| Show Soil Conservation District Supervisors Endorse Safety Plan an Supervisors of the Upper Sevier Sevier Se- Se vier Soil Conservation district have endorsed President Truman's Truman's Truman's Tru Tru- mans man's plea for each farmer to eliminate at least one safety hazard hazard haz haz- ard a day until his leis farm fann Is as safe a place to work as he can make It The President has proclaimed Jul July 21 to 27 as National Farm Safety week Asking the Soil I Conservation service Extension service and other agences of tho the Department of Agriculture to co cooperate cooperate co- co operate in helping farmers stop farm faim accidents and fires Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Clinton P P. P Anderson declared declared declared de de- Time and again acci ace dent rates have been cut in hair halt or ol more by safety programs which taught people to remove or guard against accidents before before before be be- fore an accident happens According to a national survey survey survey sur sur- vey farming is the country's countries most occupation Although Although Although Al Al- though employing only 16 per percent percent percent cent of the nations nation's workers agriculture agriculture ag ag- ag- ag has 24 per cent of all occupational deaths During Amer Americas America's cas ca's first two years participation in the war there were more farm people killed by farm tarm accidents than there thero were fIgh fighting ting men killed In the war itself More than 16 farm people were killed b by farm accidents last year and were injured One out of every injured was crippled crippled crippled crip crip- pled for life Farm accidents and fires cost the farmer money For each 10 10 of total income farmers lose about 1 1 from accidents and fires Accidents and fires on the farms this tills year will take food from the mouths of Americans as well as the starving people in ill war-ravaged war countries Most 1 dangerous work worl on the farm is with machinery Accidents Accidents Accidents Acci- Acci dents with horses and dangerous danger danger- ous bulls come next Other serIous serious serious ser ser- ious causes of oC farm accidents include falls overheating and Ugh lightning |
