Lancaster Farming. Saturday, April 22,1967
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From Where We Stand...
Form Safety Every Week!
Everything seems to have its nation
al week ot recognition, as for example,
Farm Safety Week will be celebrated
July 23-29 this year.
How many farmers, we wonder,
will not be around to observe that
week because they needlessly neglect
ed sound safety sense between now
and then?
It is a simple thing to point out a
person’s mistake after that mistake has
resulted in an accident. Hindsight, being
as perceptive as it is, can quickly show
us our mistakes. But only foresight can
help us avoid them and foresight means
using what we already know.
Editors, commentators, and others
can talk farm safety until eternity, but
talk can’t avoid accidents It is not a lack
of information that causes farmers to
have accidents with their equipment or
livestock. It is usually one moment of
carelessness that does that job. One mo
ment of decision in which a farmer lays
aside his better judgment and does
what’s handy.
As a reader pointed out this week,
farmers are great innovators that is,
they will try to adapt something they
see, or hear about, to suit their own
needs. This is good, we think, and it has
led to progress in farm production. But
it can also be very dangerous if mis
handled.
No . . . talk and constant reminders
can’t create safety, although they may
help if anyone will heed the advice. But,
as beauty, safety is in the eye of the be
holder. The person who is safety-minded
will undoubtedly have a better chance
of survival than the one who simply
Letters To The Editor
READER CITES NEED
FOR TRACTOR SAFETY
Editor, Lancaster Farming
I’m necessarily making this
brief, but that doesn’t take
away fiom the impoitance of
the subject
On a beautiful spung aftci- engineenng smll behind it
noon tins past week, a local (Tractoi mounting to handle
faimei was hauling a load of anhydious ammonia tanks L
feitihzei to a field on a taim F 4/15/67? k now as well
he had just bough! as * 010 aimeis ’ being
„ , the mnovatois they aie, will
Being 43 yeais oi age he attemptm g this 0 n then
had some expedience behind own The filst lhmg they’ll
him but eudent v not enough d 0 1S use what they have n
to cope with what happened lt i iap p ens to be a tucycle
That tucycle tiactoi flipped tuctoi, that’s what will be
ovei on top of him lesulting used imagine a load like
in his death that (two heavy ammonia
The lepoit m the daily pa- tanks) on a tricycle ti actor
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TESTING PROTECTIVE FRAMES at International Harvester Company in
cludes deliberately rolling this tractor over, and electronically measuring the-im
pact on the frame and the effect on the operator In this case a dummy is used in
stead of a person. Information is shared with the industry throii'gh the Farm and
Industrial Equipment Institute in an effort to make the safest possible equipment.
per the next day was no more
than an obituary But there
was nothing m your paper. 1
think this warrants more at
tention than was given to this
accident
In your paper you publish
ed a picture of a iccent in
novation which has a lot of
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blunders along like “an accident going
somewhere to happen”.
Some people seem to have accidents
continually. We hear them described as
‘’accident prone”. This is simply one way
of saying they are people who seem to
attract accidents like flowers attract
bees.
Others go through life unscathed,
seemingly repelling accidents by reverse
magnetism, or some other mysterious
means.
If the life patterns of those to whom
accidents do not seem to occur were
studied closely, we’d bet that this ability
to avoid accidents would indeed be
found to be no accident! It would be a
deliberate action conscious or sub-con
scious that guided these non-accident
prone persons through life.
Carelessness can become a habit.
But, fortunately, so can safety. A person
can develop the habit of avoiding “booby
traps” carelessly set by others,, and he
can develop the habit of not setting up
booby trap situations in which he, or
someone else, may later be caught.
The nice thing about a habit is that
you do it naturally, automatically. So,
once you establish the safety habit it be
comes constantly stronger and more
automatic each time you use it. You
learn to immediately recognize situations
which could yield accidents, and you
guide your decisions accordingly.
So, if you're one who seems to have
more than an average share of “little”
accidents, look to yourself NOW; don’t
wait until that one big one gets you in its
sights. The time to start thinking safety
is right now. Tomorrow could be too
late!
• Earl Hess
(Continued from Page 1)
annual meeting that the Oper
ation EGGspansion program to
double the income of PENB
is one-third of the way to its
goal The sum of $lOl,OOO has
been raised to date, members
were told PENB’s cunent in
come is appioximately $340,-
000
If i oil bais don’t come as
standaid equipment with the
applu ator tank kits, the whole
thing should be pinked, or at
least, a woid of caution should
be issued to wouldbe innova
tor
Sinceiely,
Chailes L Kocher
Altni the Way
Lesson for April 23, 1967
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A man driving on an express
way grew so impatient at what he
considered to be "Sunday driv
ing," that he purposely bumped
the rear of the car in front of him
to prod the slower driver. Unfor
tunately for the impatient
motorist, a po
liceman saw this
deliberate act
and arrested
him. Later, when
asked by the
judge why he
had been in such
a hurry, the man
explained that he
_ was on his way
Rev. Althouse f 0 church and
didn’t want to be late.
