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Show Farms Dangerous DangerousSafety DangerousSafety Safety Week WeekFigures WeekFigures Figures ShowSupervisors Show ShowSupervisor Supervisor Supervisors ! of the Ulntah Basin Ba Basin Basin sin Soil Conservation District Districthave Districthave Districhave have endorsed President Tru Truman Truman Truman man s plea for each farmer to toeliminate toeliminate t teliminate < eliminate at least one safety ha hazard hazard hazard zard a day until his farm is as assafe assafe a ; safe a 11 place to work as a lie he can canmake canmake carmake make itThe it itThe The president proclaimed July Juli21 21 to 27 as National Farm Safety SafetyWeek SafetyWeek SafetyWeek Week Asking the Soil SoU Conserva Conservation Conservation Conservation tion Service Extension ServIce ServIceand Serviceand Serviceand and other afenciea agencies of the Department De Deparbnent Department parbnent partment of Agriculture Agriculture to cooperate co cooperate cooperate operate in helplne helping farmers stop stopfarm stopfarm toi : farm accidents and fires Se Secretary Secretary Secretary cretary Clinton P Anderson Ander on de deelared dedared dedared elared dared Time and afain again acd acct acddent acctdent accident dent rates have been cut in half halfor halfor hallor or more by safety programs programswhich programswhich programiwhich which taufht taught people to remove removeor removeor removtor or guard against hazards befor before beforean beforean beforan < an accictent accident happens " According to a national sur survey survey survey vey farming farmlne farming is the county countymost s smost smost most dangerous occupation Although Al AI Although AIthough though employ employing ing only 10 16 percent per percent . cent of the nationi nations workcrsl workcrslag workers , ag agriculture ariculture aericulture riculture has 24 percent 01 of ofall of all alloccupational alloccupational alloccupational occupational death deaths deathsDuring deathsDuring * During : America's Americas ' first two twoyears twoyears twcyears years ' I ' participation rt.tcipation rttcipation . in the war warthen warthere warIhere then there ' were more farm people peoplekilled peoplekilled peoplekilled killed by farm accidents than thanthere thanthere thanthere there were fightine fighting men killed killedin killed1n killedin in 1n the war itself More than 16 16000 000 farm people were killed by byfarm byfarm byfarm farm aedden accidents ts last year and 500,000 500000 600,000 600000 , were injured One out outof outof onof of eve everxIOO every _ 100 Injured was crippl crippled crippled crippied ed for lifeFarm Ufe life UfeFarm e eFarm Farm accidents and : 'Sixes Sixes rires tires ' costhe cost costthe costthe the farmer farier farffter fari \er er \ money For each $10 10 $10of $10of $ 1of ( of total Income farmers farnoers lost lostabout lostabout loaabout about $1 1 $ from accidents anctires anctiresAccidents and andfires andfires fires firesAccidents Accidents and fires on the thefarms thefarms thffarms farms this year will take food foodfrom foocfrom : from the mouths of ot Americanas Americansas Americans , as well as of starving people In inwar iiwar , war ravaged countriesMost countries countriesMost I IMost Most dangerous work on the thefarm thefarm thfarm ( farm is 1S with machinery rnachmery Acci Accidents Accidents I dents with horses and danfferou dangerous dangerousbulls dangerousbulls ; bulls come next Other serious seriouscous.s seriouscous seriomrouses cous.s couss cous ( . S of farm accidents includ include includefalls includefalls includfalls < falls overheating and lighting |