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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1954-3-3, Page 7TIIIIMN F1ZONT .Farming is one of the most hazardous of all occupations, as many of us knew. But, accord- ing to the Journal of the Ameri- can edical Association, most farm accidents are preventable, and usually only one person' is to blame—the One involved in the accident. The figures which follow re- fer to the United Stetes, but in all probability Canada Would make a similar showing, 4 k in 1952, 82 out of every 100,000 farm residents lost their lives as a result of some sort of farm accident, the editorial, pointed out. An additional 1,200,000 farm resi- dents suffered injuries. Farming has the third highest death rate among the major industries in the nation, surpass- ed only by the mining and other `extractive and construction in- dustries, according to the edi- torial. Motor vehicle accidents among, farm residents accounted for 6,000 deaths and 210,000 in- juries, home accidents for 3,500 deaths and 540,000 injuries, oc- cupational accidents for 3,800 deaths and 32,000 injuries, and public ° non -motor -vehicle acci- dents such as streetcar or side- walk mishaps- for 1,300 deaths and X50,000 injuries t a * "Increasing use of machinery on farms may a causative fac- tor in the high death rate," the editorial stated. "There were about 700 fatal and about 25,000 non-fatal accidents involving farm wheel tractors in 1952. Fifty-five per cent of these deaths resulted from overturned tractors and 16 per cent as a result of falling Froin the vehicle. In eight per cent of such deaths, the victim was run over by the tractor, and in five per cent he was crushed Dress Rehearsal — Resembling a fugitiye from a horror movie, this masked man in the bulky, padded suit is actually a mem- ber ` of an 'Italian mountain- climbing .team preparing to climb the rugged K-2 mountain peak of the Himalayas.' The 15 - man team is 'currently under- going rigid training at Plateau Rosa,, Italy, for its risky try this summer. between the tractor and another object, Three per cent Of the tractor deaths resulted from en- tauglement, and 13 per cent from other and unspecified causes, a * "Farming is one of the few oe» cupations in which children are permitted to be close to operat- ing machinery, It is no wonder then, that one-third of the 300 fatal tractor accidents reported by Wisconsin and Ohio over a period of several years involved persons under 20 years 01 age. One case, in ten involved a child under five years of age. Deaths among the very young often re- sulted from falls that occurred while the children were riding en tractors. 4, 4, ,4 "One-third of the tractor fatali- ties in Minnesota and Iowa dur- ing 1949-51 occurred in highway accidents. Considering the small proportion of time that tractors are on the highways, the accident rate during this use is probably much higher than the rate during use on the farm. O 4 e "On the basis of corn harvest accidents in Iowa during 1952, it has been estimated that doctor and hospital costs per accident. average $180, while the time lost averaged 30 days." c e 4, Farmers must be as accident` conscious as their city friends, the editorial stressed. Since careless- ness is responsible for most farm accidents, farmers must realize that caution is synonymous with common sense. * a n Rural physicians should point. out safety facts and fallacies to farmers, as such advice is just, as much preventive medicine as a vaccination against small -pox or the purification of drinking water, the editorial stated, add- ing: ti * a "Most physicians are close to their patients and take a person- al interest in their welfare. This relationship is seen more pro- nounced.in the rural areas, where the physicion and the farm resi- dent usually share more than a patient -physician affinity, There- fore, the rural physician is in an ideal position to proffer advice that may prevent farm accidents, Uujust Sentence Turned Man Hermit There has just come to light a strange sequel to a road accid- ent outside the city of Paris eight years ago. Jean Soulier, roadmender, was engaged in his job of breaking stones by the side of the road when he was run over by a fast- moving car and died on the way to hospital. Peasants saw the accident. and testified that the car had been driven at great speed by a man who did not even slow up or look back after the accident oc- curred. No trace of the car or its driver could be found. About a month later the lab- ourer's widow received a stun of money by registered post, and further amounts came at regular intervals. She suspected that the money was from the man who had caused the death of her hus- ' band, and she reported the matter' to the police. The police found the sender to be a wealthy Parisian merchant. CROSSWORD Am<urTY4: v, y :a.'aitstt'V 1, snood San tents 8. Connell. 11, Eloquent another: T2. Apno timer 12. t arn> ty'bupiYt npaern 18,./dunk: drama,. 