Show i ii 11 it 1 11 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 y I 1 it I 1 A gashed abashed foot sooner or later Is the inevitable result of steady steadying ingA n block of wood with your foot when chopping by saying that early reports coming into the national safety council from many of the organizations which cooperated in arranging national farm safety week activities in 46 states in 1944 indicate an even more successful week this year lifetime of the implement has long been a yardstick whereby farm machinery care is measured but there Is a tar far more important tant and better measurement the lifetime of the farmer and where the farm safety program with its emphasis upon the relationship of the human factor to the life span of farm folks comes in with this in mind manufacturers of farm equipment are doing a useful job of urging users to take extra care in handling implements tractors or other farm machines when the tractor tor for instance was new and its friends so freely and correctly forecast t the approach of power farming it stirred critics who ranged from mild to bitter to catalog the criticisms would be an endless and unprofitable task but all out of the book of genesis of power farming it was soon proved again and again that a tractor produced under good engineering and manufacturing auspices would d stand up to the job for which it was designed tractors kept getting better and better their betterment continues I 1 11 maintenance Is a big element in ln such confidence long ago the stronger redalf retail implement implement dealers I 1 assembled good mechanics and organized their shop service departments many sent apprentices and senior mechanics as well to tractor factory schools tarm farm safety plan in the meantime the farmer himself has improved as his own service man many young farmers have grown up in the new age of power farming and qualify as professional power farmers and farmer knows he can go to the shop of some dealer for repair and overhaul work that the farmer Is pot not equipped to do I 1 factory management by the way fought the battle of safety with shields 0 ver over nici moving ving parts wherever these might menace workmen with shields and plenty of special 1 training of foremen and workers in the technique of safety this battle goes on an n now ow with nevera sign of letup factory men treat safety as one of their major concerns an unshielded machino machine is a rarity in any well run plant to make life and limb safer for those who work with farm machinery the farm machinery manufacturers have developed and pu tinto to effect protective shields for tractor and pull type power power drive implements power line and power take off shields so designed that the shield for any make of implement may be attached to the master shield bracket of any make of farm tractor lowthe now the power line shield for any make or model of implement built to the standard could be connected to the master shield on any make or model of tractor A good job well donel but what about the thousands of implements and tractors already in the hands of the tha farmer safety important to them too 11 it is and soon provision was made to io make available conversion packages for old implements so they could be adapted for use with now new tractors and old tractors converted to the standard so that new implements could be used with them in every way possible farmers are urged to use these shields never to operate a machine without them conspicuous precautionary signs are posted on danger spots throughout implement find and tractor allice alike certain parts of any machinery must be regarded as functional elements and cannot be shielded and still perform their job bu but teven leven here we do have one real safeguard man can think ok before he acts |