Machinery Causes Accidental
Deaths On Pennsylvania Farms
by L. H. Bull
State Agricultural Secretary
The deaths this summer of
three Mifflin County youths in a
silo explosion point up the need
for increased awareness of farm
accidents.
Few people are aware that ag
riculture has the third highest
accidental death rate among
American industries. Farming is
topped only by mining and con
struction industries.
During 1966 the latest year
foi which statistics available
there were 8,100 farm deaths
and 730,000 disabling injuries.
Of the deaths, 3,700 involved mo
tor vehicles, 2,400 were work ac
cidents and 1,800 were in the
home.
Incomplete records show that
there were 38 farm accident
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Last Year Hogmen Started
Over 9 Million Pigs on Purina...
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where, and folks especially around here are finding out
that pigs start, grow and finish fast on Purina. Hogmen
know they can depend on Purina Research to keep new
and approved formulas coming. And from feeding experi
ence they know that Purina’s Hog Program pays off in the
feedlot with fast growth and low-cost gains.
Join the trend to Purina. We’ll be glad to help you keep
records so you can see for yourself why hogmen in the
U.S.A. started over 9 million pigs on Purina last year. Pigs
love Purina Baby Pig Chow, Early Weaning Chow and
Purina Pig Startena. Feed out your next bunch of pigs
the Purina way.
Ira B. Landis
Ph: 394-7912
1912 Creek Hill Rd., Lane.
John J. Hess, 11, Inc.
Ph: 442-4632
Paradise
Wenger's Feed Mill
Inc.
Ph: 367-1195
Rheems
LOW COST PRODUCTION... ,
the reason why more farmers feed PURINA
caused deaths in Pennsylvania
during the first six months of
last year. Machinery caused 14
deaths; falls, seven; drowning,
six; fires and explosions, four;
firearms, three; miscellaneous,
three; blows and falling objects,
one.
*This information came from
death certificates. If the physi
cian or coroner neglected to in
dicate the death occurred on a
farm, then the death was not
listed as a farm death.
In other words, Pennsylvania’s
accidental farm deaths for the
first half of last year may have
been greater than the 38 deaths
that we are aware of.
It is interesting to note that
the deaths caused by machinery
14 led all categories. Many
of the machinery-caused deaths
WHY?
Jomes High & Sons
Ph: 354-0301
Gordonville
John B. Kurtz
Ph: 354-9251
R. D. 3, Ephrata
West Willow
Farmers Assn., fnc.
Ph: 464-3431
West Willow
probably involved tractor acci
dents.
Here are some suggestions
furnished by the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction’s sec
tion on farm and home safety
education which can help re
duce accidents involving trac
tors:
1. Slow down when turning,
working on slopes, near ditches
or on rough or muddy ground.
2. Turn off power before un
clogging, adjusting or servicing
any machine. Keep shields and
safety devices in place.
3. Inclines call for safety.
Shift to a lower gear downhill ojf
a power gear going up, especial
ly when pulling heavy, rolling
loads.
4. Youngsters and machinery
don’t mix. Keep them off and
away from machinery. Train old
er youths to run tractors safely.
5. Should your tractor over
turn, you or your employe will
be far safer if the tractor is
equipped with a protective frame
and safety belt or crush-resistant
cab.
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Most farm home accidents in
volve falls caused by correctable
dangerous conditions such as
makeshift ladders, loose rugs and
shppery bathtubs.
If your farm home is your
castle, make it a safe castle.
lUse a Jerky Ratchet - Replace our Safe
instead of SMOOTH M Heavy Duty Outfeed
WORM DRIVE Jm i Apron with a danger
ous auger.
4 - Skimp on a Plain open Jaw transmission in place
of our Protectively enclosed unit.
5 - Replace our Positive expensive worm drive with
open gears on our Lower Beater Drive.
6 - Use ordinary soft wood for our mam Stringer and
Cross pieces instead of Strong Oak.
We won't skimp We know how valuable
Lamco is Safe Smooth and Trouble free
14 Foot Standard Box
Kinzer Equipment Co.
