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se protective tools
for farm safety
g In studies conducted by the
,7.Canada Safety Council, and other
,:safety organizations, the, non=use
of personal protective equipment
stands-out as a major contribut-
4 '1:ing factor to farm injuries.
.; All farm workers. should b
encouraged to avail themselves f
;appropriate equipment:' ch
M phase of the farm op ration
should .be studied and decisions
made on the Use of adequate
-' . protection, These precautions ,
should become a daily function of
work procedureS and will result in
minintum delay due to injuries.
Body extremities are, particu-•
:: manly, subject to injuries. Well
designed comfortable equipment
is available to protect hands, feet
and the head. Other equipment
such as eye 'goggles or glasses,
face shields, respirators and ear
protectors should also be used
when warranted. .
It should be remembered that
the hazard should be eliminated
wherever and whenever possible. 3 When this -is .not possible, or
practicable, wear' personal' pro:.
Attention
Bean Growers
VVe_have a good supply of
BENLATE WETTABLE POWDER and'
BRAVO FLOWABLE for control
of mold and mildew.
Contact us for aerial or
ground application .
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Holstein
club has
meeting
The Huron County- Holstein
Club "Twilight Meeting" was
held at "Duplex Holsteins, *the
farm of Elston A. Spuran and Son
Wednesday Evening. About 150
Holstein Breeders from Huron
and neighbouring counties
tended.
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SEAFORTH FARMERS'
CO-OP
527.0770 Seaforth
Tobacco is a dirty word. I likelt.
It satisfies no normal need. I like it.
It makes you thin, it makes you lean,
It takes the hair right off your bean.
It's the worst darn stuff I've ever seen. I like it.
Tobacco growers in this province will dislike .me for re-
printing that- little poem written a..couple or three decade's
ago by Graham Lee Hemminger. But the words strike a har-
monious chord.
Cleaning stables the other day, I started to huff and puff
worse than the big, had wolf and the blame rests solely on
the fact that cigarettes are taking their toll on my stamina.
Small town life brings people into closer contact. Char-
acters abound in the big cities, too, but in a small town you
get to know the characters. I wish I could he like old Sandy
Flack in my home town. He "smoked" a package of ciga-
rettes every Aay but nobody ever saw him light one. He had
a cigarette dangling from his mouth all the time. When it
got too soggy for his pleasure, he spat the thing from his
lips and stuck another one in its place.
I've tried to, quit smoking over the years. Used to quit for
Lent annually but could hardly wait until that season was
over before starting right back again.' •• •
Was it Mark Twain who aid.: "It's easy to quit smoking.
I've done it hundredS of times."
It's a death IAA, according to the psychiatrisfs, 'Proof
of the debilitating effect of smoking is available. Direct or
indirect links with lung cancer have been publicized. Yet,
here's old Bob lighting up another cigarette while pounding
at the typewriter to rap out this deathless prose.
I've tried switching to a pipe which is supposed to b,e a
little less harmful to the internal organs but I end up suck-
ing on a pipe,,stem far longer than the time. spent smoking
20 or 25 cigarettes a day. I've tried eating candies or chew-
ing gum and all that does is bring higher dental•-bills.
Again psychiatrists say that smoking brings oral satis-
faction because most smokers didn't get enough breast feed-
ing as infants. They're crapologists. • . -
It's an addiction. I. tried to quit once and my family finally
implored me to go back to it because I was 'as miserable
• as a wet week. I snapped and snarled at everything and
everybody. I kicked the dog, threw the cat out on the cold- '
est night of the year and cut the horses short on their daily
oat ration because I was in the midst of nicotine withdrawal.
I'm the only tobacco freak in our, family at the moment.
My wife kicked the habit years ago. My oldest daughter
never started. My middle daughter began a meditation
program a few years ago and kicked the habit, cold turkey.
Our youngest, daughter is only nine years old and hasn't
started yet. I hope!
I've tried rationing myself to a dozen a day but I watch -
-the clock or my watch and chisel five or ten minutes on the
hour. By the time the day is Over, I'm back to the old sched-
ule and angry for being such an undisciplined lout.
At that, though, cigarettes are better than chewing to-
bacco. •
I tried that once. Never again. Nothing is messier than,
tobacco juice.
Smoking has its compensations.' I'm ono of those regular
fellows. A cup of toffee and a cigarette in the morning and ,
keep the bathroom door open. •it's .an excuse, you say? Could
be but if I quit for a couple of days, 'I get bunged up.
Anyway, we smokers have to keep the Ontario tobacco
growers in business. Everybody is Against them. They Can't
advertise on television any more. Health tilarningS' are
every package of cigarettes; in small, almost , unreadable
type, mind you, but the warning is there if• you have your
magnifying glass.
They have had a tough enough time getting a decent price
for"their crops , for the last two years.
Attention
WHEAT GROWERS
We are receiving wheat as • an agent of the
ONTARIO WHEAT PRODUCERS
MARKETIa6 BOARD
AU growers must-have a APPLICATION FORMS
PRODUCER LICENSE NUMBER Are available at our plant
Your Bystness-Wi I Be Appreciated •
ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS
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Two Locations
LONDON
SEAFQRTH 34'1. 12107
"Service and a fair deal is our motto"
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HOME-FROM AUSTRALIA —'Gerald Van Donkersgoed of R.R. 3, Brussels is back
home after five months of Working on a farm in Australia. Milk and cattle prices are
much more depressed there than they are here, he reports.
tective equipment.
