4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday) July 20, 1963 From Where We Stand.. • Accidents Don’t Just Happen Horses once ranked as the number one cause of farm accidents, and bulls ran a close second. Now the horse has disappeared from most of the farms in the country, and the bull is fast disappearing as a farm animal. Both have been replaced by techno logy and mechanization, and we have eliminated two of the major causes of loss of life or crippling accidents. But in the process of replacing horses with horsepower, we have creat ed other hazards that are potentially more costly in lives and limbs than the horse ever was. It took skill and management, cau tion and care, in working with horses and bulls to prevent disfigurement, dis memberment, or death. Today it takes the same care and caution to prevent injury or death while working with high powered tractors and other mechanical equipment. For many years farming has rank ed as the third most hazardous occupa tion. Only mining, including quarrying and petroleum drilling, and construction have higher death rates. In general the death rate from farm accidents has followed national trends, decreasing steadily since the turn of the century But where the rate on farms was once below the national average, in re cent years it has been higher, and the difference appears to be increasing. In 1961 when the, national rate fell to an all time low of 50.4 deaths per 100,000 population, the farm average rose to 58.8. National Farm Safety week, July 21-27 is an opportune time to examine the record and see where farm safety falls down. National Safety Council statistics show motor vehicles, home and public accidents, the three largest accident categories nationally, hit farm residents about as hard ts the rest of the country. It is in work safety that farming lags behind. Work accidents are second only to motor vehicle accidents among farmers, comprising 31 per cent.of the tgfal. Other industries have developed safety procedures that have made work accidents the smallest of all four cate gories accounting for 15 per cent of the nation’s accident toll. The same pro cedures, put to work on the farm, can bring farm safety back into line with the national trend. A farmer must be many kinds of a craftsman. He often is called upon to be a carpenter, an electrician, a mechanic. He uses fuels, chemicals, corrosive fer tilizers, and many kinds of machines. In most industries, employees’ mis takes are noticed and corrected imme diately, but much of farm work is done away from direct observation and super* vision. Too often an unsafe act, unseen and unrecognized, becomes a habit in stead of being corrected promptly. These bad habits must be discovered and re placed with proper methods. In 1961 over 2,500 deaths and more than 230,000 disabling injuries occurred on the nation’s farms. No good purpose was served by any of these accidents. Over 90 per cent of all accidents in- With two dry seasons in re cent years the irrigation of Destroy Canada Thistles farm crops is receiving maxi- - Farmers should set a good mum attention. Farmers who example throughout the county have the water supply will cer- by' controlling such noxious tainly benefit from this prac- weeds as Canada Thistles; land tice. However, it is important owners who are not actively to remember that when a farming are also expected to i. ut . stream runs through a farm, control these weeds. Howevei, P. O Box 1524 Established November 4, the water does not all belong we notice that far too many Lancaster, Penna. 1955. Published every Satur- to t 2 ie f arm oW ner, he is en- farmers do not prevent these P. O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. day by Lancaster-Farming, Lit- titled only to HIS SHARE of weeds from going to seed. Why Itz, Pa. that water. With large creeks this neglect of weed control'’ or rivers this is not very diffi- The young plants should be Entered as 2nd class matter cult to determine; however sprayed or mowed befoie Phone - Lancaster at Lititz Pa. under Act of Mar. with small streams this is a blooming, and ones now i“ The feller who thinks he is EXpress 4-3047 or g very difficult determination, bloom should be mowed ani Check Before Investing Before investing in a range with automatic heat control for surface units and burners, make sure you can get good service, advises Helen Bell, Penn State home management extension specialist. The unit or burner needs checking when the range is installed in your home. This is necessary even though the control was checked at the factory. ing, frlendleu, useless M.d afraid? n oulsusofl' • Thors' esseiinany wn« sm ini eing cut off. Adam was now sep rateitfrom his Maker, out o£ aj&oriy with him. He had given p*t&ing to do what God wanted im to do. God’s interests are no nger his interests. The likeness God (about which we were volve some human failure— improper inking a week ago) is beginning j attitudes, lack of attention to rules and to grow dim, so that not long after rptfnlflfinnc rnanv others that, —and right on up to now— regu itS is .L do no, begin to Where Are Yew? ;££ S convey the grief, lonlmess, and pain in- Lesson for July 21> 1903 . so wicked that any one in his right volved in accidents. They don’t even be- mind would say, If that’s the im ein to show the financial difficulties age of God, I don’t want any part caused by the death of a member of a giV. # of it Adam was cut p off m other words not only from God but from lann ianuiy. , . , 'T'HE Bible might very well be- himself, his best self. Further, he National Farm Safety week is not Just Xgm with an essay on sm; but was cut off from his wife. The a time to practice safe work habits for it does not. It begins with two story in Genesis tells of the joyful seven days and forget them for the rest stories, one of Creation and the words of welcome when Adam of the year. It is a time to examine work nex t of Sm. Stories, not essays, see s Eve for the first time. Para habits, to compare methods with those up &iS f' £( L r b °th th^oved ’ ■„ this is a good thing. What Chris- only when the other one, the loved proven effective in other industries, and tian students of one, is there to share it. Now all seek better and safer ways to do our the Bible have i S changed. Adam’s only word