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are takiiig your life in your hands, or putting your foot in it« (5) Keep your feet 

 clean, :iuddy feet nake for slippery control. Keep a brush or scraper handy in the 

 tool box to clean the tractor before and after usin[;« (6) Never use any loose 

 clothing or loose gloves when trying to make any adjustments on the machine. There 

 are fingers in the glove and the first thing you loiovr, there are no fingers, (?) 

 Alvfays hitch to the drav/bar ivhen pulling a stvunp or tyin^ to a stone, Hitchin^^ to 

 the axle is too high, and just as sure as shooting, the old tractor vrill ra^re up 

 and throvY you. Use your head to save your hide, 



— R , ' J , Pa mie nte r 

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USSING RUl^^G IM UDDER] NOTHDIG SADDER 



Did you ever come dovm a ladder and find unexpectedly one rung missing? l^ade 

 you catch your breath and hanc on, didn't it? So, the slogan, "nissing ::ung in 

 Ladderj Nothine Sadder", has lots of uieaning as a certain individual discovered uhen 

 he wound up in a doctor's office. 



Accidents don't just happen - they are caused. National Safety iTeek, July 2$- 

 31, would be an excellent tiiae to elLiiinate these causes. Too many times one knows 

 a hazard exists, but fails to do anything about it until sooeone gets hurt. 



That missing ladder rung could have caused a serious accident, .ihy i„fasn't it 

 fixed? No answer. One of the best methods of getting action on removing accident 

 hazards such as this is one used by iviassachusetts U-H Club members. An eye catching 

 card, 5" X 7" with ^Danger" in large red letters followed by "Fix It Na\f" in smaller 

 letter, is placed at each hazard by any member participatLng in the Hazard Hunt Pro-. 

 gram. The card stays there until the hazard is removed. This danger card serves as 

 a pointed finger at the farm or home ovmer accusing him of carelessness and neglect, 

 It' takes a pretty callous individual to walk past one of these cards without taking 

 some action toward nakin-^ that particular spot safe. 



You are heading for a fall yourself if you don't keep ladders in good repair 

 and excercise care and judgment in using them. Some things to rei-iember about ladders: 



1, Don't use a box or a chair or other unstable elevation in place of 

 a ladder, 



2, Set base of ladder firraly lA of its height from the wall, 



3, Always face the ladder in going up or dovm and hold on :ath both 

 hands. Don't hurry, 



ll. Don't lean too far out on a ladder, and don't go up one on a windy 

 day, 



5, See that the ladder, hands and shoes are free from grease, 



6, Use a hand line for hoisting tools, etc,, that ca;inot be carried 

 in pockets, 



Remember, "accidents don't just happen - tliey are caused". 



— H.A.Leland 



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