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Show 4-H Safety Workers in All-Out Attempt to Reduce Accidents on Farms in 1949 ililiiPiiiili fiiiiliil l-3z asl i;.v. MR. FARMER, has the 4-H Club member in your family checked your farm and home for accident and fire hazards lately? If not, you can expect him to do so any day now. 4-H'ers are making an all-out attempt to reduce the annual cost of accidents affecting farm folks including motor vehicle, Are and property damage which totals more than one billion dollars, or about $35.00 per person! They are also trying to cut down the number of accidental deaths, which kill 51 farm residents in the U. S. every day in the year. Your 4-H'er doubtless will caution cau-tion you to drive carefully on highways, high-ways, and use proper signals when turning or stopping (top right). More than 7,300 rural people are killed annually in motor vehicle accidents. In fact, more fatal automobile auto-mobile accidents occur in rural areas than in any other location. Falls rank second in farm accident acci-dent causes. So watch your step when carrying a clothes basket, like the girl shown in right photo. Your 4-H safety worker probably will suggest you tack down throw rugs or put them on non-slip matting, mat-ting, and keep stairways unlittered. Are your lightning rods properly grounded? The 4-H'ers shown at top left found the ground wires, broken, and therefore worthless. Lightning, which is one of the greatest causes of farm fires, each year destroys 20 million dollars worth of farm property, kills 500 farm residents and injures 1,300 others. National Farm Safety Week will be observed July 24-30. Rural boys and girls taking part in the National Na-tional 4-H Farm Safety program want to make you, your family and neighbors safety minded so that accidents mentioned above won't happen. For achievements in safety work, the 4-H boy or girl may re-ceive re-ceive a prised sterling silver medal of honor as county winner. General Motors also provides an educational educa-tional trip to the National 4-H Club Congress, Chicago, next November, for the state winner and $300.00 college scholarships' for each of the eight national champions. By practicing safety from this time on, you'll, not only help your 4-H'er in his safety work but help save a life which may be your own. The National 4-H Farm Safety program is conducted under the direction of the Cooperative Extension Exten-sion Service. |