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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-01-08, Page 4►• Provincial -Wide Farm. Accident Survey By 14. L7. Bothnia, Extension Specie;het, :Llttron, linnets and Grey 'Counties. Most fivruiers at this. ,bine ,of Year will be milking plans for the coming year''s 'farm preduetion. Yet very few Will consider .the Seep that an accident to nue of the members 'of the farm family ruin these well laid planse l'tlIC can completely disl°lilf and even can result' 1n n.ctfastically redue- ed farm lnsyome, not .to mention •iito sorrow and suffering t sling lvlllolt cannot be measured. ao•tfing• today is a very dell. gerous occupation, lit has the third highest accident rate over all of the major occupations and has the highest number et' aool. dental deaths of ,any, according to United States statistics. A sur - j vey of farm accidents in Bruce R C.o nnty several years ago also points out the hazardous nature of today's farming, In one year .Q,nm ,,IMI u,l, In l ll1,1111"1n41,1111 nm 1111llnl4tl ", First Presbyterian Church REV. D. LESLIE ELDER Mini slur 10 A.M, C1ID1lCA SCHOOL AND YOUTH 10(LLOWSFI1i' CLASS 11 nail, -- "A Message from the Moon" 4.80 p.m, Vesper Service "A Cherished Dream" 50. A. REh1PSTER Orwurist and Choir Lender . nntl,I11111U"ll""nnllnl l"","I11101""" Inns hill ii in the elle eotlantY alone, 12 fern* Mite were killed. 218 14e1`e ill- hired, and U'e financial. loss 111 Medical bills, 'p0 PertY dauta48 and time lost .through aooldents amounted to almost 3200,000, o1' an assessment of $45 to $60 for every farm family in the county, U. 3. figures say the financial, loss from farm accident there amounts to 1/7 of the total real:. ized net farm income 111 reoout. years, The -same is very probably true in Ontario. Most thinking people today in Qatari'° wile are in any wwy eeu- neeted with the industry of agri- culture, realize that something must be done to stop this 'appall - tug loss and suffering. It is one of the biggest problems facing the industry today, Contrary 4/0. ROM people's belief, most acci- dents don't just happen -;they are caused, and the cause is the dir- ect result of some human failing, generally ignorance or careless- ness of sometimes both. Since most farm people are blessed with a fairly high degree lot corn - mon sense, the answer to the pro- blem seems to lie du safety edu- cation. In this way, the farmer and his family can be made aware of the hazards than exist on the farm and shown that it will be to their advantage to re- move these hazards wherever possible, By Making every farm family safety consoious, they will come to realize that certain acts are dangerous and .that there are safer ways of doing things. There is a great need for an all out organized .effort to pro- mote farm safety in each com- munity across the Province, This Huron Liberal Association ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY,JANUARY AT 8.30 P.M. TOWN HALL, HENSALL 13 Guest Speaker: ROYCE FRITH Toronto Vice Pres„ Ontario Liberal Association EVERYBODY WELCOME "God Save The Queen" B. W. Tuckey, Exeter, President IV, L. Whyte, rr 2 Seaforth, Secretary 1958 PONTIAC SEDAN 1958 CHEVROLET COACH 1957.CHEVROLET STATION WAGON 1955 PONTIAC SEDAN 1956 DODGE COACH 1954 FORD SEDAN 1953 FORD STATION WAGON 1953 PONTIAC SEDAN 1953 METEOR SEDAN 1953 MONARCH SEDAN 1952 - CHEVROLET SEDAN 1952 PLYMOUTH SEDAN 1949 DODGE SEDAN 1952 FORD SEDAN 1949 VANGUARD SEDAN 1954 Chevrolet > Ton Pickup No Reasonable Offer refused Seafortli M otors Chevrolet - Oldsmobile Sales & Service b.IITCHELL SEAFORTH Phone 0. Fawns 186 Phone 5.41 I,Ill,nnm1111I1t11III1,1111,1,11,1,nnm11m,111Im111t1111t11tt11111,111111111111111111,1111n,1m1m01trao tm1,11nt111 PROCLAMATION TOWN OF SEAFORTH s In accordance With a resolution passed by the Municipal Council of the Town of Seaforth, I Hereby proclaim that ill view of the present rabies situation no dog -shall be allowed to run at large in the Town of Seaforth until further notice frons tbie date, November 12, 1958, B. F. Christie Mayor God Save the Queen Mu 1108 the >vholelteatrted slip• PK of °very orgalllisation, cam- pany or iustituticlieat is in'a1iy WAY connected With the agrlenl- 1110a1 ilt(141e5try and as well, of 00100(0, Individual