17.2 eta m t8, 11n lain •30, Fnil7 ip t0Y (Rhin 21,16242600 23. TTnit or weight C4. aenerse Heller I agelly 27, $areata' 20. Small explanlon at, Uowry , 82, Moven bank $4, onoiwhp acro" "t-1,Y1y am"� 4t. ('r Orth }s.Tree olate 7511111s'„ 41 Mr teen,b. farm+r 48. In 01rttrsult of 447,bIal� sheep 1healt- BO, Loves apple O. Parallel qt latitude 03, T,nnaeo freshness B4. washitI 006r r H. rob•,1neter 1. ttpvolve 2'mead* '0 Art ftnid of 4'Meek ratter B. Sort dr Mr 7. Narrow fabric 30. without a saw 8. First whole 82 Cook In an number 0,106 B. Mena on 28 Arabian honor aommandern 10. Plneeo at 34 Vegetable Intervale 3B Take a chair 12. nlvented 37 Mental state 14."•-..,-' as snapping I(orauver" beetle 12, elloatrlfled 30 Branched particle. 42 Wager 22. Drinker 46, indigo plant 84, Caper 46 060576 22. Food bolder 42 Slender lintel 28.1 n,.w (arab.) 61 nog I 2 3 4 5 8 7 8 9 10 P - '16 1718 18 20 21 22 2. e.24 1.. 26 `at, 121 2: C t ,,yy�� 4-'2A'Z., 9 sill.. g} <£r ', �3 yif 3s' ... 4a.-•.ser,-,e 9' 41. 42 44 44 441[..1 4 - ... fw�• ♦� 401 •. .'o 46 ” t ,. .4' t .!k !.,fi v 50 1� "-;,—' fr----11--- Answer se;oh eiid 01 this pt ye. Ile was questioned but denied be- ing the culprit He said he mere- ly read about the accident and had felt sorry for the widow and her three small children. But then the police discovered that the anan had in fact been seen driving along the particular stretch of road about the time the accident occurred, The Mer- chant admitted this, but said he, Gould bring a ,witness to, prove - that he was net the driver of the car involved, The witness was said to be a wool agent on his way t0 Eng- land on business; but inquiries proved that he had died just be- fore lee was about tq. return to France, • But the police arrested the mer- chant, and in spite of his fervid protestations of innocence,he was sentenced to two years', im* prisonment.for manslaughter. When he was . released at the end of this period he sold his holm and his business and bought himself a cottage en' a lonely! vile , lege miles from Paris. He calve the cottage 'House Without-'..ijy." He never opened his door to any- one, kept a dog,as bis ce ly,friend and surrounded his house with barbed wire. • He lived like this for five years. Now he has been found .dead in his ,hermit's cottage, Almost c0- incident. with the death of the embittered merchant, an engin- eer's mate lay dying in a Paris hospital. Just before he- passed away he asked to see- a priest, to whom he; confessed that, it was he who years before had knocked down and killed the road mender on the Calais road. He had been driving a stolen car. World's Teeth' Are In. -Awful 'State Civilized man is proud Of, his • plumbing, cpnsc,itentious aboii} his drains. He knows and appreciates'- the value of vaccination, 'inocu- lation, and` Other "anti" Measures in the srght•"agoinst'^death-deal- ing disease. But how about the fifth column . from within the human. citadel? Teeth, ,,, The answer to that is that the teeth ' of t]ie more civilized` races'toda'y'are in such a dread - fel state that it is entirely be- yond the capacity of the dental profession ,of any ooulitry to keep pace with the, repairs need- ed. +i In Britain alone,' of every hundred average teen and wo- men, only two have naturally perfect teeth, sixteen need one or more teeth extracted, forty- two need other dental attention„ such as fillings or gum treat-' ment, while forty Have complete or partial deneares. Young children are by no means immune from decaying teeth, or dental caries as it is called. To -day, in London, the average number of carious teeth per mouth keeps pace with the age in years from five to nine. What happens? Teeth can be destroyed by decay, or lost by a disease affecting the gums and supporting bony structures of the teeth, known as pyorrhoea. • The dental enamel of a tooth is one of the hardest substances known tq nature, but it is not resistant to acid. True, saliva has the effect of neutralizing usual mouth acids, but if for any reason these destroying acids are in contact with a tooth for any length of time, the result can be disintegration of the enamel Acids produced by the fermenta- tion of sweet, sticky foods which cling to the teeth --foods which form so great a part of the diet of civilized man—are those which destroy the enamel, e And yet, remorseless as the enemy is, all is not lost. If only more people would realize that a dentist can make a diseased tooth, whole if he deals with it soon enough, and he can do so painlessly, fewer people would have to resort to dentures 'at a comparatively early age — and fewer would suffer: the torture of toothache. In this century, there have been two -periods in Europe in which the incidence of dental. decay among' adults, as well as children, has sharply declined —ironically enough, the years in which nations have found them- selves at war, The conclusidn is plain, The wartime reduction in caries is firmly linked with the reduction in sugar consumption and the changes an bread;tex- ture, The Eskimos have no word for toothache. For until repent- ly, when they began to share in the benefits of "advanced" peoples, .they never suffered from caries. Bfit during the last fifty years it has occurred to a considerable degree in East ,Greenland, and more, alarming- ly in West Greenland, The sugar consumption in Greenland was . 