection on his crop in 1938 he paid to insurance compan es approximately for partial protect protection on for fire and hall hail alone under the federal c op insurance plan his premium on the 1939 wheat crop is cash ash or bushels of noa DH W V or better wheat under present price conditions he preferred to pay his premium in cash this cost insures him to 75 per cent of his normal average pro auction in bushels aganet loss irl in yields due to drought flood hail wind frost winterkill winter kill mil lightning fire tornado storm insect infestation animal pests plant diseases excessive or deficient moisture incursions of animals and any other unavoidable cause while the policy he has carried ini in the past just covers loss by fire and hail mr hendricks enthusiasm is shared by most of the wheat farmers in box elder county especially ally ance since premium notices have been received and the actual al costs determined mr funk said sad the winter wheat crop in in most utah counties can be insured at the rate of 30 to 50 cents per acre at present wheat prices premiums are paid in wheat or they may be paid in cash equivalent which is used by the federal crop insurance corporation to purchase wheat to put in reserve county insurance supera sors throughout the state are now in a position to approve insurance applications and accept premiums for crop insurance policies mr funk said |