Man people. However, the first important stop in developing an effective farm safety Program is to obtain sbatistios on local acotdents. It is imperative that we have the facts pertaining to the problem before we proceed to improve the situation. Once it is known what type of aloeidents are causing the. greatest less, and what are the causes of these accidents, then a prevention program can be aimed .directly at eliminating or effect- ively eohrtrollillg these ' causes. At the present time In Ontario, this type of information is ,not available, Aside from the results. of the Bruce ,County survey, about the only figures available are from the 'U.S. where'a cam ,siderable amount .cif 11voi'1 has been clone in ,the field of farm safety. However, .U,S, figures do not have ,the same value here in. Ontario as information gathered from close at hand. Farm acci- dents surveys ,have the most Yea- ue in the locality lin (which they are made, This past spring, the Provineial Minister of Agricul- ture, the Hohuoan•able Mr. Good- fellow, announced that the De- partment would be starting a Province wide survey of farm ac- cidents withinthe coming year. This survey is to be oonduoted Iby the Department through the IExteasion 'Branch. It is .to cover accidents to all farm re&Ldents ih Ontario, 00 matter where they may occur. The survey period will cover .one year and it will start this coming March ist. Con- Sideraible progress has already been mode in preparing for such a survey. This past summer, ac- cident report forms were pre- tested all over the Province to make sure that the system of re- porting was as simple as possible And yet as complete and accurate as possible. Arrangements are now being made in each county and district throughout the Pro- vince to organize and instruct farm people to assist with this .survey. As mentioned before, .the survey in each county will be un- der the direction of the county Agricultural Representative and his staff. Bach county is being organized on a township basis with a number of reporters spread over the ,township and headed by a township chairman whose responsibility will be to see that all acoidents within the township are properly reported. Ths township chairmen 1vi11 all be members of a county farm safety committee which w111 as. sist an directing and conducting the survey. The results of the survey will be sent in to the Eco- nomics Branch .of the Depart- ment of Agriculture to be care- fully summarized and analyzed. At the end of the survey, a. report will be compiled for the whole Province and as well there will be a breakdown to show the act- ual picture in eaoh county and district. This survey, of course, is interested only in the cold hard''facts about farm accidents but is not at ali concerned about the person to whom the accidents happen. These cold-hearted facts and statistics when compiled will no doubt give everyone ranch food for thought and will cer- tainly- provide a basis for an ac- cident prevention educational program to follow. Witness to the fact that this type of survey and -a safety program to follow will be tremendously effective in re- ducing the farm accident rate is shown in report after- report from various states in the U.S. In the last few years where farm safety committees have been set up and where a safety program based On a thorough farm acci- dent survey has been planned and carried nut, the farm accident rases have very definitely been on the decrease. Such States as Minnesota. New Hampshire, Kan- sas. Wisconsin and Ohio report detteases in fatal farm work ac- cidents range from 20 to 75 per cant. Non-fatal accidents were also proportionally decreased. This is what we want to hair lien in Ontario, hence the impor- tance of the farm accident sur- vey beginning on March 1st. This survey of farm accidents may be thought of as a Province wide re- sort -1i project. Just as the an- swers n-swers to many other agricultural problems are found through re- search, so keeping an actuate record of farm accidents will show the best ways to tackle one of the biggest problems facing rural families today. A number of people in every township in each counts will be asked within the next couple of months to help with this pro- gram. It is hoped that everyone win