Show crop insurance deadline will not be changed san juan county wheat growers are warned by karl S barton chairman of the county AAA committee that there will be no extension of the deadline february 29 for acceptance of completed applications for all risk crop insurance on their 1940 spring wheat crop the deadline is final said mr barton we have received instructions to accept no a lions ions on spring wheat after close of bus ness on the closing date a e he pointed out that under the 1940 program growers are eligible to make applications and make arrangements to pay the premium only before they have planted their crop and that no applications can be accepted even if the crop been planted after ge he general deadline date for uie county according to the county chairman crop insurance is so set up that wheat growers may insure 50 to 75 percent of the r average yield per acre the growing crop crop is protected against all hazards of nature such as drought frost hail fire wind insects in fact anything but poor farming practices this insurance is easier to obtain in 1940 than it was in 1939 due to the fact that farmers may secure the insurance in one operation when the farmer applies for insurance he may request that payments he is to earn under the AAA program be assigned for the amount of the premium n or he may pay it in cash farmers desiring this all risk coverage on their 1940 spring wheat crop are urged to contact a member of the county AAA committee before the expiration date february 29 barton stated |