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Pig Insurance. 



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It is believed that a number of the many pig insurance clubs 



in the country are not being run at present on sound financial 



Tj. T Hues. Recent investie^ation has shown 



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that some oi them have good balances m 



hand, but these balances are apt to mislead. If any of the 

 clubs were to suffer losses they would probably be crippled 

 very quickly owing to the large amounts they would have to 

 pa}' out to their members. The present price of pigs is high, 

 and compensation would need to be very large in order to be 

 effective. The only way of meeting the difficulty is to make 

 the subscriptions of members bear a proper relation to the 

 risks, and those responsible for the direction of the pig clubs 

 would be well advised to assure themselves that this is the 

 case in their own club. 



When insurance clubs were first started, members were 

 asked to pay sums varying from 6d. to is. a quarter for each 

 pig insured. Anyone who will consider the position that 

 would arise in a club of 40 to 50 members if heavy and un- 

 expected losses took place will see that subscriptions of 4s. a 

 year or less per pig must needs prove quite inadequate to the 

 requirements of the case. It is, therefore, suggested that pig 

 insurance clubs should raise their subscriptions without delay 

 in order to meet the altered conditions. The Small Livestock 

 Branch of the Ministry has dealt with this question for several 

 societies, and is prepared to give advice and assistance to any 

 that may desire to avail themselves of it. 



A CONFERENCE of bcc-keepers was held in February at the 

 Surveyors' Institute, Westminster, London, S.W., i, to discuss 

 the question of legislation to check Isle 

 The Government -^-^ ^^^^^ diseases. Bee- 



and the Bee-Keepers. , . ^ . i * • 1. 1 



keeping Associations and Agricultural 



Education Committees were represented, and invitations were 

 also sent to a number of experienced bee-keepers, particularly 

 to those who were known to be in opposition to the proposals 

 for legislative action. There was considerable preHminary 

 discussion, which showed that differences of opinion among 

 experts in bee-keeping existed, but a resolution urging the 

 introduction of legislation was passed almost unanimously. 

 Details of the Bill it is hoped to put before Parhament during 

 the present session were discussed, and finally the meeting 

 decided unanimously in favour of the compulsory registration 

 of all bee-keepers. The discussion revealed the fact that while 



