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Common sense tells us, for example, that children have no more 

 right to be near or on a piece of operating farm machinery thsui city 

 children have to be around a punch press or a moving locomotive; they have 

 no more business driving a tractor than city children have behind the v;heel 

 of a 100 horse-po\«;er passenger automobile. 



All members of a farm family need to knavi the danger spots on 

 their farm— and these spots need to be m.ade as safe as hur^anly possible. 

 The National Safety Council estimates that one out of every 10 farmers will 

 suffer a disabling injury, either on or off the job in 1947, unless extra 

 precautions are taken. 



One out of every 350 farm families will suffer the pain and 

 sorrow which accompany accidental deaths in 1947 unless extra precautions 

 are taken. Four farm buildings will be destroyed by fire every hour during 

 1947 unless extra precautions are taken. 



The family should learn three things: 



1. ?jhat hazards menace their lives at home, at v/ork and on the 

 highv/ay. 



2. YJhat each member of the family can do to eliminate as many of 

 these hazards as possible. 



3. That carelessness on the part of any member of the family 

 perils the lives and happiness of all. 



As President Truman says: "Caution and intelligent effort on the 

 part of every farm family in the land will lessen the suffering and economic 

 loss caused by accidents," 



G, Van Horn 



PREicIATURE COLORING C^ EARLY MC INTOSIi 



During July of this year, as in 1946, the premature reddening of 

 Early Mcintosh apples in certain heavily loaded orchards attracted 

 considerable attention. This condition seems to be associated v/ith hot, 

 dry v/eather in early July and with an excessively heavy load of fruit. 

 There is reason to believe that this variety is particularly susceptible 

 since other varieties growing alongside show no early coloration, 



A complete solution of this problem viill await further study. 

 The contention of one individual that a particular spray was responsible 

 has not been substantiated. The possibility of boron deficiency is being 

 investigated, and if a shortaj^o of that element is found, it v/ill give 

 further support to the opiiiion that the problem is associated v/ith the Virater 

 supply in the individual fruits. It is a well knovvn fact that boron 

 deficiency shovv^s up in years v/hen drought occurs o/b a critical season. 



In July 1946 Fruit Notes this observation was reported. Trees 

 showing many small, red apples also showed enough green apples for e. normal 

 crop and the latter apples had a somewhat higher average seed count than the 

 red ones. If "all of the apples showing premature coloring had been removed 