A farmer who is accustomed to
operating heavy equipment or
achinery may feel that it goes
withdut saying that safety should
always be kept in mind. However,
the Canada Safety Council...feels-4
that the following .points boar--
repeating.
1. Machines are incapable of
thought. A cornpicker cannot tell
the difference between a corn- .
stalk or an arm and will gobble-up
one as readily as the ether - as
Two classes of cattle were
judged and placed, "2 yr. 'old
class" and "mature cow class",
Prizes were given to the lady and
gentleman for correct placings.
4-H members were also given
prizes for correct placings. Of-
ficial judge for the evening was
-Glapn Coghlin of Atwood. Prizes
"'were deflated -by Evans Hflwe.
Ethel; Tep-Notch Feeds, BruS-
sels; David CarSori,listowel; and
Gorrie Feed Mill. The remaindef
of the evening was spent at Ethel
Hall, where slides were shown.
Lunch was served by the commit-.
tee. • ,
the
Story. and ph.910 ,•-,
by • •
. John miner ,
Compared to their Australian
counterparts, Canadian farmers,
have little to complain about and
should be happy with what they
have, according to Gerald Van
DonIcersgne4 21, of R.R. 3,
Brusselt -who.' has -reCently
returned from an agriculture
exchange trip, to Australia.
"It is really depressed down
there,"„he said. "Some of those
Queb &fanners, who protefftedp ri
Parliament Hill should'fiar',gone
there• and they would thank their
lucky stars they are where they
ire."
Mt. Van Donkersgoed, whose
father has a chicken far& near
Brussels, spent five months on
the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Christie
of Glengary, Victoria, which is
about 100. miles east of
Melbourne, Australia. The
Christie's milk 110 dafrY cows on
their 160-acre farm which is
located in the heart of Australia's
dairy country.
The Australian dairy farmer,
like the Canadian, is' under a two,
quota milk Marketing system with
more money paid for 'fluid, milk
than for industrial milk, according
to Gerald, bufthe return to the
farmer is based on the butterfat
content. Fifty cents per pound
butterfat is the current price
which works out to about $2.00 to
$2.50 per hundred weight milk
shipped, considerably less than.
what Canadian farmers are being
paid, even with the new surplus
levies.
Not only is the milk price very
poor in Australia, but the sale
price for cows is a disaster,
Gerald said. He recalled one time
when the Christie's• shipped a
Jersey- and a Holstein and got
paid only $3 and $15. On a later
shipment, he said, the farmer was
'unable to even get a price for his
cows and had to return them
home.
"The Australian fanner has the
advantage of not having a large
capital investment, though," said
Gerald.
Because of the milder weather
cattle don't' have to be housed
throughout the year at all, he
said. The only cattle buildings on
the farms he stayedaftere a
"double six herring bone milking
shed" and one or two shelters for
the calves, or the "poddies's' as
the Australians call them.
Gerald said, that he found
farming in Australia was. much
more relaxed than it is in Canada.
"Here you have to do a year's
work in six months, so you have to
hurry to get your work done.
There they have all year, so there
is no, big panic if things don't get
-done. It was hard getting
adjusted to that," he said.
Another difference Gerald
found was in the seasons. ,,On
January 3 the temperature -was 40
degrees celcins, 'Gerald said.
"Qn New 'Year's Eve, we sat
wand a bgaritm alt night It was:.
104 of nice," he said.
Unlike Canada, where much-of
the precipitation comes in the
spring, and summer, Australia
receives most of its rain in the
winter, which makes farming
more difficult, Gerald said. •
In the winter, they receive froni
35 to 40 inches of rainfall, but
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during 00. summer ftonl• VOW,
mas to the ..00, of frOttl47 they
.4.',0,g0N04.*40.0 ah inch at most
while he WACt:here, he said. •
Gerald erig1441iy learned of the
exchange., program through
ti0wspaper,,,Overtiseinent when
he was a student at Aid's 'College
of Alberta, The college, which,
was started in Doinnailt,,icim a
thorough check eq.:everyone who
appi$0; :asking for, references and
police reports;. Once an applicant .
is aPPrOve4; te. c011ege. glen tiles.
to line up a 34 for him with a -
family
nc tlfth are successful,1h aP applicant is
then"w n w responsible4yoeye fog PaYingl
o
time on a far* Einopq.apsgme,
(14 in0 4s 00/
futGuerraid, wteh,,ob
rcom
oepes t9 wnor15 fgr a
. experience*? *Frac.,
"The familYlwai'With adopted,
Me :as it; son," he. aaJd. 41 sot to
use the ear ,anytime X wanted. it
was pretty, good.' .\
'Although' the tOP was educa-
tional, the. education. wasn't 0.0.
meat imPe.rtant drug to Perak!. .
""The. 1=00 met was the big
thing. Everrne was*. really
frignOly,"
will any other machine.
, 2, Machines respond to control
levers or pedals. If these are
engaged accidentally or by child
the maehitie reacts. It is always
wise to shut off the power when
cleaning, unclogging or servicing.
3. Machines fail and this can
be suddenly and unexpectedly,
and may result in personal injury.
A preventative maintenance pro-A ....
gram can reduce the odds againkz.
this.
For optimum safety, operate
machinery in accordance with the
manufacturer's recommendaions re
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Letters are appreciated by gob Trotter. Metal:W., Elmira, Ont. N38 2'C7
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