3.7 lb. per head in 1855' In 1902 it had, risen to 51b,, and thirty years later to 39 ib. To -day it is greater than the average personal Consumption in Ameri- ca. Once upOls a time the island- ers. of Tristan do Cunha were kept in touch with the outside. p . Fashion s * * BeautR ibra At Its Prettiest - A Sureh fal%f e,that is 100 per cent Acetate printed with delicate black tracery design that high- lights its soft lustre and styled In a charming suit dress by Junior n Accent. Sleeveless n . Sle vel ss dress has new Empire waistline, V. neckline, and full skirt. 131s topped by bellboy Jacket, with de- tachable white pique collar. world by a boat which called on them every two years. They lived on the rough but whole- some diet of a peasant com- enmity. Their teeth were per- fect. Gradually the number of visit- ing ships increased and the ap- petizing delicacies contrived' to ticlde the palates of urbanized folk were delivered fortnightly. Whereas thirty years ago the islanders ate practically no sugar now each family consumes 175 lb. of sugar and 250 1b. of white flour yearly. Caries has, . in consequence increased tenfold. Quite a number of surveys have pointed an accusing finger at the relationship between sugar, refined carbo -hydrates, and dental caries. In the isolat- ed villages of Switzerland, where a substantial but primitive diet included whole rye bread ,and dairy produce, three-quarters of the population were found to be free from caries, In the towns few had perfect teeth, The children of the isolated Outer Hebrides in 1933 showed only one toeth in every hundred to be decayed; in the nearest town, where "modern" foods were available, the rate was thirty-two in every hundred. It has been found that people living on entire cereal products suffer . a caries average of 0.3 cavities per person; 25 per cent. white flour, 1.6 cavities per per- son; and 100 per cent. white flour, 7 cavities per persons-- Front erson.—Front "Tit -Bits" Flier That Ploughs Through The Sea Geologists have estimated that tlse Amazon river of South Am- erica has been running in its pre- sent state for at least one million years, In the volume of water it dis- gorges it is in a class by itself. One-fifth of all the world's run- ning fresh, water is carried by the Amazon! So immense is the volume of water pouring from the river, that ships approaehhlg the east coast of South America can de- tect an easterly mime* 200 miles out- In the ocean, Right Out of sight of land they salt through what is practically fresh water, In certain areas 180 miles from land this water can be used for drinking purpOscs. Near the township of Manaus, a thousand miles up the Amaz- on, the river has a yearly rise between the dry season and the rainy season of sixty feet. At its peak the river increases hundreds of miles in width at several points, flooding thousands of square miles of forest. There are some eleven hundred known tributaries of the Amaz- on, Seven of them are over a thou- sand miles long, and one, the Ma- deira, is nearly three thousand miles from source to mouth. Yet the main stream often receives the waters of these subject rivers without showing any appreciable increase in either width or cur- rent. It was given its name by Fran- cisco d'Orellana, a Spanish war- rior explorer who, in 1540, sailed along its lower reaches. The Indians told hips of a tribe of female warriors, and he claim- ed to have encountered them. Henbe the• name "Amazon," given in ancient times to women war- riors. Most Shot -At Man Guards The Queen The most shot at man in Aus- tralia, Detective Sergeant Roy Kelly, guarded the Queen during her Australian tour. Kelly's career reads like a nightmare. In twenty-five years of police duties, he's lost count of the bullets aimed at hien,' A foretaste ,df toughness ahead be- fell him during a visit in the early! thirties to a New South Wales Mining town. A striker, creeping up behind him, felled him with an iron bar. That put him in hospital with a fractured skull, He cornered two desperadoes, Toni Martini and Ted Garland, in a running gut battle in Sydney's zoological gardens. They shot two of his fellow detectives, but, des- pite a hail of bullets, he got them, himself unhurt, His, narrowest squeals occurred in 1941, A ori- urinal blazed two shots at him Prom pointblank range. One went wide. The other ripped a hole in Kelly's waistcoat. Now, the Australian under•• world lamas him as the man who can't be killed, A likeable fellow, he served the Queen dauntlessly; f' .ittr. 3lli--a'. ri0,p A Boon to the Gardener Columnists lila to poke a lit- tle fun at the .seed catalogue, with its bright Dolor" and grow- ing deace'iptions and coming Out In the dead of winter, But these little books are packed with all sorts of vital information and facts, In flowers there is word about heights, color, season of blooming, whether the plants are hardy or tender, or require special light or roil. With veg- etables one is given the number of days