T.ancasler Farming, Saturday, July 23, 1960—13 In Top Ten States Injury From tlo nal Safely Council show Pennsylvania re * ol the ten top States ] llJg totalities from fal x.’nub Ik account for about 10 ini of farm fatah c,l to accidents in the states. But in Pen te , fails cause 14.2 '■ t’oi tlic fatal acci- icrc aic nine categoric. pRACrECE SAFETY -X national farm I 1 SAFETY WEEK mt 24-30, 1960 % bur^ Non-Explosive—Safe UTSTANDING ELIABLE NOWN ERAFUME Use Dow Serafume NYONE CAN UMIGATE GRAIN * BYE FFECTIVELY AT OW COST OU OWE IT TO YOUR-SELF.. J. C. EHRLICH CHEMICAL CO., Inc. "38 e. Chestnut St.* Fails listed as the cau„e or agency of fatal accidents on farm land and around seivxce buildings by the safety coun cil. In Pennsylvania and in the United States, machin ery leads. However, in second place in the northeastern states, in eluding Pcnsylvania, is tails followed by firearms and drownings. For the nation, drowmngs, firearms and falls ranked m that order follow on farms must be alert to machinery as the cause of dangers that affect their liv accid.ental deaths ea. What Causes Accidents? It Could Be Breakfast Does a farm accident begin at b-eaktast 9 ‘lt can.” says the Penn sylvania Rural Safety Coun cil, “if there, is a lack of harmony at the breakfast table.” The attitude the farmer has when he goes out to ran a lot of complicated machin ery is extremely important, the Safety Council contends. T f his wife or children upset him at breakfast, he is much more likely to have an acci dent than if he leaves the table in a good frame of mind. "It’s just a theory,” says William L Henning, State Secretary of Agriculture and chairman of Pennsylvania Farm Safety Week, “but we think how a famer feels at breakfast has a lot to do with how safe he stays thro ughout the day.’! Henning’s observations ca- me on the eve of the annual Pfcone EX 7-3721 The rate of accidental de aths from work and recrea tional activities on farms is increasing slightly each year The death rates associated with machinery, drownings, hreaims and electrical cur rent are increasing, while those associated with ani mals, falls, lightning and burns are decreasing. Although the rale of all accidental deaths of farm people is decreasing each year, the increase in the rate of accidental deaths which occur on farmland ds of maj or importance to farmers It is important, therefore, that people who work and play Pennsylvania Farm Safety Week which starts July 24.. It’s not only a nagging wife at the breakfast table that can drive a man to an accident, Henning—a married man—hastened to point out ‘ Burnt toast, bad weather cr a sleepless night can have the same disastrous effect,” he said. “Anything that cau ses a farmer to concentrate less on the work at hand is to be avsided, if at all pos sible.” “There are two great in justices that can befall a child; one is to punish him for something he didn’t do. The other is to let him get away with doing something he knows is wrong ” —Judge Robert Gardner, Superior Court, Orange County, Cali fornia. Patronize our advertisers Use Dow Serafume In ® GRAIN BINS • GRANARIES • FLAT .STORAGE • WHEAT • OATS • CORN LANCASTER. • Farm Safety (From Page 1) four farm families are acci dent-free each j ear, safety, like liberty, requires etern al vigilance. He said that Pennsylvania farm families enjoy a lower farm''machin ery accident rate than the national average, but tne state is toward the top in the number of deaths and ser ious mjuiies caused by falls “The health and prosper ity of rural Pennsylvania have .a profound effect upon Alan C. Beyer L. H. Brubaker, Lane. Allen H. Matz L. H. Brubaker, Litiiz McC ormick Farm , Equip. Store R. M. Brubaker _ H. S. Newcomer & Son Conestoga Farm Service Cope & Weaver JFarxnersville Equip. Co. Elmer Plasterer A. B. C. Groff ~ . , _ Lester A. Singer Haverstick Bros. „ , , „ Snavely's Farm Service Herr s Implement Store Weaver's Farm Equipment N. G. Hershey & Son Wenger Implement Co. Hochstetler Mag. Service C. B. Hoober Chet Long ♦ ♦ The Lancaster Co. the health and prosperity of the remainder of the Com monwealth. Accident pre vention is 'a simple task, most of the time requiring only good housekeeping hab its, proper training of young sters and an awareness of the dangers to bo faced on a modern mechanized, farm,” Secretary Henning said. The Pennsylvania Rural Safety Council is composed of private businesses, farm organizations and govern mental agencies interested in lowering the rural accident rate in the Keystone State. HARVEST MOON Landis Bros. J. Paul NoU Shotzberger's C. E. Wiley & Son A. S. Young & Co., Inc. Dealers’ Association Farm Equipment
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