El4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5,1980
Crop-hail
back new amendments
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Leading representatives of
the private crop-hail in
surance industry are sup
porting key amendments to
the Federal Crop Insurance
Act of 1979 that would
protect their industry while
benefiting fanners.
The decision to support the
amendments was made at
the 1979 annual meeting of
the National Crop Insurance
Association held in
December at Lake Buena
Vista, Fla.
The proposals were
drafted by the bill’s sponsor,
Rep. Ed Jones (D-Tenn.),
chairman of the House
Agriculture Subcommittee
on Conservation and Credit
and Rep. Edward Madigan
(R-Dl.). They will be taken
up when the bill goes to the
House of Representatives for
a vote in early spring.
Private insurers had
previously opposed the bill
unanimously on the grounds
that it gave the federal crop
insurance program an unfair
advantage in the crop in
surance marketplace
through widely expanded
coverage and heavily sub
sidized premiums.
The proposed amend
ments would:
Provide farmers with the
option of substituting private
hail insurance for federal
hail insurance within the
Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation all-risk policy
package. The option includes
a flat credit toward the
premium equal to 25 percent
of the FCIC policy premium.
Provide federal rein
surance benefits for all-risk
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policies written by private
insurers and require test
programs to guarantee that
the reinsurance program is
implemented in at least ten
states by crop year 1982.
Require the FCIC con
tracts with private insurers
provide terms and con
ditions compatible with
existing industry standards
for similar services in order
to ensure that federal and
private policies are com
plementary.
The changes would give
the private crop-hail in
surance companies an
improved position in relation
to the bill’s benefits, protect
agent’s rights in selling,
serving and owning the
business they write, give
farmers the option to choose
the product and seller they
prefer and put private in-
Crafty Creators stitch
pillow wreaths
FLEMINGTON, N.J. -
The last meeting of the
Crafty Creators 4-H Club
was used to finish work on
clothing articles that were
started earlier in the year.
The meeting was also used to
make Pillow Wreathes.
These wreathes are made by
making a pattern from a
mason jar lid, stitching
around the edges and pulling
the thread halfway until
or Recreation
INC.
msurers
dustry and the federal
government m a cooperative
rather than competitive
position.
The National Crop In
surance Association is an
organization supported by
the majority of private crop
hail insurers and service
organizations.
At the annual meeting, the
group also elected the
following to serve as officers
for the next two years;
president - Donald E. Smith,
executive vice president,
American Hail Management
lnc. Armahd, Fla., first vice
president - J.W. (Bill)
Greene, assistant vice
president, American States
Insurance Co., Indianapolis,
lnd. and second vice
president - Roy E. Jeffries,
vice president. Old Republic
Insurance Co., Chicago, 111
there is only a small
opening. This opening is
used to stuff the pillow. After
it is stuffed, pull the string
until the opening is closed. It
takes twelve pillows to make
a wreath. You then sew the
pillows together forming a
circle for the wreath Which
makes a nice Christmas
decoration. Reported by
Ruth Tannahill, Club
Reporter.
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Use gasohol carefully
LANCASTER - Gasohol, a
highly volatile mixture of 10
per cent alcohol with
gasoline, may be a means of
easing the energy crunch for
fossil fuels, says James
Garthe, Extension
agricultural engineer, The
Pennsylvania State
University.
Gasohol is becoming in
creasingly available in
many areas and users should
be made aware of
precautions in using alcohol
gasoline mixtures.
A potential safety problem
is the tendency for gasohol to
spurt out of the fuel tank
when the filler cap is
removed. Another hazard is
the deterioration of gaskets
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-Inspect the fuel system
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-Avoid aluminum contact
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