from seeding 10 maturity, type, hardiness, spacing and so on. This is essential information in planning and planting. Witit such knowledge one can arrange flowers so that the smaller plants will be in frOnt hnd colors will not clash and so one can get a succession of bloom from early summer on. This information is needed too, with the vegetables, so that one can select the varieties that are particularly suited to whatever soil and location is available, se that one can get the utmost out of a small plot, and above all a continuous supply of garden fresh vegetables right at the kitchen door Informal is Best The best garden layout, es- pecially for non-professionals, is the informal one. This does not mean that shrubs, flowers, trees and always are put fn heater skel- ter, Far from it. Some of the finest and most costly gardens in all Canada are decidedly in the informal category but into them gooes the most precise and long term planning.,- The famous Butchart Gardens of Brittsh Co- lumbia are of the informal type and much of the beautiful grounds around the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, as well as about the Federal Parliament Buildings and the famous drive- ways. of Ottawa. One doesn't see long straight rows of flowers or square flower beds there. Most of the planting is done in clumps, with sweeping but irregularly shaped lawns as a foreground to massed beds of flowers and groups of shrubbery. And there is a deliberate "open- ing up" effect. You can't see everything frons any central point. Shrubbery, trees and other natural screening is brought forward here and there so that each turn in the path or each rounded corner of lawn reveals another view. Even in the smallest garden it. is usually possible to get this same result even if we only bring a few larger shrubs or flowers forward a bit to screen part of the back, and invite visitors to explore farther. But not for Vegetables Al] that has been said about in- formality in the flower garden should be forgotten when it comes to vegetables. Here string - straight rows are essential, not only for neatness, but for getting capacity and for easing cultiva- tion. Usually on the seed packet are precise directions regarding width of rows and spacing. With small things like carrots, beets and lettuce, if necessary, one can have as little as six incises be- tween rows, though at Ieast twice that makes things easier. Beans and peas will require a foot to 18 inches. Potatoes and corn need still more. For economy and interest, trailing or tall things like outnumbers or tomatoes can be grown around the edges of the vegetable plot, and also certain flowers for bouquets lila, sweet peas and gladiolus. tlY Rev. R t4 Werten B.A. I3.11 1'110 Oood Shepherd John 10; 1- 11 Mawr Selection," And other sheep T have, which are net of thlu fold: them also I. must brhtgr and they shall hear my volee; and. there shall be one OM, and one shepherd. . Jesus always spoke in the sim- ple language of the . cOln non people. Many flocks Of sheen were shepherded on the hills of Palestine. Hence the people could easily graspthe thought when .Jesus described' the good. shepherd, In the east the shepherd leads his sheep. He does not attempt to drive them. The sheep ]snow- tla+ll' .; nail of their particular shepherd:'•' Reiff their protector, Heguides them to pasture, Jesus said'"I am the good shepherd, .and know my sheep, and am known of mine," He gave his life for the sheep. He was no hireling, but the real shepherd. He said, "I am that door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and fmd pasture." He' not only protects but through Him we find complete satisfac- tion. Many all over the world will testify to that, But Jesus gave himself not only for the Jews. He loved all the people of the world. He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to re- pentance, He would bring all to himself regardless of colour or culture. If the world wotil'd only heed his call, wars would cease and love would reign. It would reign in the home, the church, the community, the nation and the world. Jesus Christ ,is the only one who can meet. our needs. He is the Good Sheplseit By nature we are as lost sheep, All we like sheep have gone as -`- tray; we have turned every one. to his own way; and the. Lord hath laid on him the °iniquity '61 us all. Let us heed his call. Then we can say, "The Lord• is my . shepherd. I shall not want," The report by a bacteriologist that there are millions of germs. on a dollar bill isn't .going to stop many people from kissing it goodbye, 0 SALLY'S SALLIES 13t1'fr tt MANAR NEW GEMENT si 4 "That's -,the -only thing new about it. It's, . prpbably the same old food." e 7 S WO I. it. H O, lz:8 1 W I; A.'.f 5 M@'l b 3€ ®Ve:,idO.k 5 a S 3 5 4 a '8D "x'1 1 d . cr O V g 01::S 5�0-b'?J 11nd! le, dor t fo prevent peeking) Ws Not t15IOt r h'ar'is,:geodern e GeergaV,pussaussay dis- plays a niddel of the fareed'Rowse etilleadredei rich he created of matchsticks" It took him three months to finish the master. piece, which is currently on exhibit et the Police Art Show i:2 PKaris.