The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-02-27, Page 2084 gODERICH SIGNAL•STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1969
op Insurance Programme
BY G. E. CHAMBERLAJN
Ontario Dept. of
Agriculture and Food
Two years after its
'Conception Ontario's Crop
Insurance Programme is one of
the most robust ideas to arrive
op the agricultural scene in some
time. For example, in its first
year the white bean plan
enrolled nearly 20'; of all
powers, in tact nearly five out
of every 100 fanners in ()nta•ri()
held .a crop insurance policy in
1968:
A 'small percentage'? Perhaps,
but let's compare it with the
growth of other sound ideas in
agriculture which now art
accepted. principles of top
management. For example, how.
many farmers used c•ontmereu,l
fertilizer in the second } ear after
it was introduced? lluw man,
farmers gave up their horse, and
climbed onto) a tractor two years
after its invention'? The fact is
these ideas caught on .eery
slowly. And why nut'' Farmer
`'were getting good crops using
natural fertilizer why ,hould
they spend more money on a
crop when it didn't seem
necessary? Why should they
sped money for a tractor,
wkiicti was going to cost still
„ more money for fuel? Even then
you couldn't always depend on
the thing to run. But why did
these tw( ideas eventually catch
on'? .Because gradually farmers
began to see this Nvas a better
way.
The same can be said for crop
insurance today. Why should- a
farmer spend the extra cash to
protect. his investment from the
eather, insects, and disease'? Ile
has managed without it up till
now and besides, there haven't
been many years when he would
have used it anyway. The fact
that he has carried fire and wind
insurance on his barn all his life
and never had a loss does not
enter his mind. Father, and
maybe even grandfatherried
this line of insurance so there
was no need to question it.
Some place along the line; of
course. urse. grandfather c)r„.someone,
did arrive at the decision that it
was not worth swing a few,
.premniuin dollars and risking the
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at least a half hour break. or
longer if desired, for lunch. '
The employee may choose
eat ..his lunch at home, at the
office or any other place suitable
and convenient. \V here.
necessary, ,transportation to and
from the office will he.provided'
Employees can be dto.pped., at
their .request, anywhere along
the established route of travel. •
Mr. Kierans also pointed out
that in' addition to the lunch
provision, over 40 minutes
allowance has been built into
each route as part of the tour of
duty, to. provide.ample time for
breaks for such purposes 'as rest
and personal needs. This goes
beyond what is considered the
current industrial practice.- • The
question of entitlement of letter
carriers to paid wash-up time
before lunch and quitting time
has been submitted t to
adjudication in accordance with
the terms of the collective
agreement signed last summer.
.Whatever the decision,p it Will be
binding ori --all,._ Fties concerned:_
Since most mail is sorted .
overnight for morning
arriving on morning planes,.
trains a 1 trucks, will actually
be affected by the single mail
processing system. "These would
he too late for delivery the same
da'' to the .morning portion of
average residential' route.
e yen • undei 'resent
ircumstanees.. Businesses
receiving deliverieS' two or more
tithes a° dad, M1Onday through
Friday, will not be affected.
There are about 6,500
residential letter carrier walks in
Canada and each walk has an
average of 450 "poins of call, of
which 300 are. delivered in the
morning. The . new delivery
-system w:,ill mean that an average
of only 20 letter size items a day
including p:er-so_na1
correspondence, bills, notices
and such for each 'letter carrier
walk will be held over. In the
same- connection Mr. Kierans
said there will be no reduction in
the number of letter carrier
walks.
Thi benefits” to `postal
employees and the savings to the
taxpayers at large fully warrant
only a ..few receipts such as those the changes, said Mr. Kierans.
lass of the .barn 'in a fire. Why
didn't grandfather slake the
same wise decision about his
crops? The answer is that there
was no such protection available.
Why? Not because ...no one
thought of it, but ° simply
because the risk was so high that
no private company co Id touch
it, on a comprehensive s .ale.
At the. request f farm
people, the provincial and
federal governments decided • to
doob -'about this
problem: The ..action was to
establish the Crdp Insurance
Commission of Ontario. To
encourage as many farmers as
possible to take this coverage,
the federal a d provincial
governments share . all
administrative costs of the
programme and in addition the
federal government pays 25`.; of
the farmers' premium and the
Ontario government pays 5`'.
Aside .from this amount of
assistance, crop insurance is,
essentially a self-help programme
in tune with today's aggressive,
competitive farmer. Investment
protection is part of the way of
life of modern business. Nlany
-top farm managers spend sizable
amounts of cash adding extra
fertilizer over and above
recommendations. The crop may
not always require the extra, but
these businessmen don't believe
rn taking chances'when there is a
better way.
This is why crop- insurance
fits into today's farming picture.
Good farm managers won't
gamble when there is a better
way.. •
• Herr Franz y.Melzet;, a letter
carrier from Bad Heilbrunnn in
bustling West Germany, recently
inherited an ancient postal horn
on condition that he sound it
Chile, making his rounds.
Key Tag
Funds Aid
Disabled
With 12• million letters -to
mail and an increase of 66
percent to postal rat the War
Amps Key Tag ServiWis facing
the most critical year in 1ts5 22
year history, Allan D. Piper,
General Manager; said this week.
Only once before, in 1953,
did the War Amps Key Tag
Service raise the prices of their
miniature ear license plates. Last
year the tags cost 35 cents each
or 60 cents for two tags. Nov
the price has to be- increased to
50 -cents for .the first tag, 75
cents .for 'two tags, with an
additional tag 'for an extra 25
cents.
"If some thousands of our
friends send in a one dollar bill
instead of change, maybe we can
\overcome the problem we face",
said Mr. Piper,' a war amp
himself who uses steel hooks
instead 'of hands he lost in an
explosion.
Forty -oche war amps are given
steady year-round work through
the Key Tag enterprise. Last
year the Service recovered
14,920 lost sets of keys fortheir
rightful owners. Sinc, 1946 the
Service has returned 153,585
sts-of keys to their owners.
The funds raised through the
Key Tag Service :,are shared . by
194• war Amputation Association
branches throughout Canada.
The funds help pay the cost of a
job placement service,
specialized recreation and
benevolent work. The money
raised also supports the War
Amp national program for
rehabilitation and after-care of
war amputees, aid t� their
widows, orphans and
dependents, artificial limb
research and social work . with
civilian amputees .
Headquarters of the Key Tag
Service. is at 140 Merton Street;
Toronto 7, Ontario.
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ICE
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