AGRICULTURAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE 



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Palls 



Horses 



Edged Tools 



Carting 



Honied CatUe 



Fall of Objects, Implements, etc. . 



Agricultural Machinery Used on the 

 Farm 



Crushings 



Strains 



Dogs 



Agrictiltural Machinery Used in the 

 Fields 



Miscellaneous 



1905-06 



22.5 

 103 

 8.5 

 8.5 

 5.9 

 4.8 



4.2 



4.0 



3-7 



0.7 



0.7 

 26.2 



1907 



26.2 

 n.6 

 6.7 

 9.2 

 6.7 

 7-3 



3-8 



5-0 



5-7 

 0.6 



0.6 

 16.6 



1908 



254 

 10.5 

 8.4 

 5-3 

 4-9 

 6.8 



43 

 3.1 



5-4 

 0.5 



0.8 

 24.6 



1909 



27.0 

 12.0 



7-9 

 4.6 



51 

 5-6 



3-4 

 3-6 

 5-7 

 0.4 



0.3 



24.4 



26.4 



II-3 



6.3 



5-7 

 51 

 7-5 



4-4 

 3-5 

 4-7 



0-5 



0.2 

 24.4 



1912 



24.48 



10.09 



9.40 



5.06 



4.20 

 8.21 



2.28 

 5-97 

 9-55 

 0.65 



0.47 

 1964 



21.60 

 9.17 



10.13 

 6.05 

 4.18 

 8.03 



2.17 



5-91 



11.70 



0.33 



0-73 

 20.00 



It is certain that very many accidents might be avoided if the farmers 

 were obHged when using machinery for the upkeep of the farm buildings 

 to conform to certain government regulations. 



There is another explanation of the fact that the accidents are 

 certainly no less numerous on small than on large farms: if we compare 

 the regions of large farming with those, much more numerous in Bel- 

 gium, of small farms, we find a staff of workmen on the latter in 

 proportion far more numerous. On smaU farms there is generally one 

 labourer per hectare, whilst on large farms, especially in those of the Con- 

 droz region, there is scarcely one labourer per ten hectares. 



Other conclusions may be drawn from what follows in regard to the 

 modifications experience has shown to be necessary. 



Although the law was drafted for purposes of industry, it must be re- 

 cognised that it is very well adapted to agricultural situations. 



This does not, however, mean that from the agricultural point of view 

 the law is quite perfect ; far from that. For the information of foreigners 

 we may classify under four heads the principal amendments desirable 

 from the point of view of agriculture: 



1st., The farmers subject to the contract provisions of the law; 



2nd., The persons to whose case the law ought to apply; 



3rd., The settlement of the wages on which compensation is based ; 



4th,, The compensation to be granted. 



As we have said, only farms of a certain size are now subject to the 

 law. We think it would be better to apply it on all farms without 

 distinction. The following are our principal reasons : 



