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THE 1. A. A. RECORD 



December f 19} 1 



Liabiiify Insurance 



Applies in Farm Building 



Accidents Indicate Need for Em- 

 ployers Protecting Themselves 



The question of whether or not the 

 liability insurance of the lUinois Agri- 

 cultural Mutual Insurance Company 

 covers injury or death of employees 

 while working on new buildings is ex- 

 plained as follows by V. Vaniman: 



"Our insurance will protect the 

 farmer employer against liabihty to em- 

 ployees for work done on new buildings 

 on farms providing the size of building 

 and time involved does not bring em- 

 ployees under the provisions of the 

 Workmen's Compensation Act. 



"A new building built on a farm re- 

 quiring over two or three weeks to 

 build and of size to make the building 

 of it a hazardous enterprise would not 

 be considered farming operations. 

 Therefore, farmers should not have em- 

 ployees working on jobs of this kind 

 expecting protection under our insur- 

 ance." 



The ten high counties in total appli- 

 cations written up to November 1 arc 

 McLean, DuPage, Livingston, Henry, 

 Cook, Tazewell, Vermilion, St. Clair, 

 Fulton, and Kendall. 



Some recent accidents are as follows: 



Cass County — Employee was load- 

 ing calves in truck when he was kicked 

 by a calf and slipped on the floor of the 

 truck. Muscles were torn at his ankle 

 and the bone injured, making plaster 

 cast necessary. 



Menard County— Man was helping 

 veterinary with sick mule when mule 

 kicked him in left eye fracturing bone 

 ander eye, also cutting and bruising 

 face. 



Pike County — Employee working on 

 hog shed when a 2 by 8 fell on his 

 finger bruising it severely, making it 

 accessary to be lanced several times. 



Sangamon County — Hired man had 

 legs scraped and bruised while driving 

 wagon hauling beams. Injury caused 

 Wy sudden start of team. 



Cook county again led the field in 

 che amount of automobile insurance 

 written in the Illinois Agricultural Mu- 

 tual Insurance Company during Octo- 

 ber. St. Clair, runner-up in September, 

 was also second last month. 



Other leading counties in October 

 were Livingston, Ford, McLean, Henry, 

 Logan, Marshall-Putnam, Champaign, 

 and Sangamon. 



Here are some of the accidents re- 

 ported : 



Crawford County — Insured was 

 driving and smoking a cigar; turned 

 head to spit out of window and car ran 

 off left side of road. In turning back 



100% FARM BUREAIT AND COUN- 

 TRY LIPB MEMBERS 

 Mr. nnd Mfm. Riiy StevenM nnd 

 their Ave children, all Country Lire 

 policy holderH. Mr. StevenH In a 

 ineniher of the Doone County Farm 

 Bureau. 



on his car turned over and injured lady 

 passenger. 



Jefferson County — Insured going 

 south, about one block out of city, no- 

 ticed car parked on east side of road. 

 As he was passing car woman stepped 

 out and was knocked to pavement, re- 

 sulting in her death. 



Montgomery County — Insured's car 

 stopped on pavement during hard rain. 

 Friend's car came along and in passing 

 ran through water killing his engine 

 before he could get off slab. Car fol- 

 lowing tried to pass and had head-on 

 collision with truck. Party in car col- 

 liding with truck killed. 



Insurants 



Country Life Insurance Company u 

 attempting to establish a new world 

 record by topping the list in millions of 

 insurance gained in 1931. Country 

 Life already holds world records for 

 business gained in the first 30 days of 

 operation and in the first year. ; ; . 



The twenty counties leading in new 

 business in Country Life wrote almost 

 a half-million dollars worth of insur- 

 ance during the first three weeks of 



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Six agents each turned in more than 

 $20,000 worth of new business during 

 the three weeks ending November 21. 

 They are E. A. Carncross, B. E. Mosier, 

 Homer Hitchcock, Claude Hicks, J. D 

 Smith, and Ira Cottingham. 



The ten leading counties during this 

 period were Cook, Champaign, Livings- 

 ton, Winnebago, Lake, Sangamon, Lo- 

 gan, Jersey, Henry, and Kendall. 



Ira Cottingham sent in $20,000 ia 

 one day and L. R. Welk sent in $15,000 

 at once. Bernard Mosier wrote $19,000 

 in one week. V :■...'■' A, i' -■■■':■■'■ ^-'^ 



60 Counties to Hold 



Jubilee Programs Dec. 12 



Between 40,000 and 50,000 lUinois 

 farmers will attend the 60 Farm Bureau 

 jubilee programs to be held on the night 

 of December 12 in conjunction with a 

 radio broadcast over station WMAQ, 

 Chicago, estimates V. Vaniman, director 

 of insurance service. 



Mr. Vaniman said most of the local 

 programs would start shortly after 7 

 o'clock so that counties holding beauty 

 contests might send in the names of 

 winners in time to be announced over 

 the radio. The broadcast is scheduled 

 to occupy a half-hour between 8 and 

 8:30. 



About two-thirds of the counties put- 

 ting on programs will feature beauty 

 contests as one of the chief attractions. 

 Mr. Vaniman said that the term "beauty 

 contest" had taken on a hew meaning 

 among Farm Bureau people who saw 

 the contests last year. 



He calls attention to the statement 

 of an eminent psychologist from Johns 

 Hopkins University that "the conserva- 

 tion of human beauty is the question of 

 the hour, because physical beauty is di- 

 rectly associated with moral beauty, 

 bodily well being, efficiency, and intel- 

 lectual excellence." ''./■'■'.:- ■::.'^:':'''W'r '■ '''^■:'- 



Local program committees are al- 

 ready arranging their programs, said Mr. 



Country Life Declares 



Capital Stock Dividend 



The Board of Directors of Country 

 Life Insurance Company recently voted 

 to declare a 9 per cent dividend 

 ($9,000) payable to the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Holding Company, whick 

 owns all of the capital stock of Country 

 Life. Stock in the Holding Company 

 in turn is held entirely by Farm Bu- 

 reau members. County Farm Bureaiu, 

 and the Illinois Agricultural Associa- 

 tion. 



Directors of the Illinois Agricultural 

 Holding Company voted to pay divi- 

 dends on the 7 per cent preferred stock 

 to stockholders as of record December 

 1, 1931. The preferred stock in the 

 Holding Company is issued as of De- 

 cember 19, 1929. 



The subject of dividends to policy- 

 holders in Country Life will be con- 

 sidered at the January meeting of the 



Board. 



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Vaniman. All the numbers except those 

 on the half-hour broadcast will be given 

 by local people. L. A. Williams, mana- 

 ger of Country Life Insurance Com- 

 pany, will speak on the radio program. 



The "Brown County Farm Bureau 

 News" recently made its appearance. 

 It will replace "Farm Gist" as th« 

 Farm Bureau official organ. 



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