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Don’t Allow Firewood Gathering
HUNTINGDON (Huntingdon
Co.) Many people will go to
the woods this fall to saw fire
wood and several may be injured
or killed in chain saw accidents,
said an expert in Penn State’s Col
lege of Agricultural Sciences.
“Trained, professional chain
saw operators use proper personal
protective equipment, well-main
tained modem chain saws and ap
propriate safety procedures to
keep themselves and their co
workers at minimum risk of acci
dent or injury,” said Lee Stover,
research assistant in the School of
Forest Resources.
Stover, who teaches chain saw
safety, said that people who use
chain saws infrequently can beata
high risk of incurring a chain saw
related accident. “Occasional us
ers are mudh less likely to have a
well-maintained saw and personal
protective equipment. They prob
ably have not had safety training
and lack the skills needed to re
duce chain saw hazards.
“One of my biggest concerns is
that occasional users may not re
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BOZEMAN, Mont.— Laurel Valley
Farms of Ligonier and D & D Land & Cattle
Co. of Washington were the two largest
breeders of Simmental/Simbrah cattle in the
state of Pennsylvania for fiscal year 1993, ac
cording to the American Simmental Associa
tion.
Also included in the top five were Rolling
Ridge Farms of Evans City, Maple Cove
Breeders, of Pittsburgh and Harvest Planta
tion of Franklin.
The figures represent cattle that were re
gistered from July 1,1992, to June 30,1993,
with the American Simmental Association.
“We are very excited about the growth of
the Simmental breed in the United States,”
said Brian Kitchen, executive vice president
of the association. ‘The Simmental breed is
well positioned to take advantage of the pro
gressive changes happening in the beef cattle
industry, specifically in the area of value
based marketing.”
The American Simmental Association,
which also serves as the registry for the Sim
brah breed, finished its fiscal year with an in
crease in registrations of 3.5 percent (2,766
animals), which is the third straight year for
an increase.
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cognize the hazards in a cutting
situation until they experience
them,” he said. “This may be too
late. Professional users are trained
to understand the hazards asso
ciated with the chain saw itself
and can analyze the hazards in an
area before starting to cut.”
A key hazard of chain saw use
is kickback. “If the chain on the
upper quadrant of the tip of the
guide bar touches an object such
as another log or branch, the saw
can suddenly jerk backward and
upward,” Stover said.
‘To help avoid kickback, one
should always be aware of the
position of the tip of the guide bar
and keep it away from all objects.
“For a better understanding of
how to operate chain saws safely,
study one of the modem chain saw
safety manuals available from
many major chain saw manufac
turers,” Stover said. “Check with
your local dealer or distributor.”
Common safety recommenda
tions for chain saws include:
• Grip the saw firmly with both
hands when the engine is running.
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Keep the right hand on the rear
handle and the left hand on the
front handle, with thumbs and fin
gas encircling the handles. This
helps to maintain control in the
event of kickback. Keep the han
dles dry, clean and free of oil or
fuel.
• Make sure your cutting area is
free from obstructions. Do not let
the nose of the guide bar contact a
log, branch or any other object
• Cut at high engine speeds.
• Do not overreach or cut above
shoulder height.
• Do not operate a chain saw
when you are fatigued.
• Use safety footwear, snug-fit
ting clothing, protective gloves,
and eye. hearing, and head protec
tion. Do not start cutting until you
have secure footing and a planned
path to retreat from the falling
tree.
• Use extreme caution when
cutting small brush and saplings.
These may catch on the saw chain
and be whipped toward you or pull
you off balance.
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30 percent and ammonia at levels
less than 25 ppm. This is your goal.
The third factor required to
maximize weight gain is to reduce
the environmental challenges in
the house. Nothing can decrease
growth rate like enteritis, a respir
atory problem, or a disease that
causes death just prior to
marketing.
Disease challenges decrease
uniformity, or in other words, pro
duce more stunted, small, noneffi
cient birds. Biosecurity is there
fore a necessity. Proper vaccina
tion methods are a must Cleaning
and disinfecting, timely removal
and disposal of mortality, decreas
ing stress (cold stress, heat stress,
water or feed starvation, ammonia,
Hnst, etc.) are needed for each
flock.
Cleaning up around facilities,
rodent baiting, timely removal of
floods and rebedding, thorough
cleaning and disinfecting between
flocks or when total cleanout is
completed, and maintaining good
communication with service per
sonnel to obtain timely and effec
tive identification and treatment of
disease challenges can reduce dis
eases that will enter your flocks.
It is best not to have any disease
in your flock, but it is also unrealis
tic. Therefore, surveillance and
vigilance over your flock are
necessary and allow you to max
imize your flock’s performance.
In conclusion, best flock gains
are possible when care is taken to
manage ventilation, temperature,
and environmental challenges.
Essentially, it is preventative
maintenance for your poultry
flock. When the environment is
controlled and air quality main
tained, the birds can use all of their
resources for maximizing weight
gain.
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