do his or her best to co-oper- ate throughout the year. If any member of a farm family should ,nn"Intb 111to rilllinin,ntnllmntmnm miloottne mmeunrtrrnnutn nein° mlllllnl111n„ imminio0 Stiffer the miatontime Of au steel- dent, it '41;0114d 00 meatiest In this way, the 1151srertone Or a Yew cart bo used Ilor the tntssva safety of 1110115,, We eon learn n10t only train our own 111(1stalteS but fi•on1 the mistakes of others. FEDEIPATIOsY YineV5 IIY O, aieniingwaY By the time you read this the first, Fai+ili Forum,program ob Vertical Integration will be over. I sihroarely hope a large number of you attended your forum .and reported your findings, These findings are..importatut, The Na- Lionel office reports a greatnumber, of requests for the find- ings of the l.+loruins on the topic 'IPerformaace' or Personality". These requests are coming from Fair Boards, Agricultural Col- leges, and Breeders. It isn't en- ough that information gats out to lyoit; we n1115t get your ideas back ,i1 anything is to be done. It you didn't attend Farm For- um, and remember you have two• chances in this area, a^ad'fa 'Mon day night at 8.30, and IC'I{NS. TV. Tuesday night at 9.30, there will be the second lin this Aeries this coming week and the ' final the following week, Most of you have probably heard that Chas. McInnis, Presi- dent of the Ont. Hog Producers Assoc, was invited to speak at several meetings .of Agricultural, Producers in the United ,States, There Vertical Integration of the Broiler industry Is ccmpiete'and is expanding in the production of hogs quite rapidly. It is .interesting to see that news reports coming from these meetings state that Producer Marketing such as carried on by the Ontario Ilog Producers may well be the salvation of the fam- ily farm. Perhaps you could keep this in wind while Studying these farm forum programs. • As mentioned in previous arti- cles a Brucellosis information campaign will be conducted shortly. There will be a meeting within easy reach of y'ou. This is an important factor in the health of your 101011)' as well as a means of reducing losses in livestock. We hope all of you will come out and get all the information. Piloted Against Logs When Tractor Upsets. Bruce Koehler, 46, E.R. 2, Hen - sail, was killed Tuesday after- noon when the tractor he was driving flipped over and pinned him against a skid of logs in a bush near, Strathroy. :Father of six children and a I3ay twp. farmer all his life, Koehler was one of four Hensall men who started work Monday in a 400 -sere bush at Cairn Gorm, six males west of :Strathroy. Only witness to the accident, according to early reports, was the victim's son, Don, who was helping his father skid logs. Don called for the help of others who were in the bush and they re- moved the victim in a makeshift stretcher to a pickup truck. Ile was dead on arrival at the Strathroy Hospital. Other Hensel! district men working in the same bush were Leonard Lovell and Earl Soldan. Mr. Lovell said: "None of us saw it happen. Another group of men cutting trees investigated when they heard chains rattling and they fonud the tractor had already ffipped." "They didn't know whether it had hit an object while moving or whether the vehicle was standing stilt and the tractor up- set when he tried, to move the logs., Gedrge Beer, Hensail, was in charge of the bush operation. The tractor was an Allis-Chal- mers WD 45, a medium-sized gas- oline model. Surviving besides his wife, the former Pearl Willert, are three sons, Glenn, Don and Keith: three daughters, Mrs. Ar-. thnr McCallum, Dianne and Liu- da: two brothers. Harold of Tor- onto. and Kenneth of Hunts- ville; two sisters, Mrs. Allan Craig, Toronto, and Mrs. Leonard Erb, Parr Line. His mother, Mrs. Nancy Koehler, lives in Zurich. He was a member of the Luth- eran Church, Zurich.. faits of silage ler each mature cow in the herd. The require- ments ot young stook will be Met •'by provision of about one. half this amouhit. This is on the basis of about 200 ,days of silage feeding per' year. Tor growing stock and breed - ling reedling" cows, the liberal use of green silage, fed at the rate or about 8 Lbs,; of silage per 100 pounds ot. live weight, will prove satisfact- ory for 'winter feeding. Some dry roughage such ' as hay or straw