The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-01-04
PERiLs BEsET FARMERS
Falls and Refractory Animals Among
Many Causes of Injuries

! Farmer Brown was driving the doctor
hack TO town. after he had set neigh
Dor William JohnsOn'S fractured leg
and dressed three cayeti-in ribs. john
son seemed to be in bad luck constantly.
! and the neighbOrs We're, circulating q
ing q bee" 10 Ito up his unfinished
work Earlier in the season. Il hold
back broke on the hill The horse ran
away. throwing johnson 60 tie ground
and combining him to bed several days
| in busy period.
A little later one of HIS little boys
stepped on Il garden rake which had
! been left back down on the ground, and
ran a tine through, his foot. The child
was taken to the doctor to have the
wound dressed. but not until infection
had set in, and he would always be Il
trihe lame 4 hired man stepped
through loose board of barn loft and
4 farm and household work was delayed
while he recovered,
| This latest misfortune was the worst
of the season. johnson had been SHIN
Fgling the barn. using the common prop
Seaffoldiug made by placing wooden
brackets against the side of the building
and supporting them with > by 4 scan
thing. set at an angle of ~ degrees and
anchored at the foot with stakes and
stones He had undertaken to carry a
bunch of shingles to the root. An upper
rupg upset the ladder, ScatfOlding and
/ had been replaced with "A twO-inch single
/ band. nailed on with S-penny nails. The
wood in the side of the ladder was dozy
and the nails gave way under johnson ;
/ weight. The Jolt as he struck the next
rumg upset the ladder, scaffelding and
( shingles. all in a heap on the ground.
! Pretty tough on Johnson" observed
! Brown. when the little car struck piece
! of road smooth enough for conversation.
They talk about farming being safe and
Z l., 1rbe 81 hat hot In
when that bunch of shingles pursued MIN
/ and smashed his ribs"
Farming * healthful," said the old
doctor, providing people would take
| reasonable care of themselves. 1t ought
to be as safe as any ordinary occupation.
but the observations of the United States
department of agriculture and the ma
tional safety council show that every
! year hundreds of persons are manned and
many killed in farm accidents, large
part of which are preventable.
! 3 johnson wouldn't have had that tum-
| BILE if he had made habit of examining
! his harness for weak spots and mendlng
/ them his hired man wouldn't have been
| laid up if one rainy day had been devoted
| to fixing up the barn loft; and there -
no earthly excuse for tined or bladed
| tools TO be left around like the rake that
| injured little Tommy. Then there are
| fractions horses and vicious animals. |
know where some farmers find economy
in keeping horse that viii shy 'at amy
! thing and kick anybody who comes near
| him. Perhaps they like to feel their
mastery. but the horse usually gets his
i inning in the end. And, of course, there
| is danger to inexperienced persons. ~
! NO bull above > years cid shopld be
! permitted in a pasture, even if dehOrned,
/ as ali bulls should be. Even an ugly ram
| has been known to kill a man. Savage
dogs ought not to be necessary on farm
But you find them-and often they find
YOU first.
/ Farm machinery. such rs corn shred
| derS- take n toll of limbs that would be
/ prevented to large degree If the most
ordinary safety devices were installed
and kept in working order. You your
self know of accidents which are caused
| by farm hands falling in front of mowers,
reapers and other 'sulky' machinery.
Often the fault is in bolts being neglected
| and letting the seat fall off over a stone.
| Many Il finger has been sacrificed TO Il
| feed cutter that got clogged; the man
I tried to free it without stopping il.
Il could talk for another hour or so
/ on farm accident breeders that might be
| eradicated. 4 country doctors practice
| is full of them; but here we are at the
house. Come on in to dinner before you
go back
Much obliged" returned Brown as
| he Cramped his fivver around in the
/ roadway Il guess III hurry back to
! the farm and fix up a few things before
the neighbors have to get up a bee to
! tide me over a broken leg"