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Show Farm Safety Week Stresses Rural Highway Safety by Nancy Adams "Safety makes Sense" is the 1959 theme of National Farm Safety Week. Another though, "Safety Saves Cents" might be added to the slogan to make it imore complete. Did you know that more than 12,000 farm persons were killed in accidents last year ? More than 5,000 of the fatal farm accidents involved machinery and more than a million farm people are injured each year in various farm accidents. In the process of normal farm operation, it is often necessary to move farm machines on public roads. Many times equipment breaks down and has to be parked on the side of the road or lights are shorted out making the equipment equip-ment a real hazard after dark.. Our 4-H Club is conducting a survey 'and making available to all farm people in the vicinity of Manila, reflective tape at cost and better still, we will place it on any or all farm equipment you so desire. The cost is small but the dividends could be large. Starting Monday, July 27 you will be contacted. We will appreciate your cooperation. Maynard Coe, director of the farm division of the National Safety Council said: "The only way to lick farm accidents is to think safety, talk safety and most important practice safety. |