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Show June 1975 Utah Farm Bureau News Page6 Salt Lake City agents locate in new office Johnson receives This attractive office is the new location for the Hatch & White Agency in Salt Lake Gty, where Victor Hatch and Ernest White handle all lines of Farm Bureau insurance. It is located at 1535 East 3300 South. Their phone is still Extension 270. Leonard H. Johnson, a former Utah Farm Bureau employed leader, has been named director of natural resources activities of the American Farm Bureau Federation by AFBF President William J. Kuhfuss. Johnson succeeds Craig Thomas, who has accepted another position. Johnson has been assistant director of natural resources activities since 1966, after serving as an AFBF area field services director in the Western region for 13 years. Prior to joining AFBF he served for three years with the UFBF as organization director and legislative director. A native of Texas, Johnson spent his 261-242- 4, early years in the Salt River Valley near Phoenix, Arizona. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a degree in economics. While attending the university, he was employed in Utah by the Utah County Farm Bureau as interpreter-manager of a Mexican farm la- AFBF promotion . bor program. After graduation he worked for the Utah agricultural Extension Service and the state Department of Agriculture as a marketing specialist. During World War II, Johnson was a pilot in the Army Air Force. . June 1 OSHA rules require tractor training A new set of regulations set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires that employers must train agricultural employees annually in safe operating practices. The rules, effective June 1, 1975, call for training in both Mspecific operating practices and other practices dictated by the work environment. Other roll-ovparts of the standard call for protection on all farm tractors manufactured from late 1976 on. The areas of instruction which employers will have to emphasize to their employees are as follows: (1) Securely fasten your seat belt if the tractor has a ROPS. (2) Where possible, avoid operating the tractor near ditches, embankments and holes. (3) Reduce speed when turning, crossing slopes, and on rough, slick or muddy surfaces. er (4) Stay off slopes too steep for safe operation. (5) Watch where you are going, especially at row ends, on roads and around trees. (6) Do not permit others to ride. (7) Operate the tractor smoothly. (8) Hitch only to the drawbar and hitch points recommended by tractor manufacturers. (9) When tractor is stopped, set brakes securely and use park lock if available. All agricultural tractors, rubber-tire- d or crawler, manufactured after Oct. 25, 1976, will have to be equipped with protective structures (ROPS). The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the final regulations recently and said they will apply to all tractors manufactured after Oct. 25, 1976, roll-ov- er which are operated by employees. The regulations emphasize that employers will have to insure that each employee tightens the seat belt while the tractor is moving. Tractors manufactured prior to the Oct. 25, 1976, deadline will not require the ROPS when operated by an employee. Original OSHA standards for ROPS on agricultural tractors called for a Sept. 1, 1974, deadline to have the ROPS installed. The Farm Bureau recommended at a June 13, 1974, hearing in Chicago that manufacturers be given more time to meet the deadline because of a steel shortage in the U.S. Equipment manufacturers also asked for a delay because of the steel shortage. In addition, they cited the need for adding plant facilities for the manufacture and storage of ROPS devices and the need to retool. The final OSHA regulations allow Leonard H. Johnson newly-manufactur- ed exempt from the ROPS regulations tractors (60 inches or less at the highest point) used in various agricultural operations. These exemptions include tractors used in orchards, vineyards, hop yards, farm buildings or greenhouses, and with mounted equipment which is incompatible with ROPS such as corn low-profi- pickers. Tractor ROPS will have to be reinstalled when operated in other than the uses referred to above, according to Farm Bureaus recommendations to ITS TRAVEL TIME AGAIN! le OSHA. Dollars invested in doing something a better way usually pay out quickly Moderni. . . and for a long time. zation, new equipment, new construction . . . buildings, barns, a home . . . whatever your farm or ranch improvement goals, talk them over at your local Land Bank association. Longterm financing for farmers and ranchers is our only business. Drop by for a visit, soon. Where agriculture comes first! Modernization -- m can help And travel time is tire time Spring is finally here. That means'you'll probably be hitting the road with your family for those pleasant weekends and summer vacations. But you don't want to take a chance on bald, worn or tires when you have your family with you heading for fun. out-of-balan- ce The Farm Bureau tire program offers you extra security at a saving. Because as a Farm Bureau member, you get from $3 to $6 extra discount on all tires you purchase for your car, truck or farm equipment at Intermountain Farmers Association Stores. LA1NDBATNK1 Visit the association office near you Logan Rodney S. Nyman, Mgr. East Firif North 7SM143 Now that travel time is here, why not drop in at your nearest IFA store, check their low priced tires and make your vehicle safe for family fun. Provo Be sure to tell them Farm Bureau sent you. Richfield top-quali- ty, 47 labia D. Halts, Mgr. South 100 East in 173-I44- 4 Mb lard V. Owens, Mgr. IN North Main St. UTAH FARM BUREAU SERVICE COMPANY 5300 South 360 West Salt Lake City, Utah 84107 Phone (801)261-242- 4 IN-44- 7 Salt Lake Gty Harold M. Thompson, Mgr. S West First South 143-- 4 IN Tremonton Keith H. Anderson S 14S West Main 257-Sll- |