84-Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 16, 2000
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Bradford Co. I V VI
Extension Agent II W \
Cathy Guffey K.
Children and Farm Safety
Thousands of children are in
jured and hundreds of children
die each year from hazards
found on the farm. Annually, ap
proximately eight percent of all
Pennsylvania farm work injuries
occur to youth aged 19 and
younger. Some of these children
are working on the farm when
the injury occurs; others wander
into trouble or are invited or at
tracted into hazardous areas.
According to Penn State farm
safety expert Dennis Murphy, no
toddler or preschooler should
have work tasks on a farm. Early
elementary school age children
(ages 5-9) can water plants, feed
small animals, collect eggs, or
help with hand tools.
Youth ages 10 to 13 are poten
tially the most dangerous on the
farm because at this age they are
risk takers, easily distracted, and
clumsy. Parents should not mis
take a child’s size for ability to
do work. Appropriate farm tasks
for 10 to 13-year-olds are hand
raking and digging; limited
power tool use only under super
vision; lawn mowing with a push
mower or garden tractor on flat
surfaces and under supervision;
and handling or assisting with
animals.
The 13- to 16-year-old still
needs adult supervision but may
be ready for more adult jobs such
as equipment operation and
maintenance. Parents can gradu
ally increase tasks as experienced
is gained.
Farm work tasks appropriate
for 13- to 16-year-olds include
manual handling of feed and
feeding animals. Fourteen and
15-year-olds can operate a trac
tor over 20 PTO horsepower and
connect and disconnect parts to
and from the tractor after com
pletion of a 10-hour training pro
gram. They can also assist with
operating (including stopping,
adjusting, and feeding) the fol
lowing equipment after complet
ing a 10-hour training program:
compicker, grain combine, hay
Wood
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mower, forage harvester, hay
baler, potato digger, feed grinder,
crop dryer, forage blower, auger
conveyor, the unloading mecha
nism of a non-gravity-type self
unloading wagon or trailer,
power post-hole digger, power
post driver or non-walking rotary
tiller.
Older teens of 16 to 18 years
may be ready to work with trac
tors, self-propelled machinery,
augers, elevators, and other farm
equipment, but must earn this re
sponsibility. They should be
trained, educated, and super
vised at regular intervals.
To help keep children safe on
the farm consider the following:
• Provide a fenced-in play
area close to the house and away
from farming activities. Do not
allow children to roam freely on
a farm.
• Inspect the farm on a regu
lar basis for hazards that could
injure someone who wanders
onto the farm. Correct hazards
immediately.
• Only school-age children
should do farm work (age appro
priate tasks only). Supervise
working children at all times.
• Never let a child ride on a
piece of farm equipment as an
extra rider.
• Never invite children into a
livestock bam, grain bin, or area
where farm equipment is re
paired.
• Farm equipment looks fun
to children. Be sure ladders and
other equipment are out of sight
and reach.
• Be sure equipment is turned
off, hydraulics are lowered, and
keys have been removed from
unattended equipment.
• Be sure there are strong
physical barriers such as locks
and fences around ponds and
pits.
• Chemicals should be locked
up.
For additional reading on this
topic contact your local extension
office and ask for Children and
Safety on the Farm.
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Dairy Princess Coronation
CLARION (Clarion Co.)
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess and
Promotion Services, Inc.’s 44th
annual Dairy Princess Pageant
will be held on Saturday evening,
September 23, at the Sheraton
Inn Harrisburg. A milk punch
reception will start at 5:30 p.m.
followed by a banquet at 6:30
p.m. and the coronation at 8 p.m.
Thirty-five dairy princesses
will compete for the title of
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess
now held by Lori Connelly of
Centre County. The newly se
lected princess and two alter
nates will reign for a period of
one year from September 2000 to
September 2001. During that
time, they will represent the
dairy farmers of Pennsylvania
speaking out for its number one
agricultural industry and all
dairy products.
The pageant, which will be
held on the Saturday evening
preceding the annual All-Ameri
can Dairy Week, will end two
full days of activities and inter
views for the contestants. Four
judges, all from out-of-state, will
select a Pennsylvania dairy prin
cess and two alternates from
seven finalists.
The Pennsylvania Dairy Prin
cess program is supported by
Pennsylvania dairy farmers
through their various advertising
Putting The Perennial Garden To Bed
YORK (York Co.) Learn
some new techniques and time
saving tips as Penn State Master
Gardener Josie Boyer conducts a
hands-on workshop titled “Put
ting the Perennial Garden
to Bed for the Winter.” |
Josie will teach the work- I
shop on site at her home at I
Laurel Hill Farm on Satur- I
day. Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. to I
VVieScHjgeOur
and promotion agencies: The
Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion
Program/American Dairy Asso
ciation Mid-East, American
Dairy Association/Dairy Council
Middle Atlantic, American
Dairy Association Dairy Council,
Inc. and Allied Milk Producers
with contributions from other
dairy related organizations and
individuals. Again this year, as
the result of a grant from Sire
Power, Inc. and several anony
mous individuals, the awards to
the winners will be $1,200 to the
Pennsylvania Dairy Princess and
$6OO to each of her two alter
nates.
In addition, two contestants
will receive $lOO awards for out
standing dairy presentations de
signed for school children and,
two others will receive $lOO each
for the two best speeches de
signed for adult audiences. As in
the past, there will also be two
$5O awards for compiling scrap
books, which chronicle their
dairy princess activities to date.
The contestants themselves will
select the coveted “Miss Conge
niality” award from among their
own ranks.
For more than 40 years, the
primary purpose of the Dairy
Princess program in Pennsylva
nia is the promotion of the dairy
industry and its products on the
local grass roots level and fur
noon. Participants should bring
primers and gloves, and everyone
leaves with a plant.
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Incentive Awards will again be
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1986 succumbed to cancer, dur
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ing presentation competition will
be open to the public free of
charge. It will run from 8 a.m.
until noon in the Sheraton Ball
room. All interested persons are
invited and urged to attend.
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per person and are available on a
“first come” basis from Pennsyl
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tion Services, Inc., 214 South
Street, Box 640, Clarion, PA
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(814) 226-8698. All tickets must
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