NEWARK, Del.—The next
time you pass a farm and see a
tractor in operation, look a little
closer. The operator may be a lot
younger than you think.
It’s a tradition, even a necessity,
in many farm families for
children—both boys and girls—to
begin helping with planting and
harvest. Operating heavy machin
ery and working around animals
and agricultural chemicals can be
dangerous.
Studies show that almost IS
percent of victims of farm acci
dents are children under 10 years
old. Also farm children from 5 to
14 years old are three times more
likely to be injured than other
children their age. In fact, more
than 23,000 children will be
injured on farms in the United
States this year.
“This really should come as no
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ing, or aquaculture pro
duction, this workshop
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plant and animal life of
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The program will be
held at the Carroll
County Cooperative
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fice, Carroll County
Agriculture Center, 700
Agriculture Center,
Westminster, MD
21157, from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. on Monday eve
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registration fee will
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For registration or
Farms Pose Hazards For Young Workers
surprise,” said Ron Jester,
cooperative extension farm safety
specialist at the University of
Delaware. “Considering that
farming is one of the most hazard
ous occupations according to the
National Safety Council’s latest
statistics.”
The same hazards that injure
adults can also injure children —
heavy equipment, grain augers,
use of all-terrain vehicles and lung
hazards from dust and sprays.
“Children are our most precious
resource,” said Jester, “I urge
everybody—especially those in
rural communities —to strengthen
their support for rural safety prog
rams directed to farm and rural
children.”
The safety specialist offers the
following tips for making your
farm a safer place for children:
• Take time to discuss farm
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tour of your farm and explain the
hazards and how to protect against
them.
• Make sure that your children’s
play area is physically separated
from the work area.
• Don’t ask children to do
chores that are beyond the capa
bility of their age or maturity.
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Pa. —Scott W. Welsh, a Penn
State senior majoring in agricul
ture science, has been named the
student marshal for the College of
Agricultural Sciences spring com
mencement He is the son of Wil
liam and Ann Welsh of Lebanon
County.
Welsh will lead the procession
of approximately 285 graduating
seniors at the ceremony, which
takes place on Saturday, May 13,
at 9 a.m. in the Eisenhower Audi
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(Extension offers a fact sheet on . Children must be 14 and older
age-appropriate farm tasks.) to operate heavy equipment. Make
• Store chemicals under lock sure that their training is thorough
and key. and adequate.
• Be careful how you dispose of . Don’t allow children to work
empty chemical containers. Pol- long hours —they need more fre
iow label directions or call the quent breaks than adults. Acci-
Delaware Solid Waste Authority, dents often happen when an indi
• Ponds and lagoons should be ' vidual becomes too tired to be
inaccessible and strictly off limits attentive.
for young children.
Park Campus. Accompanying
Welsh at commencement will be
his academic adviser. Dr. Thomas
Bruening, assistant professor of
agricultural and extension
education.
Student marshals are chosen in
recognition of outstanding
academic performance. Since
coming to Penn State, Welsh has
been on the Dean’s List and the
College of Agricultural Sciences
honor roll. He participated in the
University Scholars Program dur-
ing his junior year and received
the Morrell Smith Scholarship and
the Alan Nutt Memorial Award in
his senior year.
Welsh also received the Senior
Student Award from Gamma Sig
ma Delta, given annually by the
agricultural honor society to stu
dents in the college with the high
est grade-point average. After gra
duation, Welsh and his wife, Mar
garet, will manage a Chester
County sweet com and vegetable
farm.