should always he supplied when animals aro feel heavily on sil age. Grass silage, particularly df the Mixture contains some legumes,' is higher in protein than corn ,silage. Good quality grass silage is rich in caroteue, the .yellow pigment from which Vitanlin A is formed in, the body, 'but has very little Vitamin D compared to field -cured ,hay. Since the crop for silage is us- ually cut at a reasonably early stage of maturity, and is not ex- posed to the weather, there is us- ually less varication in the com- Stosition of grass silage, than there ie in hay, aside from the variations dile to the mixture. FERTILIZE PASTURES Fertilizing pastures annually brings 'better results than apply- ing fertilizer once every three years, according to tests carried out at the Experimental Farm, Neiman, NB. _ L. B. IYIacLeod described the re- sults of putting 400 pounds of 0-20-20 per acre every 'year on a Permanent pasture that had been in sod for 15 years. The•herbage yield over a period of three years was 10 per ceut greater than from a similar arta which received the same amount sof fer- tilizer but applied at three year intervals. Both areas received an an- nual blanket application of 150 pounds of ammonium nitrate per sore in early summer. It was also noted that the quality= of herbage was better from the area fertilized annually, because there were fewer weeds. On the other hand the area de- manded more cost in labor. Mr. MacLeod recommended .that high- producing pastures ,should be fertilized at least every 2 years- HULLETT The Fireside Farm Forint has had small attendance at the last two meetings due to weather and road' conditions. The last meeting of the old year was held at the- home hehome of air.. and Mrs. Hugh Flynn,. lwheu the topic was egnal Sty for Women. The first meeting of the New' year was at the home of Mr and' Mrs. Geo. Carter when Vertical Integration was the broadcast topic. Both were interesting' sub- jects. We hope for a large at- tendance next week. McKILLOP BUST BEAVERS The fourth meeting of the Mc - Killen Busy Beavers was held' at the home of Sandra, Grace and' Elsie Doig on Dec. 28, at 2' p.m:. Mfrs. McAllister visited the club at this meeting. The meeting op- ened with the Institute Otte• fol- lowed by the 4-11 Pledge. Minutes were read and the roll call was answered. The girls watched as eight girls did demonstratibns on- how to serve cereals. Mrs. Mc- Allister told us how to judge nhuffins. Mrs. Keyes handed out a quiz on cereals. When the quiz GRASS SILAGE PRCIF1DES 1VIFTER VITA -11721 .1'EEDS The feeding of graas silage to cattle and sheep, during the win- ter months, is particularly help- ful in ensuring an adequate in- take of Vitamin. A according to the Animal Husbandry and Nu- trition Departments of the Ont- ario Agricultural College. Grass silage can be made from any green crops which ordinarily might be made into hay, although other green crops. Such 81 oats, wheat, soy beans and peas, can be used. It can he fed to all classes of live stock, but is especially de- sirable for dairy- and beef cattle. A working plan is to provide 3 Tkllll S1ibi1 OWt'R NUMB—Thursday, Janttat'Y 8, 1959'• WAS ooniplobed Mrs, Meyer Oink- ed them. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mars, Pap- ple and Linda on Jan. 8 at 2 p,m. The girls sampled what +as dem- onatrated, it was very Inn'cli ^en. ]OYed Ib,y all. The meeting closed with God Save '1'lte Queen,. The fifth meetllig of the 31cRil- lop 'Bus)' Beavers was heldatittlie home of MM. Pauilple and Linda on Jan. 3rd. The meeting openers with the Insbitnte.Ode followed by the 4.11 pledge; The minutes. Were read and the tall call au. swelled. The girls demonstrated making fruit crisp and macaroni, Mrs• Keyes gave us notes on breakfast Roods made from wheat products, corn products, ,barley and she also gave us notes on oat products, rye products, rice prod- ucts. The next meeting will be held at the (home of Margueatte and Jean Scott on. Jan, 10 at 2:00 p.m. The leaders asked as to bring .names of all products to the 'next meeting. Our book cov- ers were handed but now. Mss. Papple tolls us to till an our green food sheets. The meeting. olosed with ,God Savo The Queen. Lunch was ,endoyed by all, Joan Coyne matte ,the courtesy remarks. Farmers