— Lancaster Farming. Saturday, October 24.1970 -
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Teach Teachers, Doctors Too
A study by the National Research Cen
ter, California, made under a grant from
the Dairy Council of California, found that
only half of the teachers surveyed could
select a well-balanced meal. Yet. four-fifths
of the teachers were required to leach
nutrition.
But that's not all. On a nutrition ques
tionnaire given to a large group of doctors
and their secretaries, the secretaries scored
as well as the doctors.
People tend to assume that teachers
and doctors, being among the best educated
persons around, know about everything,
particularly about something basic like
On Reducing Farm Accidents
A recent Penn State study of dairy
farms indicates tractor accidents aren't as
numerous on the farm as they once were.
This shouldn’t lull farmers-into becom
ing complacent around the tractor. The
tractor can still be a killer and a maimer
for careless farmers.
But the progress made so far, we think,
is a tremendous tribute to 4-H, FFA and
many other farm groups which have been
stressing the need for farm safety, particu
larly tractor safety. Tractor driving con
tests which are very popular and stress safe
operation desene praise. Tractor manufac
turers. responding to the safety conscious
ness of farmers, have built safer machines.
The persistent effort on tractor safety
appears to be paying off according to a sur
vey by two Penn State University research
ers.
But while the study is encouraging in
showing progress toward farm safety in the
area of tractor usage, the study shows-there
are many other significant causes of acci
dents.
The farm community needs to take a
closer look at these sources of accidents and
begin to put the concentrated effort in these
areas that has gone into elimination of trac
tor accidents.
Silo Choppers
Cutting fingers on silo choppers and
weed knues is now the number two cause of
accidents, the study shows.
Anyone who spends much time -with
farmers can’t help obser\ mg the large pro
portion of farmers, often the most success
ful farmers, with a missing finger or fin
gers. e\en a hand
Loss of a limb is painful and it is costlj
m terms of medical cost and lost time. Per
haps the greatest cost for many farmers is
the reduced efficiency with which he can
perform.
We think it's time that a more concen
trated effort is made on sharply reducing
this brutal toll of lost limbs The same tjpe
of intensive educational program which has
Jed to the reduction of tractor accidents can
lead to fewer accidents which cost the farm
er limbs.
Local experience in recent years has
shown that the sharp tools and augers which
cause loss of limbs often also take lives.
Lives can be saved if farmers are made
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food. But this is the age of the specialist.
People tend to know a lot about a few
things and other subject l ! get overlooked.
Also, some beliefs about nutrition have
been changing in recent years and not
everyone agrees about all the facts.
It underscores what we’ve been saying
all along: The farm community must edu
cate itself on the nutritional value of its
products, then make sure the consumer
gets the word.
Such awareness is the best kind of in
surance against competition from inferior
substitute products. It's good insurance for
a healthy farm economy in the future.
adequately aware of the dangers of their
modern conveniences.
These accidents keep happening year
after year. Most farmers can think of
friends or relatives or acquaintances who
w ere injured. But most farmers seem to as
sume these accidents won’t happen to them.
And to some, they don't. A farmer
might do something in an unsafe manner for
1,000 times, but there’s always that one
time when be gets caught.
It’s hard to prove that safety pays,
until an unsafe practice actually results in
an injury. Then, it’s too late.
As farm operations become more auto
mated, the danger from these silo choppers
and auger operations becomes greater. The
importance of an intensive safety program
in connection with these devices cannot be
overemphasized.
Other Accident Causes
The Penn State study shows falls is the
number one cause of accidents. Simple
things like not standing unsupported on
moving vehicles, repairing faulty stairs and
keeping junk out of the way can result in a
sharp reduction of such accidents.
“Stepping on nails” was reported as the
third most important cause of accidents,
followed by hits from falling objects and
kicks and heat head-butting by cows.
While not high in numbers, the injury
demanding the longest period of hospital
treatment was caused by silo gas, the
study found. Local farmers have been re
peatedly warned to beware of silo gas.
Every farmer who has a silo must be con
stantly aware that he can't take chances
with silo gas.
Accidents from exposed nails ancLfall
ing objects can often be avoided by simply
keeping the farm neat and orderly. This
will also avoid many falls.
Cleaning Up The Farm
It w ould appear that local organizations
interested in farm safety could be of great
service by educating the farmer on the im
portance of a clean and orderly farm and
by giving practical advice on how to
achiev e such an operation.
A place for everything and everything
in its place. Such an approach would have
the side benefits of making the farm a more
pleasant place in which to work and help
keep pests such as rats under control.
In conclusion, while the Penn State
study showing tractor accidents aren’t the
major danger factor they once were on the
farm, farmers must use this knowledge as
a prod for the same kind of progress in
other areas.
Far too many persons have been killed
bj farm accidents m Southeastern Penn
sylvania in the past vear. Far too many
others have been injured.
