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I&—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. July 21, 1973
Co. Tobacco Farmers
Split *20,387 Insurance
Some 61 Lancaster County
farmers shared a total of $20,387
in crop insurance indemnity
checks sent out recently by the
Federal Crop Insurance Cor
poration.
“These were farmers that had
the foresight to protect their crop
investment against the hazards
of nature, according to Ed
Gamber, Jonestown, local
marketing supervisor for FCIC.
Federal All-Risk Crop Insurance
is operated on a non-profit basis
for farmers in over 1400 counties
in the United States as an agency
of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture. Losses on the 9172
Lancaster tobacco crop were
caused mostly by excess rain,
followed by drought, a condition
that may well again occur this
year.
Claims for the 1972 tobacco
crop were settled on an average
price of 46 cents per pound, ac
cording to Gamber. Lancaster
County is in the unique position of
being the only county in the
United States that insures
tobacco on the basis of the
guaranteed pounds times an
average price to determine the
insurance coverage per acre.
The guaranteed pounds are
considered the “cost of
production pounds” and when
multiplied by the average price
should approximate the farmers
investment to produce the crop.
This formula is essential to
arrive at a means of setlement
since Lancaster County has no
tobacco quotas and no support
price.
In other areas the support price
is used as a means of determining
the indemnity. The main
drawback to the Lancaster
County method is that even
though the farmer delivers his
tobacco to the warehouse early in
the year. He still has to wait until
at least 90 percent of the crop is
delivered to the warehouses
before the average price is
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determined.
coverage on Lancaster County
tobacco for the 1972 crop was
$524.40 per acre. (1140 cost of
production pounds times the 46
cents average price). The ap
proximate cost of insurance was
$7.75 per acre, less up to 25
percent discounts for good
cropping experience.
Since the early 1940’s until the
end of the 1971 crop year ac
cumulated premiums on Lan
caster tobacco amounted to $905,
304 and idemnities paid back to
farmers amounted to $780,042 or
a loss ratio of 86 cents to the
dollar.
This is lower than the 89 cents
loss ratio established for wheat in
Lancaster County which is
surprising to many farmers since
they think wheat losses are few
since the crop is less hazardous to
grow The main difference lies in
the premium cost per acre which
on wheat is very low; in fact, it is
a real bargain at present planting
costs.
Depending on the election a
farmer makes, which determines
the amount of protection he
needs, premiums vary from a low
of $1.20 to a high of $2.30 per acre.
In return for this investment he
has a guaranteed return from a
low of $21.50 per acre to a high of
$59.00 per acre from his wheat
crop on a harvested basis. These
rates are subject to good ex
perience discounts which on
wheat go as high as 50 percent of
premium.
Farmers can now enroll for
protection on the 1974 wheat crop
with the premium due when the
crop is harvested. Enrollment is
essential before the crop is
planted. John J. Herr, of the
Mount Joy area is the Lancaster
County field representative.
Anyone desiring further details
on All-Risk Federal Crop In
surance should contact Fieldman
Herr. He is in a position to
determine an insurance plan for
each individual farm.
Farmers wishing to report crop
damage should contact the
Pennsylvania District Office at
1721 Whiteford Road in York,
Penn. 17402. This office has the
contract files for all insured
farmers and serves the nine
county, Pennsylvania area in
which Federal Crop Insurance is
available.
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Farmers received only 40
cents of every dollar Americans
spent of farm-produced foods at
the store in 1972.
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Did you know that farmers
receive only seven cents for
every dollar spent on corn
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Pennsylvania State Grange
Prince and Princess Crowned
Rodney Treichler, 17, of
Kutztown RD3, and Marcia
Provance, 16, 114 Clark St.,
Grove City, are the new Penn
sylvania State Grange prince and
princess.
They will serve for the 1973-74
year and will compete for the
national prince and princess
titles at the National Grange
convention in Sacramento, Calif.,
next year.
The new prince and princess
were crowned Saturday night at a
ceremony that climaxed the
annual State Grange Youth Camp
near here. Two hundred and five
young people and staff members
attended the camp, a record
enrollment in the 21-year history
of the event.
Treichler and Miss Provance
were selected in a series of
competitions that included
written tests, interviews and a
popularity vote of fellow cam
pers.
Treichler, a 1973 graduate of
Fleetwood High School, is a
member of Virginville Grange
No. 1832. He also is active in the 4-
H program in Berks County. Miss
Provance is a senior at Grove
City Area High School and a
member of London Grange No.
1492, Mercer County.
Runnersup were George
Rodgers, 16, of Slippery Rock
RD3, and Jane Hill, 18, of Kutz
town RD3.
The new prince and princess
were crowned by the 1972-73 title
holders, Dennis Sattazahn,
Womelsdorf RDI, and Mary
Charsar, Mercer RD4. Sat
tazahn and Miss Charsar will
compete for national honors at
the 1973 National Grange con
vention at Lincoln, Nebr., in
November.
Among the guests at Saturday
night’s ceremony was Michael
Schultz, of Fallbrook, Calif., the
reigning National Grange prince.
Youth camp events included
sports, entertainment, original
skits, and workshops in Grange
activities, communications and
public relations.
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For maximum enjoyment, eat
homemade ice cream, sherbets
or ices the same day you make
them. Extension dairy specialists
at The Pennsylvania State
University explain that the ice
crystals in homemade frozen
desserts are larger that those in
commercial ones. In addition, ice
crystals increase in size during
storage so that homemade frozen
desserts become unsatisfactory
during prolonged storage.
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