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For months, Jason Sauder, Manheim, tried to think of an original way to propose to
Jess Young. What better way, he decided, then to use “John Deere green” to paint the
proposal and string the banner across one of the family’s red barns. Last week, he
nervously waited on the porch while Jess drove from her parents’ (John and Terry
Young’s) Mastersonville farm to meet him. As Jess turned into the Sauder farm, she
read the sign: "Jess, Will You Marry Me?” Jess described her reaction as "pure
shock.” She continued to drive very slowly up the long lane much to Jason’s chagrin.
But Jess had a reason. "I couldn’t see,” the teary-eyed 19-year-old explained as Jason
slipped the diamond on her finger. The couple are planning a June 10,2000 wedding
on the Sauders’ Century Farm. After the wedding, the newlyweds plan to move in one
part of the large farmhouse so that Jason can continue crop and hog terming with
parents Glen and Shirley Sauder and operate the tamily’s custom combining busi
ness. Photo by Lou Ann Good.
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ents wanting a resource to help
match children’s abilities with
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Guidelines for Children’s Agri
cultural Tasks (NAGCAT) are
available.
Announcement about the
guidelines and their availability
was made recently during a cele
bration in conjunction with the an
nual conference of the National
Institute for Farm Safety in Ocean
City, Maryland. Speaking at that
celebration was Orion Samuelson,
WGN Radio’s national farm radio
broadcaster, and Andy Armbrus
ter, an officer for the National
FFA.
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lines are available at Internet
site www.nagcat.org; the profes
sional resource manual/parent
resources themselves are avail
able from Gempler’s, a Belle
ville, Wisconsin, safety supply
company, toll free at 800-382-
8473 or at its web site www.ge
mplers.com; and farm safety
specialists may be aware of distri
butors providing free parent re
sources.
“We hope these guidelines will
help promote a strong work ethic
for young people by giving them
safe and appropriate opportunities
for work experiences under adult
supervision,” said Barbara Lee,
Ph.D., director. National Chil
dren’s Center for Rural and Agri
cultural Health and Safety, a pro
gram of Marshfield Clinic, Marsh
field, Wisconsin, and a site of the
Children’s Safety Network.
Lee is principal investigator for
a team that developed guidelines
at the request of farm parents who
wanted guidance in assigning ap
propriate tasks to children. Guide
lines were developed through a
consensus development process
involving over 150 individuals
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Ph.D., project manager/associate
scientist, National Children’s
Center. “We needed to know what
would be helpful and what in
formation they need to make deci
sions about jobs their children
do.”
Matching jobs to children’s de
velopment is important. Annually,
more than 100 children are killed
and 100,000 seriously injured be
cause of incidents involving agri
cultural machinery, livestock,
falls or other events. Injuries may
occur because patents and chil
dren mistake physical size and age
for ability, overestimate develop
mental capabilities, or underesti
mate levels of hazard and risk.
The guidelines cover 62 agri
cultural jobs focusing on the most
common farm activities children
do. Categories are animal care;
manual labor, haying operations;
implement operations; specialty
production; tractor fundamentals,
and general activities.
Guidelines are based on child
development principles, rather
than a child’s age. “Kids develop
at their own pace, are influenced
by their environment and have dif
ferent things going on at home,”
Marlenga said. “If we said a
10-year-old could do a certain job,
we might put half of them at risk.”
Guidelines, developed with dif
ferent versions for parents and
professionals, are recommenda
tions not mandates. “Like recom
mendations on children’s toys and
games, the guidelines serve as a
point of reference which require
further assessment and decision
making by adults,” Lee said.
The National Institute for Occu
pational Safety and Health, Cana
dian Coalition for Agricultural
Safety and Rural Health, and fed
eral Maternal and Child Health
Bureau funded this project.