Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-06-03
On the Farm
Farm to Live-Live to Farm
Safety Week Theme in July

Week July 25-31.
Proclaiming the 18th nation
wide observance, President Eisen
hover suggested the 1858 them,
be repeated.
Co-sponsored by the Nationa
Safety Council and the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Farm Safe
fy Week is backed by many farm
leaders and will be celebrated il
81 States this year.
In his proclamation, the Pre-.
sident noted that a disabling in.
Jury strikes some farm person
in America every &c seconds "as
the result of an avoidable acct
dent" and that more accidental
deaths occur in farming than in
any other major industry.
He urged all farmers to make
every effort to develop safe work
habits and skills, so that they
may Farm to Live and Live to
Farm.
Beginning Sunday, July 25,
Farm Safety Week will continued
through Saturday with each day
set aside for special attention to
safety.
Ministers will be asked to dis
cuss the Commandment, "Thou
Shalt Not kip in their Sunday
sermons.
The other special days:
Monday: Home Safety Day.
Tuesday: Livestock Safety Day.
Wednesday: Fall Prevention Day.
Thursday: Highway Safety
Day.
Friday: Machinery Safety Day.
Saturday: Review Day.
The Safety Council listed num-
erous statistic showing why the
need is great for increased farm
safety.
Here is what will happen on
farms during the next year I'M
less safety is increased, the
Safety Council maintains:
About $4,000 farm residents
will die and 100000 will be in
jured; some $500 will be killed
in working accidents; 5000 will
be killed in motor vehicles
mishaps; $500 will die in home
accidents; one out of 10 will Suf-
fer disabling injury; 38 will die
every day; one out of six farms
will be the scene of an accident;
four farm buildings will be de-
stroyed by fire every hour.
The Agriculture Department
suggested farm families hold
their own "quiz shows" to inn
prove the safety record.
They should ask how they can
teach safety; what they owe their
families, their community and
themselves m safety; how they
can further the safety program,
and so on.
Short Course
Representatives of farm organ
izations will greet women attend
ing the Rural Womens Short
Course, opening June IA on the
University of Maryland campus.
Speakers will be DR.. James M.
Gwin, director of the Maryland
extension service; DR.. T. B. Sy-
mons, acting university presi-
dent; DR.. II. c. Byrd, president
emeritus; Wilson A. Heaps, pre-
sident of the Maryland Farm
Bureau; Hubert A. Hopes,
master of the Maryland Grange,
and Mrs. Atlee Armour, presi-
dent of the Associated Women of
Farm Bureau of Maryland.
The course will end June 10.
Farm Front
Each person who buys wheat
from a producer during 1954-55
is liable for the amount of the
marketing quota penalty due on
"excess" wheat of the 1854 crop,
George j. Martin, Chairman of
the Maryland agricultural stabi-
lzation and conservation commit.
mittee, pointed out today.
Since marketing quotas are in
effect for the 1854 crop, farmers
who do not comply with their
farm wheat acreage allotments
become subject to lien on their
crop until the marketing quota
penalty is paid.
"When anyone purchases wheat
from producer, he should be
certain that such producer is
eligible to sell his wheat" Mr.
Martin declared. "He should,
therefore, request the producer
to present a wheat marketing
card or marketing certificate at
the time the wheat is offered for
sale.
"Failure to present a market
ing card or certificate at the time
of sale will be evidence that the
wheat is not clear of lien for
the penalty, and the buyer will
be held responsible for the lien
the same as he would be for pur.
chasing wheat with any other