The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-01

cent CT the normal crop. so far all
applications have been made out
for rs per cent coverage. The cost
Of carrying insurance through the
Federal Crop ms. Corp. varies with
farms, in other words, some farms
have had higher lost cost In the
last five or six years that others
and the size Of the premium paid
Is on the basis Of the lost cost on
different farms over that period.
The insurance premiums can be
paid either in cash or in wheat.
When an application is filed with
the county crop insurance super
visor and insurance corp. branch
office at Minneapolis checks over
the figures and prepares the prem
ium notice. This premium notice
indicates the amount of cash re-
quired in payments of the premium
and also the amount Of No. 1, No. 2,
and No. 3 wheat that is needed If
wheat is to be delivered in payment
of the premium. If in 1889 there is
a loss on the farm the loss Is paid
either in wheat or in cash depend
ing on what the cooperating pro-
Queer chooses. AS the premiums
are paid the corp. Immediately pur-
chases wheat to the extent of the
cash premiums paid over the ter
ritory. All Of the assets Of the cor
poration are represented in wheat
and IL a producer in 1889 chooses to
have his loss paid in cash the corp.
Immediately sells that many blu. of
wheat to pay his loss in cash. If he
chooses to pay wheat in payment
of the loss he is given a credit
memorandum to pick up the nee
essary amount of wheat at point
where it is in storage somewhere
in the territory.
New REA Lines
During the last week Stearns Co
unity received an allotment Of $49,-
600 from the Rural electric admins
tration at Washington. At the pre-
sent time the Stearns cooperative
has lines constructed in the twps.
of Melrose, Sank Centre, Ashley
Raymond, Getty, Lake George,
Spring Hill, and Grove. This terri
tory has approximately 100 miles of
line from the original allotment OF
$50, 10000 granted last Aug. A
small amount of work still remains
to be completed on these lines by
the contractor, the e. w. Wiley
Co. of st. Paul. Already, however
about 200 farms and the villages of
Padua and Elrosa are being served
from this first construction. All of
these folks will receive their first
electric bills on Sept. 1, in other
words they have been served cleo
trio current for practi ally a
month.
With the additional money that
has been received new lines will be
constructed in the twps. Of Crow
River, Lake Henry. Spring Hill, st.
Martin, Grove, Oak, Wildwood, AL
bany, Krain, Farming, Munson, St.
Wendell, Eden Lake, Luxembourg,
Collegeville, Avon Hold
ing, Brockway, and st. Joseph. The
money received will also permit
some building in Todd and Morri-
son County.
At the present time the electric
cooperative has made an addition
al request to build more lines in
the twps. Of st. Augusta and Rock
vile the territory in the twp. of
Maine Prairie is also being survey
ed at the present time with a view
of measuring the requests of the
farm people and lake jewellers for
REA lines in that territory. The
project engineers, Ellerby and Co.,
expect to have three stalking crews
on job in a few weeks and the con-
tractors, the E. w. Wiley Co., at ST.
Paul will follow with construction
just as soon as the lines are staked.
1t is anticipated that by Christmas
all of these lines will be
completed. According to Mr.. Wiley
the job involves the setting of more
than 5000 poles and this work will
be done before the ground freezes
some of the work such as stringing
the wires can be done when the
ground is frozen and the poles have
been properly set.
The board of directors for the
Stearns cooperative met at Mel
rose on the night of Aug. "a and
planned their course of activities to
guide the work for the remaining
lines Of construction. Recently the
board employed the linemen and is
ready to complete the job serving on
all the lines that are now serving
farmers in the west twps.