Vol. 47 No. 22
Before Planting Season, Lebanon 4-H Club Practices Farm Safety
ANDY ANDREWS
Editor
LEBANON (Lebanon Co.) John
Donmoyer really knew how to drive
home a point.
Using a simple towel, John, from
Harpers, and his assistant Chris
Seaman, Grantville, showed what
really could happen if children work
around engaged power takeoffs
(PTOs) on tractors.
Quick as a bee, the shaft took
hold of the towel, twisting it haphaz
ardly and winding it as tight as a
noose. If that would have been a
kid's shirt or baggy pants, who knows
what could have happened?
Most likely, the child
would have been badly
injured, dismembered, or
killed. |5L ,# 1
Alex Seaman, 13, left, and Kean Richards, 14, demonstrate equip
ment signaling safety with this rig at the Lebanon Countywide Farm
Safety Evening Tuesday at the Lebanon Expo Center.
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MILLIE BUNTING
Market Staff
NEW HOLLAND (Lancaster
Co.) “Baa baa black
sheep ..That nursery rhyme
always comes to mind at the
Easter lamb sales. (Yes, I know
there are not many black sheep,
f/lafyfey Sasta*
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but the sound still applies baa
baa!)
This year, by sale time
Monday, the baa-baaing seemed
louder than ever. Perhaps it was
the cold temperatures and
Easter being so early.
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All the best wishes
for a wonderful Easter
from all of us here at
Lancaster Farming
Dave Rittle, with his PTO demon
stration graphic, said that most acci
dents occurred when the equipment
was left running “100 percent of the
time,” he said.
Family and friends of the Lebanon
County 4-H Farm Safety Club about
h
you right back.” I
100 altogether witnessed the hands
on demonstrations at the
Expo Center Tuesday
evening.
I Other 4-H'ers,
I such as Drew
Four Sections
Pausher, also
drove home a
point about
L not playing
Jk around
grain bins.
His demo
showed
how a
f young child
| could easily
suffocate
when the bin
I is unloaded.
More than
two dozen
youth demon
strated poten-
L tial hazards
around the
farm and
spoke about
the impor-
Tunis ewes, soon due to lamb, take their fill of orchard grass/ alfalfa hay on the farm of Don
and Miki Schrider, Antrim Township, Franklin County. The dog, Roxy, is purebred Maremma,
an Italian breed noted for guarding livestock. Read about the Schrider's operation and the
unique history and characteristics of Tunis sheep on page 812. Photo by Dave Lefever
Saturday, March 30, 2002
tance of care around equipment and
animals at the Lebanon Countywide
Farm Safety Evening Tuesday at the
Lebanon Expo Center.
Two age groups were present.
Speakers included Jim Dice, leader of
the 9-11 year-old youth group, and
Pete Hanson, 13-15 year-old group
leader.
Alex Seaman, with fellow 4-H
member Kean Richards, demonstrated
how important it was to have signaling
on tractors when on the road. Tbe
“most important safety signal feature,”
said Tom Seaman, Alex's dad, “is the
reflective (slow moving vehi
cle, or SMV, emblem). Bolt it
fast.”
Alex, 13, son of Tom
and Donna Seaman,
Grantville, is an eighth
grader along with
friend Kean
Richards at North
Lebanon School.
Kean, 14, son of
Jim and Lyndell
Conrad, Annville,
has been a member
of the Lebanon
Farm Safety Club
along with Alex for
about
two years.
Tom Seaman
said that without ,
Chris Seaman, Grantville, left, and John Donmoyer, Harper
Tavern, demonstrate the dangers of power takeoffs at the farm
safety evening in Lebanon. Photos by Andy Andrews, editor
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the SMV, if the tractor goes onto a
public road, police will cite you.
Seaman also spoke about his own
experience with wagons that literally
got away from him, because they didn't
have the locking chuck to stop the
wheels, and the dangers of a runaway,
upside-down and running diesel
engine.
The overturned diesel engine can
literally run on its own crankcase oil.
The only way to stop it is to shove a
heavy block of wood against the air
intake to deprive the engine of oxygen.
Seaman said, “Just when you think
you've mastered that equipment, it
masters you right back.”
Other youth who addressed the
countywide safety night included Joel
Crouse, Myerstown, on “Tractor Safety
On The Road": David Rittle and Joe
Mills, both of Lebanon, who spoke
about power takeoffs or PTOs; Matt
McFeaters, Annville, on
hydraulic system
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