. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists^ Review July 12, 1917. S. A. F. FOR NEW INSURANCE. President Kerr Names Committee. The spring of 1917 was recorded by florists of the central states as a season during which the elements, in the guise of tornadoes and cyclones, set a record for destruction of greenhouses and stock. The cyclone which struck New- castle, Ind., March 11, resulting in a complete wreck of the Benthey range of 110,000 square feet and severe dam- age to the Lynch and other establish- ments, was followed March 23 by a tor- nado at New Albany, Ind., by the f
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 18 The Florists^ Review July 12, 1917. S. A. F. FOR NEW INSURANCE. President Kerr Names Committee. The spring of 1917 was recorded by florists of the central states as a season during which the elements, in the guise of tornadoes and cyclones, set a record for destruction of greenhouses and stock. The cyclone which struck New- castle, Ind., March 11, resulting in a complete wreck of the Benthey range of 110,000 square feet and severe dam- age to the Lynch and other establish- ments, was followed March 23 by a tor- nado at New Albany, Ind., by the furor of which one of the growers, An- ders Rasmussen, was reported to have suffered a loss of $80,000. Then came the episode of wind and hail at Mat- toon, 111., May 26, in which A. D. King was the heaviest loser with $30,000. Wind storms of other years took their toll and then became matters of mem- ory, but it seems that to last spring's work" of the angered elements there will be dedicated a monument, a monu- ment in the form of a wind storm in- surance for florists. For amid the wreckage of the Indiana ranges was born the movement on behalf of wind storm, or cyclone, insurance, and during the months since that time the agi- tators have done much in interesting their state leaders in the formation of an association or company to insure growers against losses by storm, with risks such as growers have and with premiums such as growers can pay. To Report at New York. Although the Indiana association of florists has already prepared a consti- tution and by-laws for an insurance organization of this character, and has even submitted the plan to the Florists' Hail Association, with the idea of having that body include wind storm policies with its policies covering dam- age by hail, it is probable that the actual shaping of the new insurance association will be under the auspices of the S. A. F. That the S. A. F. now is championing the idea is seen in the appointment by Presid
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