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DITORIAL PINION FARM SAFETY WEEK The rapid increase in the use of power equipment and chemcials on Canada's farms makes rural safety practices much more important. The Canada Safety Council in co-operation with The Canadian Farm and Industrial Equipment institute is sponsoring Farm Safety Week nationally from July 25 - 31. "This is part of the safety movement's programme to change attitudes towards safety from apathy to concern," J. C. Thackray, President of the Canada Safety Council, said in his campaign message. "The great majority.of accidents including farm accidents are caused by unsafe individual acts. Disregard of common sense safety practices causes far too many deaths and injuries on the farm. Often the victims are young children. The Canada Safety Council believes the proper place to start creating this new attitude towerds safety is in the home when children are very young. Paying attention to teaching children safety in the farm home is particularly important because of the extra hazards found in a rural environment, such as chemicals and poison sprays. The farm population also faces extra highway hazards because of faster speeds on rural highways and ever-in- creasing traffic density. Rural areas are the sites of three quarters of all traffic deaths and more than 42 per cent of traffic injuries although their populations represent less than 40 per cent of the national total. The new sources of power and more powerful equip- ment are inherently progressive developments which save considerable manual labour and increase productivity to the benefit of farmers and the population they feed. They become hazardous only when they are used im- properly. There is plenty of evidence that this takes place much too frequently on farms. A survey by the Farm Safety Council of Ontario embracing 200 farms found that 40 per cent of .the tractor master shields were missing and 20 per cent of the power take-off shields were either missing oo ineffective. Apparently, many farmers considered adequate shield- ing as too much of a bother. But this safety malpractice greatly increases the uncontrolled power hazard and thus the risk of accidents. While there are many modern machines" in use on farms, there are still a great number of older models being operated. Many of these have inadequate brakes and steering which result in accidents. Tractors, because of their braking characteristics and high center of gravity, are not desinged for highway use. If farmers must use their tractors on roads, they should make sure children are not allowed to accompany them. Nowhere else is a work area employing powerful machinery so integrated with home life. One result of this is a high proportion of young children killed or injured on farms. Farmers must think about the safety consequences of their operations before they start work and make sure they do what is required to make their farms safer, gS Serving Port Perry, Reach, Seugog and Cartwright Townships P, HVIDSTEN, Publisher - Editor WM. T. HARRISON, Plant Manager P. HVIDSTEN, Jr. Advertising Manager Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association Member of the Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assiciation Published every Wednesday Oy The Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. Port Perry, Ontario &. Authorized as second clasé maill by the Post Office s Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Second Class Mail Registration Number 0265 Subscription Rates: In Canada $4.50 per yr., Elsewhere $6.00 per year. Single 106 Ie if rf | el He il it : { i Fl t | ; i | : , i ey : f | : : [ i i il k F fF fF if 'Ee gdeted LAW irate The unveiling of the Chiro- practic Memorial is set for Wednesday, August 24th. A CATALOGUE OF Some of the better-adjusted unlucky Dik. A. Panshaier, Boceute SUMMER SPECIES pao eg hme ~ oS has joined the Staff of the straight refrigerator tear Ah, this is a grand time of the your, Sr their shins and chow. Then they tock ter, Eemmet Pumens entirely. Once the heat wave is over, YoU 4+ the kitchen sink, almost throw up, shrug ; couldn 't find a more wonderful place in the manfully, and turn on the television. 15 YEARS AGO world to Hive. Waking with 2 start at 10 p.m., they phone The sun is like a bronze hammer. But 444 order some Chinese food. Then they 'Thursday, July 28, 1972 -- Te ae de ae turn on the lawn sprinkler. This is the only A perfect Cribbage hanc swimming, silors sailing, known positive method to make sure it turned up et the 'Hal Oe. ee a eee cnn An Mgwecd balls : > of 29. True, the workers are working, but 'Then there are the happy, irrepressible "°° they 're just back from their two-weeks-with- teenagers. You can spot them, regardles pon tubeene -- pay, peeling gloriously and bragging about of sex, by their hump. They have all been the Liens Cheb Carnival in hot and cold running rats, or they re looking shoulders back and heads up. As 2 result, oui: awe wen ty On forward to their two weeks at Camp they walk with their heads on their chests Qiang Glerte « Si. Missevathing. and shoulders humped. That, not clothe: 5 St oe & So everybody is happy. The children are © or hair, is the main reason you cant A 'a Teer delightful, graceful, brown little things, differentiate between the sexes. How can po ers with ice cream smeared around their you tell it's « girl if she isn' tetiking ber = te Gieey Meee mou ths chest out' Port Perry Library The mothers are strutting around in And of course, in summer in Canada, and : garments for which they'd have been everywhere I guess, we have the summer W YEARS AGO thrown in the penitentiary twenty years animals. Raccoon are cute, but « pai in the 1961 ago. And loving it. (I personally thin arm to campers. Bears are sweet, too, but 'Thursday, July 26, some 'of them should still be incarcerated, & menace in the provincial parks. Tip to 'Three cattle were stolen but personal opinions have no place in an campers: if you want to stroke a bear,make from the Malcolm Bailey ranch objective column). sure you do it with your artificial arm. at RR. a, Port Perry. The The dads, the lucky ones who are able But we can cope with these animals. cattle show animals to be on holidays with their families, are What concerns me is the ones thet walk yaluedat each Rusthing bubbling with joy. You can tell by the way upright. They come in all sizes and inten- i indicated. they affectionately cuff their kids, roll their _ sities. -- oe. end Miss eyes until the whites show (sheer ecstasy), There is the mild little man who power Donne wer mamec when their wives hand them a one-foot mows hislawnevery night, whetheritmeeds i, Port 'United Church shopping list, and stroll tranceike through it or not. He's probably just trying to get Vicky Luke suffered « ladies. Then theres the powerboat baby. He hruises when dhe walked into The other tiads, the unlucky ones who can be any age from eight to eighty. dhe side of « car on her way have to stay in the city and work while the But with fifty horse: behind him, hes home from the swimming family is at the cottage, are pretty eed. Kirk Douglas, or Burt Lancaster of John = poo. You can tell by the way they act after Wayne or somebody. He's trying to prove '@enation Gem work. Some of them, just the odd one or something. the Harrison and Co. two, haven't even the heart to go home to And, naturally, summer spawns the Ltd brings the fund that silent, lonely house. They know they'd motorcycle gang. This is the wolverine of burst into tears. So they just head, with ea the twotegged animal. It destroys for miserable, bereft gleam in their eye, to the pleasure and leaves it stink everywhere. "22... nearest air-conditioned bar. Poor devils. No But it' ® pretty good world. Have ® jooked inte happy Brooklin: »