Show Summer rT Time ne For Farm Residents Rural Accident Rate Rato Is 33 Per Cent Higher Summer is ta the most dangerous time of the year for farm residents accident records reveal During the months of June July August an and September the rural accident rate Is about 33 per cent higher than the average of 01 the other eight months of at the year On the basis of past experience It is expected that approximately American farmers or their wives and children will be killed and another injured in accidents accidents ac ac- during the coming summer months That is an average of 01 at least SO 80 killed and Injured every 24 hours from June through Septem Septem- ber In contrast to this W. summer slaughter the average for lor or the other eight months of 01 the year is 38 killed and Injured In accidents In every 24 hours M JA JAA A tipped over tractor tractor driven driven Into a ditch through carelessness careless careless- ness ness can can cause a farm tragedy The careful farmer Is the prosperous prosperous prosperous pros pros- farmer since accidents cost In time and money The big Increase in accidents In summer Is explained partly by the fact farmers work harder and longer are exposed more morg to hazards hazards haz haze ards such as working in fields with heavy machinery and a trend to be more careless when fatigued One of the main causes of 01 farm accIdents accidents accidents ac ac- is the short cut to get a aJob ajob ajob Job done that many farmers will take only a after er they are tired Figures cited above include all an accidents Involving farm term r residents such as those 1 In the fields in barns and out out buildings In the home away from home borne or while driving It is reasonable then In n view atthe of at the approaching danger season leason that farmers should be especially on the alert to avoid accidents Accidents Accidents Ac Ac- kill and cripple and deprive de the farmer of at his means of at livelihood Accidents are a waste of valuable manpower |