Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1911 — Insurance Against Hall. [ARTICLE]

Insurance Against Hall.

The Canadian province .of Alberta continues its popular plan of insuring crops against hail. The latest annual report of the territorial department of agriculture shows that In the year 1909 246,909 <*cres of farming land were fully covered by this form of insurance, and 48,732 acres were partially insured, the rate varies from 20 to 40 cents an acre. The total premiums collected amounted to 184,869, and the total indemnities paid to |151,060 —Scientific American.