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The Huron Expositor, 1969-07-24, Page 10The Following Local Firms Sponsor This Message in the Of Canadian Farm Safety Week nterest Seaforth Phone 527-1610 Seaforth GAY LEA PRODUCTS Phone 527-1590' (Formerly John Bach's) Phone 527-0120 Seaforth Seaforth MASSEY-FERGUSON SALES & SERVICE Repairs' to all makes of tractors Phone 527-1257 Seafoi:th Phone 527-0910 McGAVIN FARM EQUIPMENT ,Phone 527-0245 NUFFIELD — GEORGE Walton, Ontario NEW HOLLAND — NEW IDEA — WHITE Seaforth Market Street Clinton ALL TYPES, ALL SIZES FOR CARS, TRUCKS & TRACTORS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ACCOUNTS - Downtown Clinton Phone 482-9796 UNITED DAIRY PRODUCERS' CO-OPERATIVE DONALD G. EATON INSURANCE AGENCY LIMITED . General Insurance BOYES' FARM SUPPLY BALL - MACAULAY LTD. LUMBER and BUILDERS' SUPPLIES — CEMENT & LIME SEAFORTH COIN OPERATED LAUNDRY WILKINSON'S IGA You Save Every Day — Every Way at Seaforth IGA Seaforth Ontario FRANK KLING LIMITED PLUMBING, HEATING, ELECTRICAL Phone 527-1320 Seaforth Don't Take Chances . . Take: Care Safety First . .. Last .. . Always . . . Harvests a Lifetime of Benefits To cultivate life's best from your farm, and to keep it a sh6Wplace of efficient productivity, you owe it to your family and yourself to see that all of you practice sound safety ha13- its. Observe these rules, and you will surely profit. 'Clean up, fix up buildings, equipment. Be careful handling livestock. Use extra caution when working with electricity, chemicals. Stay safe . •' and live. TEXACO CANADA LTD. WALDEN & BROADFOOT, Consignees Distributors of Quality Petroleum Products to the Farm Trade Seaforth Phone 527-1224 VINCENT FARM EQUIPMENT HAUGH TIRE SUPPLY ROSS SCOTT LTD. — Distributor of Sunoio Products — CUSTOM .BLENDED SUNOCO MOTOR FUELS • STOVE OIL- - FURNACE OIL • FURNACE FUEL - DIESEL FUEL • MOTOR OIL - LUBRICANTS Brucefield 482-3257 or- 482'4100 SEAFORTH MOTORS ,i13 ERT REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES OF CARS, TRUCKS,. AND TRACTORS CHEVROLET, OLDSMOBILE, ENVOY SALES & SERVICE Phone 527-1750 Seaforth. JOHN A. CARDNO INSURANCE For Complete Insurance on Home, Farm, Auto, Business, Accident, Liability or Life Phone 527-0490 Seaforth THE HURON EXPOSITOR QUALITY PRINTING Plittine 527-0240 Seaforth POIMAYW gRIMAIMAN SUNDAY - Reverence.for Life Take time to take care, Be "safety conscious". Be alert and aware of ordinary hazards of daily life, and prepared for the unexpected. Know what to do in an emergency, Be open-minded to safety suggestions, Cor- rect hazards promptly; learn to live, with hazards tha t can't he corrected. Accidents cost time, money, suf- fering and sometimes life. Accidents need not happen and can be prevented. The individual has a responsi- bility to act safely to protect and prevent harm to him- self and others, MONDAY - Safety Begins at Home Neat, orderly farm houses are safer, more pleasant homes. Have a place for everything; keep everything in its place when not in. use. Practice safety while do- ing housework,_ caring for, the family, during periods of relaxatton and home recreation. Check appliances, electrical wirirrg, 'tower tools, etc. for defects. Look over heating system, 'chimneys, stoves, portable heat- ers etc, to reduce fire hazards, Clear out clutter and rubbish that could cause falls and fires. Prepare a home fire escape plan: Take extra care to protect small child- ren and elderly persons, TUESDAY - Farm and Home Chemicals Chemicals are widely used in agriculture; 'chemical household and drug produCts are found, in every home. Always read.labels,• use as'directed, take necessary pre- cautidns in usage. Keep in original containers and store in suitable places well beyond the reach or access of small children, Never transfer potentially harmful materials to un- marked food and drink containers. Poisonous materials should be locked up. Dispose of empty containers promptly. WEDNESDAY - Prevent Falls Good planning reduces need to rush; means mor e work done with fewer mishaps. Repair or replace brok- en, unsafe ladders. When a ladder is needed, get one- -don't use makeshifts. Provide handrails and good light- ing for stairways and steps. Pick up tripping hazards from 'around house, stairs, porch, yard, walkways, out buildings. Clean mud, grease, snow, etc. from shoes before climbing ladders or on machinery, buildings, trees, other high places, Repair defective floors. Skid- proof rugs... Put up handrails at bath-tub. THURSDAY - RuralHighway Safety Courtesy is a key to traffic safety,' Always practice basic rules of safe driving. AdjUst speed to toad con- ditions, Obey all traffic signs, Be especially alert at railroad crossings and unmarked rural intersections. Always use safety belts. Be watchful when entering road froth farm driveway, field/exits.' Signal well ahead be- fore turning into farm entrance or onto secondary, road from highway, Remove weeds, high -crops, trees and shrubs at farm entrances and rural intersections to see and be seen while driving, FRIDAY - Farm Machinery Read, heed instruction manuals. Keep guards and safety devices in place. Stop machines before unclogg- ing or adjusting. Stay clear of moving parts. Keep children off and away. Avoid tractor upset; slow down when turning, on slopes and on rough or muddy ground; go slowly near ditches, embankments and the like; when pulling with cable or chain, hitch only to draw- bar set low; don't overload tractor; balance front end load with rear weight, heavy drawbar load with front weight; watch for hidden hazards, holes, other obstacl- es. Equip tractors with protective frames or crush-re- sistant cabs, along with safety belts. Check lighting, use SMV Emblems for safer road travel. Have first aid kit arid fire extinguisher aboard. Be personally fit and ready to drive safely. SATURDAY - Recreation Safety Take safety seriously—everywhere—all ,the time. Be careful around bodies of water both large and small. Teach youngsters how to swim. Observe rules of boat- ing safety. Safeguard fartn,ponds to protect small chit& fen. Handle and store guns and ammunition properly. include safe5r in farm family vacation plans, on camp- ing, hunting or fishing trips, Drive safely to and from recreation places,- a ren byes to id Floor Housing IP HURON XPOS011. 