Railroads and Foresters 



in vocational agriculture. The antici- 

 pated result of this industry-sponsored 

 program can be attested by the fact 

 that participation in all Southeastern 

 States has increased 75 to 200 percent. 

 Some States have organized voluntary 

 fire crews, with the assistance of the 

 State divisions of forestry. The men in 

 charge believe that if forestry is to 

 develop on a progressive basis, the edu- 

 cation of young people must receive 

 greater support from railroads as well 

 as from other agencies. 



Other railroads are setting up simi- 

 lar programs in the States they serve. 

 Their aim is the same as that of any 

 wood industry. State or Federal forest 

 agency sufficient timber to meet to- 



day's and tomorrow's requirements. 

 An integral part of the activity is on- 

 the-ground training for students of vo- 

 cational agriculture, with awards of 

 prizes and trips to those who make the 

 most progress. It is one of several indi- 

 cations that more and more railroads 

 recognize the value of forestry pro- 

 grams and the importance of wood. 



ROBERT N. HQSKINS is employed as 

 industrial forester by the Seaboard Air 

 Line Railroad Company. After he re- 

 ceived a bachelor's degree in forestry 

 from Iowa State College in 1939, he 

 was employed with the Missouri Con- 

 servation Commission and the Florida 

 Forest Service, in Tallahassee. 



THE CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS AMONG WOODS WORKERS 



About one out of four injuries involves the unskilled use of hand tools. The ax is the 



main offender. Most of the serious accidents are due to the operation of motor vehicles, 



tractors, and graders at speeds too fast for existing conditions, even though the actual 



speed may be only 15 miles an hour or less. 



TYPE 



Falls of persons _ 

 Handfins objects . 



'Failing objects. 

 Motor vehicles _ L ._ 



( Striking against objects., . L , 

 Animals _. . 

 Machinery__ _ I __ _ _" 



Burns and electricity^ ,_.B 



Poison:, .:'.,.. 



Exposure ... 



Explosives __ I 



Misc. (the!, poison-oak), 



PERCENT 





