The Rural Voice, 1998-08, Page 57A
News
Middlesex Sheep and Lamb
Producers Club arranged for an
introductory course in modern sheep
management to take place in
Stratford this September. It is
designed for farmers considering
sheep as a choice of livestock
production, or those who have a
small flock already and are
considering expanding.
Emphasis during the course will
be on the planning, marketing and
economic goals involved in
successfully managing a mid-size
flock of meat producing sheep in
Ontario.
The course covers seven nights
from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. starting
September 10, 1998 at the Stratford
OMAFRA conference centre. The
cost is $85 and $35 for an additional
person from the same farm. OATI
provides funding support and
OMAFRA provides service support.
To pre -register and for further
information call 1-800-265-8502.
Farm fatalities
are low for
the first half
of 1998
For a second year in a row, farm
fatalities in Ontario are down. For the
first six months of 1998 there were
six fatalities. Last year, there were
five by the end of June.
Three of the deaths this year
involved power takeoffs in which
farmers became entangled. In
addition, several PTO injuries have
been reported. Due to the number of
accidents the Ontario Farm Safety
Association (FSA) is considering
releasing a special bulletin outlining
the hazards of PTOs.
Last year there were 15 deaths
recorded by FSA and in 1996 there
were 19. These figures are low when
considering annual death tolls 20
years ago, which routinely reached
the high 40s and 50s.
The FSA does not include deaths,
accidental or otherwise, which occur
on farms yet are unrelated to farm
work in their statistics.0
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