90140011TH, ONT.. JULY 24. 1%9 Reach Ephleaslc ,IiraportIons arm 7'lliere appears to be a trend 4:0k TO solid floor housing with e,-storage and treatment Of ilquid manure taking place -out- side the barn," says Professor Pos of the University of Guelph's School of Agricultural Engine- ering. Professor Pos is a member of the Ontario Committee on Util- ization of Animal Wastes and is actively participating in re- search into control of odors in liquid manure handling systems. "We have been testing sev- eral ways of oxidizing liquid manure to relieve the odor problem, " explains Professor Pos. " We've tried oxidation ditches and pneumatic pumps to force air into the liquid. This year we're testing a unit that is used quite frequently in sew- age treatment plants. It's cal- led a surface aerator and is simply a floating raft with a vertical tube up through the middle. A motor with a direct- drive marine propeller lifts the FARM SAFETY WEEK National Farm Safety Week has been set for July 20 to 26, According to the Canada Safety Council, accidents among Can- adian farmers are considerably higher than the national average. The Royal CoMmission on Farm Machinery states that the farm machinery fatalities per 100,000 farmers doubled be- tween 1956 and 1966. During this' same period the farm pop- ulation was reduced by about 20%, Mechanization since then has increased by 20 to 50vp, depending on the kind of mach- ines. liquid up the tube and sprays it ^,kt like a fountain on the sur, face, of the stored waste. " The objection to the surface., aerator system is the cost in- volved, says Professor Pos. "The fact is. farmers are not gaining financially by installing such expensive equipment, but there are situations where they are forced to take some action. Be- cause of the expense of surface aerator units, I think farmers will look to alternative methods. One that is showing some prom- ise is the pneumatic method which consists essentially of an air compressor and diffuser sys- tem to force air through the " THE SAFEST WAY IS FASTEST WAY Rushing any job may cost More time than it saves. Hal Wright, Farm Safety Sp,ecialist, Ontario Department of Agricul- ture and Food, recommends that before a machine is used, the safety instructions that go with it be read carefully, and time taken to carry them out. The farmer who reaches in to oil a machine without shut- ting off the power may be in a hurry to get a job done and is taking the quickest course. But • if he becomes an accident vic- tim, he'll lose more minutes than he might have saved. 'More haste, less speed', holds true even where simple operations are concerned. Classified Ads pay dividends The number of accidental deaths and disabling injuries suffered by Canada's farm pop- ulation has reached epidemic proportions, the Canada Safety Council says in its National co rm Safety Week campaign. "The rural accident problem is a matter of national concern; Norman H. 'Bell, president of the Council, comments. "White the number of Canadians en- gaged in farming is declining, there is an alarming increase in the rare If farm accidents. " The accidental death rate on the farm is 20 per cent high- er than the national average. The absolute number of these fatalities is higher for farming than for any other industry and it follows only milting and con- struction's accidental death rates per number of workers. Classified Ads pay dividends The Council predicts there will be 1,400 farm and rural deaths this year, 75, 000 accid- ents, 25, 000 injuries and 1, 500 ppernanent injuries. These fig- bres are based on trends indic- ated in previous studies and stat- istics. Half of the fatalities will take place because of traffic. The home accident figure; is also higher than the national average. But the farm machinery ac- cidental death toll is increas- ing at twice the rate of these traffic and home fatalities. Whereas the accidental death rate in almost all other indust- ries is being checked, a Royal Commission on Farm Machin- ery study discloses that farm machinery fatalities per 100, - 000 farmers doubled between 1956 and 1966. In the same period, the farm population dropped to 1,951, 000 from 2, 734, 000 while the number of tractor s increesed"to 597, 000 from 499, 600. Even more clistrubing is the inordinately high number of children killed in these accid- ents. The Royal Commission study reports that children under the age of five comprised 12 per cent of farm machinery fatal- ities recorded from 1962-66 Inclusive. Two-thirds of these young children were run over, Twenty per cent of the deaths occurred in the under-10 age group, Another 17 per cent com- prised young people aged 10-19, half of whom were killed in overturns or crushed, meaning that too many were riding ma- chinery not built for passengers or else were operating them without the needed strength and skills. Many of these accidents can be prevented by farmers for- bidding their children to ride tractors or drive them before • they are qualified. But vehicle design is very important, too, The installation of protect- ive frames—roll bars--and crush-resistant cabs cut over- turn fatalities in Sweden by 50 pet cent when this was made compulsory. The Canada Safety Council says overturn fatalities making up 40. per cent of all farm machinery deaths can be re- duced by three-quarters through installing these protective de- vices and safety belts in order to prevent farmers from being ejected, Once again, the Council stresses there is no place f or children on and around these powerful machines used in a complex, highly-skilled pro- fession, • 0.. A H