CATTLE INSURANCE FUND.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14645, 21 April 1913, Page 4

CATTLE INSURANCE FUND.

INCREASE OF CLAIMS. At tho annual meeting of the Addington Salevards Cattle Insurance Fund (Mr A. H. Bourn presiding), the balance-sheet showed that tho premiums had ,nofc covered tho amount of claims for condemned cattle, there being a loss on the year's working of £24(> 13s 10d, tho expenditure having been £1371 3s, and receipts (including £19 '2s 6d for interest) £1124 10s 2d. The following were elected as an ! executive committee for the ensuing y c;vr: —Messrs A. H. Bourn (chairman), IJ. Ferguson, F. Tave'rner, Jas. Knight and "W. Spicer. The fees were increased in view of the loss on'the year to the , following rates: —Steers 2s -each, I maiden heifers 2s each, young cows 4s I each, old co%vs 8s each, seller and buyer respectively being charged half of the rates.

By conrtesv of Mr McKcllar, wo are able to publish the following comparative table of results of the Cattle Fund at Addington for tho last eight years. Tiie percentage of claims show a gradual increase since 190G, and the conclusion arrived at is that tuberculosis is not lessening in the herds, and would to some extent bear out the contention of many experts that inspection and testing of bulls would prevent disease, whereas the system of condemnation of animals at the abattoirs can only protect the consumer of meat and not stamp out the disease. COMPARATIVE TABTVES, 1906 to 1913. STEERS.

1 3 a 1006 . 5512 1937 . 7210 190S 6563 1100 . 6023 1910 • 5803 1911 5507 1912 . 5938 1913'. 5001 • -1 S *2 B 3 S *$ -. § « i H 'A d, Bw , £ e. d. £ *. d. 2T0 8 6 03 .41 2**"5 0 11 352 3 0 57 .79 367 6 4 330 17 0 33 .53 282 14 11 2f,5 10 6 S9 .65 2SO 6 8 270 16 0 54 .93 271 16 10 293 3 0 61 1.03 860 15 8 4R9 8 0 51 .90 414 15 S 353 14 5 67 1.32 445 6 3 1906 2109 1P07 • 3211 1903 • 3412 1909 . 4137 1910 . 3800 1911 . 3355 1312 . 5791 1913 . 2734 1906 . 829 1907 . 1109 1908 . 18C9 1903 • 2393 1910 . 2223 1911 . 2227 1912 . 2072 1913 • 1914 HEIFERS. 198 15 0 22 1.03 129 11 1 321 11 0 53 1.64 228 17 G 33G 10 9 45 1.31 218 1 4 291 14 3 61 1.47 272 1 10 270 3 9 61 1.60 227 18 5 238 13 9 58 1.73 236 2 10 259 10 3 50 1.73 259 15 10 232 19 0 76 2.78 366 4 3 COWS. 147 $ 0 28 3.38 101 16 5 175 4 0 48 4.33 168 10 7 371 2 0 57 3.05 213 14 11 263 5 10 108 4.51 35G 0 5 201 18 9 103 4.62 263 19 9 320 8 0 130 6.24 410 13 1 455 15 6 137 6.61 651 34 4 463 13 3 125 6.53 559 12 0