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Agriculture has become our -iiost hazardous industry, according 

 to the National Safet;' Council, Fann accidents, in their order of occur- 

 once, are due to falls, machinery, livestock mid miscellaneous. 



The National Safety Council reveals that every fifteen minutes 

 fires brea!<: out on American farms, Ov;;r a ten year period a billion 

 dollars in i'uni property have gone up in smoke* All xhis is largely 

 a result of carelessness and forget fulness, 



Hov/ many times on a fruit farm has a carelessly sot fire swept 

 through dry grass to destroy trees and endanger buildings, Evan an 

 incinerator fire got out of control on onj farm recently, v;ith disastrous 

 results to a young orchard nearby, A moment of carelessness virhile driving 

 a tractor on a steep grade cost the life of one fruit groiver, v/hile an 

 exploding gas tank caused serious burns to a bulldozer operat;.'r in one 

 case and a ruined spruysr in another. 



One fruit grovjor suffered a v;rsnchcd back 'when a rickety step 

 in a storage cellar gave '■'^ay, A^iother escaped serious injury by an eyelash 

 as ho descended some unlighted :and unguarded steps in a packing house. 

 Although we have fev/ fractious bulls on fruit farms, dang'-,r in one form 

 or another lurks just around the next tree, Ys'e can save ourselves much 

 lost time and inconvonienco by taking all of the ordinary precautions 

 and by constantly putting safety ahead of speed. 



Many accidents can be avoided by observing the simple rule "A 

 place for everj'thing and everything in its place," It all boils dovvTi to 

 this simple observation— it costs money to prevent accidents, but it 

 costs much more to let then happen i 



Announcing the nevv'- " Red Apple Club ". A new contest, sponsored by the 

 i'l. F, G, A,, vfill focus attention on 3 important items in the apple 

 business, — (l) pest control , (2) color , and (3) yield . This project 

 has been arranged at the request of a n\L"ber of grov/ers and is patterned 

 after the 90',^ Clean Apple Club vdiich was conducted with ;rach success 

 from 1929 to 1933, Aiay grower in Massachusetts with an apple orcliard 

 of 5 acres or more is eligible. The requirements are as follovfs: 



1, That the crop be at least 90;;-o free of insect and disease 

 blemishe s. 



2, That t he crop aiTiount to at least - 



200 bushels per acre on 10 to 14 year old trees 

 300 bushels per acre on 15 to 19 year old trees 

 400 bushels per acre on trees 20 years or older 



3, That the crop grade at least 60)0 UT~S. Fancy 



4, That successful contestants each show a packed bushel 

 from the inspected block at the annual mo'^tin^; ; of the 

 M, F. G, A, in January, 