jobs. been discovering about his wife is—“ The woman Accident prevention is a year-round in their re-study Thou gavest me, she gave me the job. An official week is simply a remind- o£ tobse fruit” . . . It’s all God’s fault for er that emphasizes the importance of pStTs: THIS Stt tempting him, it could^’? that job. Every week should be Farm MEANS YOU! be his own fault, oh no! When you Safety Week. The name Adam g e t to the point where you won’t Accidents can be prevented. They means- Man, and take responsibility for your own don’t just happen; they are caused! the name Eve acts, when you blame everyone At least that’s how it looks from . means Life. There but yourself for your sins and urlior-o wo ofanrl is something very suggestive about yo ur troubles, then you have real wn re e stand. this. Anyway, if we think of these j y broken off relations with the ★ "A" lAr stories as only legends out of the human race. _ .11-1 dim P ast > i ust stories to tell jfce solemn question 1116 r armlV rai*m around campfire and hearth, we The first question God asks of * misjudge them. If we argue about man r j n g S like a solemn warning Secretary of Agriculture, Freeman, wken eii was, and should we bell in the heart of every one said rarentlv “Each timo T hoar cnma- ta ke these stories UteraUy or as Mme time or other. Where are said recently, aach time 1 Hear some- parables> we are stm off ? You are here nOWi at this one say that the family farm is dying beam. What we need to do is take moment; but you are wherever which it is not I want to add loudly the stories to heart. you a ct, you are wherever things and clearly, ‘let the consumer beware.’ ” Anatomy of sin happen —or fail to happen —be- He went on to add, “If the family One great thinker in the Chris- cause of you. Someone perhaps farm passes from existence, and it could ban church has said, Everybody’s mi*»ht have believed in God if it do <?o from fnropq pntirplv nnrplatpd to middle name is Adam. What he had not been for you. You are unrelated to meant was> tfae story of Adam is tbere {n that person - s despairing the production end of agriculture, then s tory of every man. The story cvnical mind. Where are you 7 the consumer can expect to pay more of Adam’s sin is the story of Ev- Results of what you say. what you for food than he does today. The Ameri- eryman’s sin. The cause, the do, never s'op with the saying can consumer should not take for grant- course, the cruelty, the conse- and doing Like stones thrown into ed, or consider inevitable, the fact that fences, and the cure of sin are a pond thev create ripples that he snends a smaller sharp of his ineome aU here - But the central fact snread to distant shores If an ne spenas a smaller snare ot his income abQut sin> the reaUy dreadful old man cou„'d realize all the evil to eat better than any people in history, thing about it, is brought out by that he caused during his lifetime, We should be proud of the family that fateful question that God puts the burden of it would be over farm which has been the backbone of to Adam, frightened Adam, silent powering Yet there is another this county and of the nation as a whole. Adam, hiding from the God whose and a happier side. God’s ques- We should feel a moral obligation, as questions must be answered. t-on, Where are you? reminds us farmers to sep tn it that rnncumprc W 1 ' 616 are y° u? God asks - Now t*at God does care what we do larmers, to see to it that consumers [t is not hard to see tbat tbis ques . Re does nQt eas n y glV e up, He everywhere know these facts. We must on was no f; asked out of God's seeks men m their dark hiding let the consumer know that it has been ignorance. God knew very well places If He demands obedience the farmer’s efficiency of production where Adam was, he knows where and punishes suffering, and He that has brought this phenomenon iV e all are. God asks the question does, it is a sign of hope; for it about, and we must bring the consumer to make Adam thmk: he had lost - shows that God takes human lives „„ , ~ , , . contact with God. God should He is not content to let to an appreciation of the fact that he is aot have had to look for Mm . He men gO . being subsidized every day by the effi- should have run joyfully to meet (Based on outlines copyrighted by cient productive practices on the Ameri- the God who had done him good io D^ 1 lsi c T un o e , u ? f rl^ i ‘ n c h E u «Stl ,0 S can Family farm. »nd not evil. Instead, he is in hid- chnst m the u. sa. Beie»«ed At least that’s how it looks from p«» ‘ where we stand. ★ ★ ★ ★ Top Money Earners Male doc tors, dentists, and lawyers were the top earners in the U.S. during 1959, a recent Bureau of the Census report revealed, averaging in excess of $lO,OOO for the next year. Next in income came salaried managers in general manufacturing plants, at $9,156. Median income for all 44 million men in the “experienced civi lian labor force” was placed at $4,621. ★ ★ ★ ★ Fire Losses Climb Farm fires cause a record loss. In 1962 damages to taled $175 million up 7 percent from the year before and $1 million above the old high set in 1959. A government survey shows each rural fire destroys -property worth about six times that burned in an average urban conflagration. Lancaster Farming Jack Owen, Editor Ijancaster County's Own Farm Campbell, Weekly Advertising Director Offices: 22 E. Main St. Lititz, Pa. be well cultivated to control weeds and be MAX M. SMITH fertilized about two times during the first summer, once in June and again in August, this will encourage a maximum number of runner plants. Use a straight nitrogen fertilizer and a small handful around each plant. To Share Irrigation Water Now Is The Time . . . Hot, dry weather has brought a lull in the mowing on many local lawns; this might be a good time to get the knives and blades sharpened. The rotary mower is very comm on but many times is used with dull blades, this means that the grass is beat off rather than cut; a brownish-looking lawn a few days alter mowing will reveal this condition Keep the blades sharp and prevent damage to the grass blades. To Top-Dress Strawberries New plantings of strawberries should BY MAX SMITH To Sharpen Lawn Mowers ing a good neighbor might be the solution.
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