Bio-Laneastar Fanning. Saturday, Saplambar 3,1994
Cassie Henderson, 3, shares something in common with
Lancaster County Dairy Princess Amy Espenshade. Both
love cows and are wearing “moo-vy” attire.
New Farm Safety
Book For Kids
EARLHAM, lowa Farm
Safety 4 Just Kids introduces its
newest educational resource,
‘Teaming Up. . .A Farm Safety
Walkabout For Kids.”
This spiral-bound workbook is
filled with tips to identify and
avoid farm hazards, discussion
questions for an entire family or
youth group, and creative activi
ties to reinforce the valuable infor
mation presented. A complete
Walkabout Checklist is also in
cluded for a team of kids and
adults to identify and correct ha
zards on the farm.
“‘Walkabout for Kids’ was de
signed with the 10- or 11-yearold
child in mind. Kids at this age
need to learn more about safety as
they play on the farm and before
they actually begin working wilih
Livestock Crossword
Scenes At The E-town Fair
farm machinery and livestock,”
said Shari Burgus, director of pro
gram services at Farm Safety 4
Just Kids, “The Walkabout en
courages kids and their famililes
or youth group leader to do the ac
tivities together,” said Burgus.
The project was an outgrowth
of the Farm Safety Walkabout de
veloped by the University of lowa.
Funding was made possible by the
lowa Center for Agricultural Safe
ty and Health and Pioneer Hißred
International, Inc. - Business In
formation Services.
Copies of “Teaming Up. . .A
Farm Safely Walkabout For Kids”
cost $S each and can be obtained
from Farm Safety 4 Just Kids, PO
Box 458, Earlham, IA -50072,
(515) 758-2827.
Here arc some activity pages
from the book.
Good things come In pairs at the Elizabethtown Fair where sisters Amy, 8, and Sta
cy, 6, Haines show pairs of sheep. The two girls, daughters of Donna and Stanley
Haines, live in Manheim where they raise about 20 Hampshires, Corriedales, and Kara
kuls. Appropriate for Fair fashions, the girls wore matching dresses, made by their
mother, picturing chickens, sheep, and other barnyard animals.
Participants prepare for the milk chugging contest at the Elizabethtown Fair.
Across
1. animals when working in tight quarters
2. A attitude while working with animals will help them feel safe.
3. protect humans and animals.
4. areas should be separate from livestock.
5. Hard toed shoes will protect when working closely with animals,
6. animals can be aggressive.
7. It is unsafe to animals.
8. Animals may be if you are loud or move quickly.
Down
4. All animals, even
9. Mother animals are of their young.
10. Animal gives us warning signals when they are feeling threatened.
animals.
and ground pawing may indicate an animal is upset
11. Do not handle
Unscramble the shaded lettejsand find die secret word.
T?*T ’
. can be unpredictable.
WORD LIST
play
behavior
tease
spooked
beby
male
fences
pets
restrain
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