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Show Farmers Given Safety Rules For Butchering LOGAN Butchering is one of the most profitable and commendable commend-able practices on the farm, and this is the season of the yar when farmers are thinking of replenishing replenish-ing the meat supply in their lockers, lock-ers, jars, and pantries. Observance of some simple rules of safety will avoid many accidents that usually occour during the butchering but-chering season, R. L. Wrighley, assistant as-sistant director, Utah State Agricultural Agri-cultural Extension Service, suggested suggest-ed Saturday. One of the greatest causes of ; injuries is slippery footing, according ac-cording to the National Safety coun ' cil. Remove the ice and sprinkle ashes on the ground where the i butchering is to be done. If the job is done indoors, sand, sawdust, or crushed rock salt will improve the footing. Keep fat and meat trimmings off the floor. I The safety council also advises: put in good repair, all hoisting equipment; keep all knives in a. suittable rack when not in use; i observe every precaution in the handling and use of firearms, and keep them unloaded when not in luse; use a tamper to force meat -into the grinder; keep children a-jway a-jway from all butchering operations ; use extreme care with scalding water; do not use gasoline or kerosene kero-sene to quicken a smoldering fire; always cut or chop away from the body; avoid strain from overlifting; apply first aid immediately to all cuts and scratches or burns. Eus Thomas returned to Delta this week, from Garrison, where he had spent 3 weeks helping feed cattle for his brother-in-law, Chester Chest-er Wheeler. He reports less snow at the Garrison ranch than in Delta Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler are also announcing an-nouncing the birth of a son Feb. 16, at Ely Nevada. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wheeler went to Salt Lake City Thursday, and Mrs. Wheeler was in the LDS hospital hos-pital Saturday for surgery. The operation was for gall stones, and Mrs. Wheeler is recovering well, according to word from Mr. Wheeler. Wheel-er. Mrs. Frank S. Beckwith, and dau ghters, Susan and Mary Jane returned re-turned to Delta Saturday. They had visited her sister, Brs. Gene Lytle, at Piedmont, cal., for four weeks. Frank Pace, of Ely, Nevada, made a flying visit to Delta last Thursday. Thurs-day. He and a companion left the Ely airport on a flight over a mine at Osceola, and finding the day bright, flew on to Delta for a visit of several hours. Mr. and Mrs. Bus Van De Vanter, from South Gate, Cal., spent several sever-al days in Delta last week. They visited Mr. Van's brothers here, and renewed oud acquaintances. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brodrick were Delta visitors Tuesday. They returned Wednesday to -the Yuba dam, where Mr. Broderick is caretaker. care-taker. They have been snowbound at the dam, and Mrs. Broderick says that Mr. Broderick spent 5 days digging- their car out, when the next storm filled his road again It took another 5 days shoveling to get the car out for the trip to Delta, their first since Thanksgiving. Thanksgiv-ing. Mrs. Broderick visited at Mil-ford Mil-ford over New Year's with her daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Max Kay. Their baby girl, born Jan. 1, was the first baby at Milford in 1949. Brs. Ann Stacy returned to her home in Salt Lake Monday, after a visit in Delta with her mother, Mrs. Waiora Wallace. |