Farming is a good life But it is a dan
gerous life.
A proper awareness of the danger and
a constant effort to reduce the causes of
that danger will make farm life even better.
To Check Insurance Coverage
Construction costs have risen
annually for many years and
farmers are urged to discuss the
subject with their insurance
representative. Many buildings
may be covered only for first
cost, which was many years ago.
The important thing is to try
and have them covered on a re
placement figure in case of fire.
In nearly all cases the original
cost figure will not be suffi
cient to replace the building or
to cover its present value.
To Insulate Buildings
Insulation has always been a animals this fall. If you must
good investment. Winter is ap- buy out-of-state pigs, be sure
preaching and many buildings they have official health certi
will be filled with livestock, ficates. Nearby states ‘ With
Good insulation goes along with quarantine areas are Maryland,
proper ventilation in order to New York, Ohio, Virginia, and
keep down condensation and North Carolina. Don’t buy
dripping from ceilings and win- trouble.
TEACH US TO PRAY!
Lesson lor October 25, 1970
I«ckfr«utul Sctipturt; Luko 11.1-13; John
15 1-7.
Oovotional lUailln*: Isaiah 40 25 31.
A small child was teasing her
mother all afternoon for some
grapes. At bedtime she watched
her small cousin saying her pray
ers and asked for an explanation
of these unfamil
iar proceedings.
The mother ex
plained that her
cousin was talk
ing to God, ask
ing him to bless
her family and
make her a good
girl. Immediately
the child went in-
Rcv. Althouse t 0 ji er own ro om
and shut the door so that she
might say her prayers. Upon
emerging she said to her mother,
“I talked to God and he said I
was a very good girl—and I
could have a grape.”
The divine handyman
Sometimes we will feel we need
to kneel but there will be other
To use God times when we may offer up a
tVe can overlook the little i PI ? 5 ' C i 1 ' ?? we dash to
gills childish attempt to use God . 1 - v tasb . Sometimes our
for her purpose, vet at the same . be on telling”
time - w e must acknowledge that + ’. c )i be * times we will need
theie are many of us who are ° s an hsten There are
guilty of much the same thing. nl ®f ns * or P ra V er *
Our own concept of prayer may T , j" e ''*ll need to learn
not be much more mature than e ® us “‘staples learned that
hers. Though prayer may be P ayei 1S not 50 much a matter
assumed to be one of the key peisuading a reluctant God to
lesources of the Christian life, 0 "? " an *- blm to do, but
it is also the one which many of 0^ enn S ouiselves so
have never mastered. 11 be c '° "rth us as he de-
We can understand the disci- to do. We will need to know
pies’urgent plea, “'Lord, teach us „ c , su l that God doesn’t
to pi ay,’ for we ourselves are v to be nagged into becoming
often in the need of help and in- , cin^ d about our welfare. He
stiuction m our life of prayer. Y? alO , y eeneerned before we
Like his disciples we can learn f. ,f, muc -h m °re deeply than
much from both the manner and ' w P n ev T er be
spirit in which Jesus prayed. ~, , en Jesus B a 'e his disciples
One thing the disciples must ," e ca “ ‘-The Lord’s Pray
have leai ned in time is that there ’ 11 '* dS u nob intended to be a
is no single way to pray. The P a - 11 t 0 , repeated endlessly,
piayer life of Jesus -was a " 10d . eI - All the essential
elements of piajer are found in
those simple lines, adoration, sub
mission, petition, lepentance. and
committment.
' Loid, teach us to pray like that!
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dows. When warm air meets
something cold, moisture is
formed. There are many kinds
of insulation but one of the
latest is the urethane spray-on
material; this will stick to most
any kind of surface and will
give good insulation value.
To Beware Of Hog Cholera
At the present time we are
not aware of any hog cholera
cases in Pennsylvania, but
there are 60 counties in 14
states under Federal quaran
tine for hog cholera. Swine
producers should continue to be
extremely careful where they
buy feeder pigs and breeding
with variety. He prayed in lonely
places apart from the crowds, he
also prayed in public. He prayed
as he knelt, or walked. He prayed
aloud in words and he prayed
silently. His prayers were both
formal and informal. He prayed
prayers of praise and thanks*
giving and He prayed prayers of
petition. He heard God’s response
and there were times when there
seemed to be no response. He
prayed at a wedding feast and
from the cross at his own execu
tion. In Jesus’ life prayer wak
many different experiences of
communion with God, '
It is important that we to*,
like the disciples, learn that there
is no one way to pray, no one
reason for praying. There ere
times when we pray spontan
eously as a need rises within us*
There are other times when we
pray by sitting and thinking in
quiet. There aie times when we
must put our feelings into words
and there aie times when words
will simply not serve our pur
poses.