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THE I. A. A. RECORD 



Page Fifteern 



MORE THAN A HATFUL 



Worth L. Chubb is shown with hailstones larger than hen's eggs he found on the running 

 board of his car after passing through a storm 





GET READY FOR THE HAIL STORMS 







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HAILSTONES like these fall somewhere in Illinois every year. 

 They invariably destroy all growing crops in their path, kill 

 poultry, break windows, and damage buildings and property. 



The prudent farmer protects his crops and property against loss 

 with insurance. He will not take a chance when he can get protec- 

 tion at small cost in his own company — the Farmers Mutual. 



Last year the Farmers Mutual paid 71 hail insurance claims in 

 Champaign, Knox, Mercer, Bond. Williamson, Monroe, Mason, Sanga- 

 mon, Henry, DeKalb, Kane, Rock Island, McDonough, Mercer, and 

 other counties. Hailstones like those shown above fell in William.son 

 county. Jo Daviess county was visited by a smashing hailstorm in 

 the growing season. And 1929 was a light hail year. 



Look Out For 1930 



THE old-time weather prophets are saying, "Look Out For Hail In 

 1930." You can depend on severe hail storms about every third 

 year, they say. It's 1930's turn. 



Hail Dangerous To Soybeans 



GROWING corn, soybeans, small grains are all subject to hail dam- 

 age. Soybeans are subject to a double hazard. Hail is fatal to 

 beans when the young plants are coming through the ground. The 

 crop may be destroyed also in the fall when the pods are on. 



$960 for $20 



Geo. Wiese of Greenville, Bond 

 county. III., bet the Farmers Mutual 

 $20 Xo $1,000 last year that he 

 would have a hailstorm. He won 

 the bet. 



Wiese took out a $1,000 policy on 

 his growinff crops early in the sea- 

 son at a cost of $20, four dollars at 

 time of application, and $16 at the 

 close of the season. 



On Aup. 13 a terrific hailstorm 

 hit his farm. The small grain had 

 been harvested but the big hail- 

 stones battered the standing corn to 

 ribbons. The appraiser judged the 

 field a 1*6 per cent loss. Mr. Wiese 

 received a check from the company 

 for $ltfi0 to reimburse him for the 

 damage. 



Mail This Coopon tor Farther Information 



I CUT HKRB I 



FARMERS MUTUAL REINSURANCE CO. I 



60S South Dearborn St., Chicago. | 



Send me full information about hail insurance l 



on growing com. oats, barley, wheat, soybeans, . 



and of farm buildings without obligation on my ■ 



part. I 



Name 



Address 



County 



Mail the coupon and get full particulars about low cost 

 hail insurance on your growing crops, and on farm build- 

 ings. 



Farmers Mutual Reinsurance Company 



608 Sooth Dearborn Street, ChicafO 



••Endorsed by local tounship and county mutual 

 fire insurance companies, by County Farm 

 Bureaus and the Illinois Agricultural Association." 



YOUR OWN COMPANY ^ AT COST ^ ALL HAIL RISKS REINSURED 



