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Show In These United States Annual Farm Safety Week Is Set for July 21 to 27 By VV. J. Dryden WNU Farm Editor. Accidents one crop we can do without! And that is the reason why July 21 to 27 has been set aside as "Farm Safety Week" to carry the annual warning message to those who work with tools, livestock and machinery. Accidental death marches through the farm and ranch lands every day. The great outdoors, it seems, is' not so healthy when you look at the figures. Farm work accidents alone killed 4,500 persons last year. These farm deaths were 28 per ceri' of the nation's occupational death total, more than in any of the other seven major industrial groups. 'Eliminate a Hazard a Day.' That is the information which President Truman undoubtedly had when he issued a proclamation this year calling upon farm people of the nation "to observe National Farm Safety Week by resolviag to eliminate elimi-nate at least one hazard a day until their farms are as safe as they can possibly make them." They must be made to see also the peri of nails, ladders, machines. Because of truths like this the United States department of agriculture, agricul-ture, the National Grange, the National Na-tional Fire Protection association, the Farm Equipment institute, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the Farmers Union, the co-operatives and other leading agricultural organizations are taking an active part along with the National Safety council In observing Farm Safety Safe-ty Week from July 21 to July 27 as a means of carrying safety education educa-tion to the farmer. |