Few of us have ever seen any
one that anxious to get to church!
Yet, perhaps we do know that
getting to church and going
about our normal religious
routine may sometimes get in the
way of our living in a Christian
manner along the way. This was
true of the Levite and the priest
who, anxious to be on their way,
did not stop to help the man who
Aad fallen victim to thieves on the
Jericho road.
Peter and John had a similar
challenge one day as they were
on their way to the temple for
prayer. A crippled man lay at
one of the temple gates asking for
alms. It was his only way of
making a living. What should
Peter and John do? If they
stopped to help him, they would
probably miss the service in tho
temple. Yet, important as that
was to them, they had to stop:
f his is what the Master himself
would do. He never let religious
practices get in the way of doing 1
the will of God.
The '"will of God.” Ah, there’s
the rub. Apparently Peter and
John believed that it was God’s
will that this man be made whole.
How could they be sure 9 How
did they know he wasn’t being
punished tor some special sin’'
Now is The Time . . .
By Max Smith, Lancaster County Agent
To Inspect Alfalfa Stands
Due to the lack of much extiemelv cold
weather this wiutei, the alfalfa weevil seems
to be getting a veiy eaily start, grower are
already lepoiting damage on plants that aie
5 to 6 inches tall Growei s ai e urged to inspect
then fields frequently to know of the extent
of the infestation and when to apply the first
sprays If the weevil aie feeding nearly a
month ahead of nounal cutting time, serious
damage will lesult until insecticides aie ap
plied
To Aim For Maximum Output
Today’s faimeis are forced to stuve for
maximum output fiom all of then fanning
opei ations As the planting season appi caches,
every good cultural practice
known should be used to get all
possible net return per acre, or
per animal unit Farmers are
urged to plan each operation
carefully and take the time to
do the job right, the cost will
be neaily the same and the le
turn should be much highei
To Check Coni Planting Hates
Com gioweis are advised to
take time to be suxe they aie
planting enough kernels to give
the clesueil stand of maline
plants pci jue Most plant pop
ulations aie based upon the
matin e stalks pei aci e and not
Air pollution is becoming so
dangerous that someday doc
tors will probably advise their
patients to stop breathing.it.
Perhaps this sickness would lead
him to repent or grow In faith or
learn humility? Maybe the man
wasn’t good enough or pious
enough to be helped?
Matter of Compassion
Peter and .John, however,
would not have been deterred by
objections such as these. They
had never heard Jesus pray, "If
it be thy will”, when he asked God
to save or heal someone. They
had never heard him tell someone
that it would be better for his
soul to remain sick a while
longer. When the blind man was
brough to him, they recalled, Je
sus denied that it was his or his
parents’ sin that was to blame.
He had never sent anyone away
saying, "I’m sorry, you’re not
good enough or spiritual
enough.” When someone ill or in
difficulty confronted him, Jesus
thought of none of these. He saw
only people in need and was
moved by compassion.
So also were Peter and John
moved by compassion to stop on
their way to church snd heal a
crippled beggar. Yet, we might
ask, if God wanted this man
whole, then why didn’t he just
heal him without stopping these
two men? Why must we ask for
God’s help if he already knows
we need it?
Peter said, "Look at us.” We
often think of prayer as getting
God’s attention: in reality it is a
matter of giving our attention to
him so that he can do with us
what he desires. We pray, not to
persuade a reluctant God, but to
submit ourselves to his will,
which, Jesus made clear, includes
wholeness of mind, body, and
spirit.
Waiting For You
Furthermore, we must expect
to receive something. This is all
that faith really is. Instead
of some mysterious gift of mind
over matter, it is a trust in Jesus
Christ. Too many try to "have
faith” by gritting their teeth and
clenching their fists. It is more a
matter of letting go of ourselves
and letting God take over.
The man asked for alms but
was given something much
greater. We ask for help and often
fail to realize that he has an
swered our prayers by sending
someone to help us. Perhaps
today as you go about your daily
work, there is someone asking
God for help, someone who un
knowingly is waiting for you to
stop along the way.,
[Basasl an autlinat capynihtadb/ tha Division
of Christian Education, National Council o*
Churches af Christ in tha U, $. A. Raltasad by
Community Trass Sarvtca)
on the kernels dropped, allow
ance should be made for some
not geminating, insect and bird
damage, and othei natural
causes of plant mortality Com
for silage should be planted 4
to 5 thousand plants per acre
thickei than foi giain purposes.
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