ask Subsidy Lower Butter Price A subsidy of five cents a pound to be paid processors as a means of lowering the price of butter to the consumer was rec- ommended in a brief presented Tuesday by the political action committeeh F o the Huron County Federation of Agriculture held in Clinton to area members of the Legislature and Parliament. The proposed subsidy would encourage the use of more but- ter, according to the brief, as presented by Lorne Rodges, RR 1 Goderich, director of the Dairy Co-ordinating Committee of the county federation. The meeting, attended by Charles MacNaughton, Exeter, MPP for Huron, and Marvin Howe, of Arthur, MP for Wel- lington -Huron, was for the ex- press purpose of presenting briefs by the various commodi- ty groups of the federation. "It would be disastrous for the butter industry if the yellow color ban on margarine was drop- ped," said Mr. Rodges, in charg- ing that such an effort will be attempted by margarine inter - Euchre .Dance Sponsored by soaforth W, I, In Seni'ott11 Community. Centre Friday, January 9 8.30 P.M. Norris Orcli, 'Admission 76o Lunch provided este, Ross Love, of Ilonsall, vine president of the Huron County Hog Producers said that the hog producers expect government support of the majority decision gained in the reeeh1t marketing. vote and roquosted that they be permitted to carry on without future interruptions. Briefs were also presented by Russell Bolton, RR 1, Dublin, chairman et the wheat prsoduc. els, and Bob McGregor, of Kip_ pen, ,for the oouuty beef .produc- ers, Carl ,Hemingway, of Brussels, secretary-fieldmnn of the Feder- ation, who has been a member ci' the Ontario Poultry Producers executive ,for the past two Tears, requested the parliamentarians Support for higher prioes for fowl. 1•Ie termed ,the present price of 15 cents per pound "ridiou- bous," adding that it was due to United States imports. "Integration is conbt'ollltng pro- ducblon, The ,govermmenit must support an open market for our products," Mr. I3emlingway said, IIe made ,particular reference to the present marketing of hogs, stating that any farmer can pro- duce hogs and can find a market for them. "If this were the case with broilers, we would still have broiler producers," he said. The meeting chaired by Feder- ation President Winston Shap- tou, of Exeter, made a thorough study of a :brief presented recent- ly to the cabinet by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. HOUSING SCARCE A phone call from Clinton to the Seaforth News inquired if there aro any apartments to rent in this town. "The housing situation is just terrible," the voice said. CLOSED TWO DAYS The IIigh SohooT was closed Monday and Tuesday of this week as dI1e school buses were unable to make their rounds due to snoav,fill'ed country roads. The sllcool re -opened on: Wednesday. JANUARY 6th TO 9th, . mos ay, an. rs res y er am Guest. Minister, Dr. J. Semple .Friday, Jan., 9-- Northside United; Church] 1 Guest'. Minister, Rev. J. H.. James 'Time 8: psis:: Offering taken: at each service: Under: the Auspices of Seaforth' and' District Ministerial Associatin REV. C. E. PEACOCK President REV. J. SEMPLE S ecretary- ACROSS TRE Timm ZONES—This year operators at Canadian National Telegraphs public telephone switchboards 'a,.`s exchange Christmas greetings for the first time across seven time zones. At left, Donna Warminger in parka symbolizes far northern location of former Yukon Telephone Company exchanges recently acquired by CNT, Edna Jones represents Newfoundland, where entire telephone network of the Newfoundland Post and Telegraphs and microwave system has been operated by Canadian National for several years now. YUKON TIMS PACIFIC TIME MOUNTAIN TIME CENTRAL TIME EASTERN TIME ATLANTIC TIME NEWrOUNDLAND TIME ACROSS TRE Timm ZONES—This year operators at Canadian National Telegraphs public telephone switchboards 'a,.`s exchange Christmas greetings for the first time across seven time zones. At left, Donna Warminger in parka symbolizes far northern location of former Yukon Telephone Company exchanges recently acquired by CNT, Edna Jones represents Newfoundland, where entire telephone network of the Newfoundland Post and Telegraphs and microwave system has been operated by Canadian National for several years now.