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by the vrorkmens' coinpensation lav.', Uiid.er tliis policy the question of negligence 

 or fault is disregarded aiid an airard to an injured employee by the State Industrial 

 Accident Board is payable by the insurr.nce company that issued the policy covering 

 the injxired employee. 



In instances v/here f armors are exempt f rem workmens ' compensation law^-s, they 

 may elect to come under the laws volvuitarily, 'JL'hey may do this by taking out vfork^ 

 men s' compensation insurance^ by noti fyingy the State Industrial Accident Board of 

 this action ; and by posting notice of such act ion on their premises >, 



The significant thing about workmens- compensation laws is that they establish 

 the schedule of payments that must be made to an employee for each type of accident 

 he might suffer and the amouiit for accidental death as well as compensation for 

 loss of wages, i/orkmens' compensation insurance guarantees these payments j there 

 is no top limit on the total amount which may bo paid. 



In addition, after due notice to the employee the workmens ' compensation insur- 

 ance has been issued to his employer, the employee is "estopped" or barred from 

 suing his employer for injuries or death resulting from employment. 



The premium for workmens' compensation depends upon the rate per vlOO of pay- 

 roll and the amount of the annual farm labor payroll. If a farmer furnishes room 

 and board, the value of tliese items is added to the actual money payment to deter- 

 mine the total payroll, A minimum annual premium is also charged. 



Farmers should consult their insurance agent for details of coverage, rates, 

 and policies available, 



— ^-L. D, Rhoades 



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OB SFRV/.TIOKS IN CALIFORNIA 



This leave of mine is about to end and by July 2 my famly and I vdll leave 

 California on our way back to Amherst, However, we plan to go north into Oregon 

 and Washington and I hope to get at least a brief picture of their tree fruit 

 Industry during the 7 to 10 days I expect to spend in those States, 



Since I last wrote I*ve had a chance to see something of the apricot picking, 

 packing, and eastern shipment deal in the V/inters section. This area is planted to 

 about 11,000 acres of apricots. The Winters district, virhich is about 12 miles from 

 Davis, is the earliest' apricot section in California, It's rather surprising that 

 although Winters is only a few mj.les from Davis their apricots ripen 10 to ih days 

 ahead of apricots in the University plantings at Davis, Apparently, the night 

 temperatures at Winters average a few degrees waiTuer than they do at Davis during 

 the growing season and this fact accounts for their earlier ripening, Earliness in 

 ripening is a very important factor in the raising of this fruit for eastern ship- 

 ment since the early shipments command the best prices. Actually, the shipping 

 deal lasts about 10 days to two weeks in Winters and the rest of the crop goes to 

 the cannery or is cut and dried. This year the crop at V/inters is a little short 

 so very few fruits are being dried since canners are paying good prices for the bulk 

 of the nonahipped fruit* 



