Show President Proclaims I Farm Safety Week Governor Maw by proclamation also I calls upon the tho citizens of the state of Utah to observe Farm Safety Week as ns a spearhead to a a. year-round year program and requests all persons and organization concerned with agriculture and farm life lire to cooperate In the observance of or orthiS thiS fourth annual farm safety week Ned H. H H Dearborn President of the National Safety Council states that the farm has the greatest work accident toll toU Records Indicate that twenty five farm residents per died In farm acci acci- accidents accidents dents In 1946 Records also show that an occupational accident happens every year on one out of every 20 farms In the nation It Is estimated that the total time lost through farm accidents In a atypical atypical atypical typical year costs the time needed to to produce the entire annual wheat crop of the tho United States Agriculture has hasI I more accidental work deaths than tny uny t ny other major Industry Farm fire losses alone total annually These figures need no analysis analysts They only ex explain ex- ex explain plain In cold dollars and sacrificed lives a a. part of the results of one years year's cart cart- carelessness on the American farm How Howlong Howlong long will It be before tragedy will wUl ue- ue I come a a. personal matter with you you and and I yours Public officials and safety leaders alone cannot handle handl this gigantic safety I lem Individuals are the only ones who i I can cut down this mounting death toll tollI I t by becoming aware of the need for caul cau cau- caution l I tion and tIon-and and acting upon It i I Frank G. G Shelley Director of the Farm j I Division Utah Safety Council and chair chaIr- chairman chaIrman chairman man of the Farm Safey Saley Week general committee says help stop the rising tide of farm injuries caused many times by little acts of carelessness and thoughtlessness Lets Let's make every farm dweller In your community conscious of his danger Safeguard your neighbors neighbor's Hie your life your family's lives In fact the life you save may be your own |