Box 23, Kinzers,'Pa.
HERE ARE 6 WAYS WE
COULD SKIMP ON THE
FAMOUS LAMCO
FORAGE BOX
3 Use common beater in place of our Spiral
beater which peels off the material. No
Bunching No Plugging
BUT...
Farmers' time is in the Harvest.
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August 10,1968
USDA Scientists Find Use
For Milling By-Products
A wheat product now being
shipped to developing countries
under the Food for Freedom
program makes use of a new
milling process developed by
U.S. Department of Agriculture
scientists.
Protein-fortified wheat flour
is a mixture of 70 percent oi di
nary wheat flour and 30 percent
wheat protein concentrate to
which calcium and vitamin A
have been added. (Specifications
for the concentrate call for a
minimum of 20 percent protein )
The fine-grinding techniques for
extracting the protein from mill
ing by-products were worked out
by scientists in USDA’s Agricul
tural Research Service cooperat
ing with the milling industry.
Some 5 million tons of the by
products are produced in the
U.S. each year and contain an
estimated 800,000 tons of good
quality protein.
USDA’s purchase of 12 mil
lion pounds of the product
known as Protein Fortified
Wheat Flour, Blend A for dis
F. 0.8. $995.00
Phone 442-4186
tribution in India and Iran marks
the first large-scale commercial
use of the concentrate which is
obtained by taking coarse by
products of the regular flour
milling process and running
them through the mill a second
or third time. Historically, these
by-products have been used as a
source of low-cost protein for
livestock feed, although some go
into production of breakfast
cereals. Unrefined, they are usu
ally too fibrous and dark-coloied
to be attractive as human food.
The concentrate, however, has
acceptable texture and color.
Because the concentrate has a
higher nutritional value than
oidinary wheat flour, the flour
concentrate mixture not only
contains approximately 25 to 30
percent more protein than the
original flour —specifications call
for a minimum of 13 5 percent
compared with a minimum of
11.0 percent for the regular flour
ingredient but the protein is
of higher quality.
New Cooperators
Named By Soil &
Water District
The Lancaster County Soil and
Water District Directors met
Monday, in the Farm and Home
Center and appioved the follow
ing new coopeiators Eh Eber
sole, Strasburg Twp, 90 acres;
Wm. J. Aaion, Drumore Twp,,
176 acres; Marvin M Weaver,
Earl Twp, 97 acres; Wayne L.
and Ruth E. Lawrence Sr, War
wick Twp, 45 acres; Larry High,
Penn Twp, 55 acres
John S. Yost, Salisbury Twp.,
100 acres; John E. Campbell,
Earl Twp., 86 acres; Ivan R.
Yost, Salisbury Twp, 145 acres;
Charles G Barley Jr., Mt Joy
Twp, 45; Alfred M. Wanner Jr.,
Salisbury Twp, 113; Pa. Dept,
of Forest and Waters, 224 acres;
Earl E. Breneman, Manor Twp.,
38; James R and Jesse Wood,
Little Britain Twp., 244 acres,
and Elizabeth Twp.
Roy W. Snyder Is
On Dealer Panel
Ray W. Snyder of Eastern
State Distributing Co, Lititz has
been recognized as a member of
the Farm Store Merchandising
National Dealer Panel. He is one
of only 500 distributors through
out the United States who pro
vide statistical data on their
store’s operation which is then
compiled and put into a report
which reflects trends and prac
tices.
This information is used by
panel members to improve and
upgrade their services and prod
ucts
As a panel member Snyder
has been awarded a special de
cal which denotes his achieve
ments to the agricultural com
munity.
• Jay Irwin
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ment, and farm records analy
sis ”
A native of Blair County, Ir
win earned his bachelor of sci
ence degree in 1949 at Penn
State in agricultural economics.
He served 15 years as manager
of Farm Bureau Coopei atives in
Indiana, Venango, and West
moreland Counties.
liwm was a member of the
1964 People-to-People delega
tion fiom Pennsylvania to Rus
sia on a 22-day trip.
The poorest speller in the of
fice is the man who can’t take
time to consult the dickshunary.
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