Show II Conservation Notes by V. W. Earl Eail Sort of oC following up on last weeks week's Notes coverIng cohering Farm Safety Week there are a lew points which have recently come cometo cometo cometo to my att attention which you might be Interested in Farming arming has one ono of the highest highest highest high high- est accident rates of oC all Every farmer Carmer performs a wide variety of tasks most of which iI involve volve serious accident hazards More than farm faun people were killed and injured by hy accidents in 1945 Farmers generally are aie not covered covered covered cover cover- ed by workmen's compensation Jaws laws as are most workers in In In- In A serious accident may cause untold hardship to a farm family We Ve all know that a well di and vigorous safety campaign campaign cam cam- accomplishes results Time and again accident rates have haye been cut In half or more by safet safety programs that taught people to remove or guard against hazards before an accident accIdent accident acci accI- dent happens The present unnecessarily un unnecessarily unnecessarily un- un un- un necessarily high accident rate on farms can be substantially re red re- re d The following are a few Cew facts regarding farm accidents hero herA inthe in tho the United States One million five ne hundred thousand farm people are Injured in injured injured In- In each year ear in accidents Fifteen thousand farm workers workers work work- ers are crippled for Cor life each year car Accidental deaths occur on the tho farm 50 per cent more frequent than in industry five Fifty per percent percent percent cent of or all fatal farm accidents occur in the use of machinery and in the handling of livestock An additional ten per cent is due to falls Calls Farm fires cause ause the time death of I Continued on Da page e five I Conservation Notes U U U r Continued from Crom page one people and property damage damage damage dam dam- age of or more than each year ear earA A farm home or bull building ding catches fire every 15 minutes costing an average of each day and Involving In 10 deaths More Moro surprising is the fact that farmers pay out of each 1000 gross income or 10 per cent as a result of accidents and fires Ires I I |