Crop and Livestock Insurance; A Selected List of References to Literature Issued Since 1898

Excerpts from the Foreword: Although a suggestion for a system of general crop insurance came from Benjamin Franklin as early as 1783, it was not until 1899 that the first experiment in this type of insurance was made in the United States. This bibliography, therefore, is designed to cover the years 1899 to date. However, the student interested in publications issued before 1899, will find valuable material in P. Mayet’s "Agricultural Insurance in Organic Connection with Savings-Banks, Land-Credit, and the Commutation of Debts," translated from the German by Arthur Lloyd, and published in London by Swan Sonnenschein and Co. in 1893. The bibliography includes, as well as a section dealing with crop insurance, that is, all-risk crop insurance, material relating to other forms of agricultural insurance. These forms are: Hail insurance, which is extensively written both in the United States and in foreign countries; livestock insurance, perhaps the oldest type of agricultural insurance; frost insurance which is a development of recent years; and forest fire insurance. References to material relating to the insurance of agricultural labor have been omitted. Material dealing with fire insurance has been included only when it related to growing crops or to standing timber. Only the references relating to material published in foreign languages for which English summaries could be readily obtained, have been included. The need for a comprehensive bibliography dealing with foreign material is recognized and it is hoped that some agency may undertake it in the near future. The bibliography is classified under broad subject headings, with references arranged alphabetically under country in each section.