18 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 21, 1962
Rotary Mowers
Are Sometimes
Lethal Weapons
HARRISBURG A rotaiy
lawn moivei, can be a deadly
missle - launching dm ice. the
Pennsyhama Medical Society
warned today.
The Society said that high-
speed rotaiy lawn mower
blades can easily make bullet
like piojectiles out ot lawn
debris such as nails, wne,
bits of metal, stones and glass
Approximately 30 pei cent
of all powei mower nijunes
are ot the nnssle type Un
fortunately, * many of these
injuries are sustained by child
ren.
Dr. Mary D Ames, chairman
of the society’s Commission on
Maternal Welfare and Child
Health, reminds householders
to be alert during the remain
ng weeks of lawn mowing.
She suggests the following
ba£ic rules for safe lawn mow
■ng-
Keep children and pets at
a safe distance preferably
i» the house.
Safety Week
Proclaimed By
The President
By Presidential proclama
tion, the 19th annual Nation
al Farm Safety Week will be
Observed July 22-2 S Co-spon
sored by the National Safety
Council and the U S Depart
ment of Agriculture, the 1962
campaign will emphasize rural
aighway and farm machinery
safety.
“Family Safetj—At Work
and Play” is this gear’s theme
President Kenned} asked
“a 11 persons and organizations
allied with agncultuie to.join
together in a strong effort to
reduce the number of farm,
home and highway accidents ”
Hits Carlessncss
Secretary of Agriculture Oi
ville L Freeman uiged farm
lesidents to “need out care
less, accident-muting habits”
during the week “This would
be a big step in making oui
larms and highwajs salei,”
he said, “but concern toi safe
ty myst be a veai-iound pio
jeet if we are to conquet the
accident pioblem ’’
In 1960 accidents to fai m
esidents resulted in 11,300
leaths and 950,000 disabling
injuries Of the total fatali
ties, 5,100 were attnbuted to
raffle, and 3,300 to work ac
cidents
Heath R,ite Falls
“Together ruial leaders and
“arm families are working to
eliminate the accident prob
em,” said Howard Pjle, NSC
iresident “An 11 pei cent
'ecrease in the farm lesident
math rate during the past
'ecade demonsiiates this co
peration
‘ln spite ot giadual im
mnement, we cannot sit back
elf-satisfied,” Pyle continued
Accidents aie not limited to
'eld 01 hmlnvav 01 to one dc,e
loup Fuilhei pios-iess is
nsuied only b\ the conlnuied
alet’. consciousness ot c\eij
lenibei ol the lai in 1 u 111\
hcie'ei he is, nli.nrxn in is
Join a ’
A\ .if < i Hoses
If Mill W,l 111 1 O k( ep rIK
bloom D)
Smith !'( nn Stole f
tension Hot mil m Ist surest,
leaulai na.cii'.t, and lutili/-
ing tin oughou. the Miniinei
Spi inkle a li.uidlnl ot ~>-\ 0-1
or o-10-IO femlizei mound
each plant ome a month
scratch it into the smface ol
the soil, and hater thoiougb-
1 IsCs
Don t let children or young
teenage use a power mower.
Inspect the lawn beloie
mowing and clear all debus
Leam to stop the engine
([inckh alway turn the en
gine oft when leading the
mow er,
Always maintain control of
the mower, gne your undivid
ed attention to what you aie
doma
Take special care on inclines
and near obstructions, piotect
your legs and yyear heayy
shoes yyhen mowing; keep
hands ayvay trom the engine
Don’t race the engine, don’t
laise the mower.
Use only a pioperly shielded
and guaided inowei; remem
bei it is a power tool
IRA B. LANDIS
The Chief SPRED'R-VAYOR knows no season!
Converts from Tractor-Drawn Fertilizer Spreader
To Self-Unloading Feed Wagon for
Year 'Round Grain or Feed Handling Jobs
h< duiiiullv
WAYNE R. WYANT
Your Invitation T 0.,.
Bulk Fertilizer Field
Thursday,
Sponsored by the F. S. Royster Guano Company
in cooperation with the Agricultural Extension Service of
the Pennsylvania State University and the following
Farm & Industrial Equipment
NEW BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Phone: BRoadway 5-4945
Crib Liner For
High Moisture
Corn Storage
A new moisture proof, au
tight liner material used for
eonxerting existing corn cribs
and bins into hign-moistui e
com storage units ha-, passed
two xeais ot Uni\e>sitv nt
Illinois tests Aim faxorable
i emits
Agncultura! engineers theie
sax 'the new liner is a heaxy,
xxateiproof flberboard coated
on each side with a layei of
po!x ethylene film and alum-
inum foil
The material is easy to cut,
ci ease or bend to fit the
August 2 10 A.M.
MILL, LANDIS VALLEY, LANCASTER COUNTY
interior of any crib or metal hoard imer.
.bm. What will it cost? About j The ii ner material has 'the
10 cents per bushel of gram " rigl<llty of heavy cardboard,
stored. , p It will bend, however, to near-
Corn used in the most re-' * a 90-degree angle without
cent tests with the new-lmev leaking the aluminum coat
contained about 30 percent The material is held in
moisture when it went into' I’lace by laige-headed roofing
the storage bins last Octobei : «’ ,bs or bl ™;
The corn was stoied in two Bolts llold ]t 111 place 111 metal
small cr>bs that were divided Oins.
info four shelled coin bins | Umveisity of Illinois engin
with a capacity ot about 360 ' eels believe the fiberboard
bushels each. I liner will work especially well
* for tanners who lhave no
drying facilities but who want
to store limited quantities of
high-moisture coin. Cribs lin
ed with the material also
When the bins were opened
in March, only two inches o£
mold was found on the smface
ot one bin The other thise
bins showed from four
eight inches of smface mold *
Corn m all four bins was
in good condition, indicating a
successful test for the flbei-
ON DISPLAY
STAUFFERS
Bulk Wagon
AND
Hydro Spread
Spreader
Jared Stauffer
Martindale
s
V
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ROYSTER
* «
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No two ways about it, high-im
farmers know that Royster's 6-P
Food Fertilizer gives larger yi
higher quality and bigger profit'
John i. Hoober L. M. Prange
Gordonville
would make excellent storage
for corn picked while opening
,up fields m the fall,
Day
at
mxmm
) v/ith the
Series 500
|2^3BROb
SPREAD IT W-l-D-E-R!
FASTER! ACCURATELY!
Save time and money when you do
your fertilizing Get a BELT BROD
KASTOR The BELT PTO Model at.
taches to any tractor quickly and
easily The big hopper holds about
a ton of material Exclusive vibrat
ing hopper bottom assures constant,
even flow Quick setting adjustments
give accurate material placement
High speed fans spread fertilizer «n
swaths about 50 feet wide 1 You can
fertilize 4 times faster than with
conventional equipment. See the
revolutionary BELT BROD KASTOR
the first chance you gel.
ives
Kirkwood