i906.] 



iNSURANCE OF FARMING STOCK. 



159 



Yearly Profits, 



£ s; d. 



13 cwt. of heads at 36s. ... 23 8 0 



Deduct expenses ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 3 o 



Net profit per year... ... ... ... ... ^^lo 5 o 



Dr. Stolle, of Proskau, has made a computation as ^to the 



results obtained in 1896, in good ground, from twenty-five 



plants of the following sorts : — 



Gelber Burgunder ... ... 28 J lb. 



Connovers Colossal 24I ,, 



Erfurter Riesenasparagus ... ... ... ... ... 23I , , 



Ruhm von Braunschweig 2i# 



Calculating 4,500 plants per acre and multiplying the above 

 results by 180, one obtains a yield of about 40 cwt. per acre. This 

 shows, of course, an unusual success. On an average in good 

 seasons, one may reckon on 17 to 20 cwt, per acre, but in poor 

 years the yield is not more than half this. Results chiefly 

 depend on the condition of the ground, the weather, the variety 

 of plants, and the care bestowed on them. 



Prices. — The amount sold in Germany for eating fresh 

 bears no comparison to the quantities supplied to firms engaged 

 in preserving. These prices, too, are subject to considerable 

 variation according to the supply and demand at various times. 



For preserving, the prices per lb. in the years named were aS- 

 follows : — 



1895. 1902. 1905. 



1st. 2nd. 3rd. 1st. 2nd. 3rd. ist. 2nd. 3rd. 



6d. 4|d, 2d. 5d. 3d. i^d. 5id. 4d. 2d. 



According to the official returns in 1900, the latest date for 

 which particulars relating to this crop are available, there were 

 about 17,000 acres under asparagus in Germany, of which 5,700 

 were in Brunswick and 3,200 in Hanover. 



Among the various risks to which the crops, produce and live 



stock on the farm are exposed, that of destruction by fire is not 



the least, but it is one of the few risks 



Insurance of ae^ainst which farmers are able to protect 

 Farming Stock , , , . 

 ag'ainst Fire. themselves by msu ranee. 



The advantages of fire insurance are 

 well known and generally recognized, and no farmer should be 



