Kutal Sa^etu loplci 



By C. M. SEAGRAVES 



vPN^ ID ^OU KVI-R SEF A LEAP- 



^-/ 1 int; squirrel miss a limb anil 



. ^y fall to the irround . . . did you 



vcr notice a kingfisher han^' motionless 



ill the air, then plunye downward like 



1 blue bolt into the water . . to rise with- 



,iut tlic fish did you ever sich 



uidibly with the rest of the urandstand 

 vvhen your favorite pitcher, tryini; liis 

 best to split the plate, released a wild 

 ilirow and the game was over . tlie 

 I'.ronji; way? 



GENERALLY SPEAKING, CO- 



irdination between eye, nerve, mind and 

 nniscle is highly developed in tlie case 

 of birds anil animals where existence 

 depends on liarmonious functionins: of 

 i.Kulties. VX'e have all marveled at the 

 skill of the professional athlete. ^'et 

 beast or man, they all fail in judgment 

 troni time to time, occasionally with 

 serious consetjuences. Such failure may 

 k' due to inattention, tired and therefore 

 slow muscles, ignorance ot all the f.ic- 

 tors involved, deliberate disregard of 

 mkIi factors, or simply an error in judg- 

 ment. 



NOW IT MAY SEEM TO BE A 

 lar cry from coordination to corn pickers, 

 but let's take a look at last year's record. 

 Right here at home, in Illinois, corn 

 picker accidents claimed a total of 0> 

 lives, ^5 severed hands, and arms. Why? 

 'Largely because the operator, in attempt- 

 ing some potentially dangerous act failed 

 !o coordinate all of his movements: he 

 stepped too closely to the power take-off 

 ind his overall leg was caught. He at- 

 'tmpted to grasp a husk or stalk from 

 the rolls but he was not quick enough. 

 He sought to oil a gear or chain and 

 igain the warning message from his eve 

 'o his brain to his muscle was less rapid 

 •ban the merciless whirl of steel teeth 



THE KINGFISHER MAY MISS HIS 



'ileal ; the pitcher may lose the ball game, 

 but the unthinking operator of a corn 

 picker plays for stakes a trained athlete 

 would shun because the latter knows that 

 sometime, under some conditions, .and 

 at certain intervals, he is bound to 

 miss." Its this realization that causes 

 'hinking persons to give themselves a 

 iiiargin of safety in their work, especially 

 ■vhen that work is handling corn pickers. 



THESE CAREFUL FOLKS REMOVE 

 the clogged stalks just as readily but only 

 ifter stopping the rolls. If they make 



an error the result is not discernible yet 

 the same mistake, with the equipment 

 running, would mean a lost hand. The 

 difference in the methods we use in our 

 work determines the difference in the 

 margin of safety. In one case there is 

 no hazard : in the other case, doing the 

 same task, there is a high degree of 

 danger. 



WITH MEN, AND THIS IS ESPE- 



cially true of young men, over-estimating 

 their physical prowess, we need to 

 thoughtfully weight the risk of e.ich job 

 we attempt and determine beforeh.and 

 whether the benefits that would accrue 

 from doing that task the unsafe wav are 

 worth the risk of spending the balance 

 of our days a cripple. Corn pickers will 

 mutilate some hands this fall; but thev 

 won't mutilate any hanils not deliberately 

 pl.icc-d where tlicy can be maimed. 



About Handling Children 



'CiintiHued from pj^e 2i) 



had about 75 quilts. Some were made 

 by her and some by Mr. Fell's mother. 

 One coverlet which they especially cher- 

 ish was one in which the capitol at 

 Washington as it was in IS i^) was woven 

 into the design. 



As an example of their boy's building 

 before the airplane attack' Mr. and Mrs. 

 Fell pointed out the tree house, built, 

 rebuilt, remodeled, again and again, so 

 that even now, though he is six feet, 

 he can still stand erect. From this spot 

 now. the airplanes may be tried out. and 

 s.iiled over the garden. An interesting 

 feature is the walk arranged specially (or 

 the dog, up and back and around the 

 house. 



'Ill at one little building proieit has 

 meant a lot to the boy," said Mrs. Fell. 

 Daddy didn't mind buying the nails. 

 He used all old lumlx-r. Let them fol- 

 low their own line. That's what I 

 would say I have learned about handling 

 children. And. I don't intend to inter- 

 Icrc e\en with mv little franddaurhter." 









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NEIGHBORS PLOW FOR INIURED FRIEND 



When L. Koehm of Greene county was injured a short time ago. his neighbors drove 

 in with 10 tractors and plowed 60 acres of wheat ground lor him. "Of these 10 tractors." 

 reports C. W. Ballard, manager Greene County Service Co., "six are constant users of 

 our products, two are occasional users and two are patrons elsewhere, but they are all 

 using Aladdin gasoline. T 40 and Radiant kerosene to date." 



The farmers who cooperated in this neighborly act are C. Cochran. R. Strang. F. 

 Doyle, A. Schartenberg. G. Sponsler. L. Bowman. I. Shackelford, R. Owens. L. Greene 

 and L. Koehm on whose farm the plowing was done. 



SEPTEMBER. 1938 



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