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pump" can be very effective in stopping a f small fire. For electric equipment it would be well to have on hand a carbon dioxide or dry chemical extinguisher. Keep your fire depart- ment‘s number with your telephone. When you go to fight a neighbor’s fire. don‘t go empty- handedâ€"fill cans with water and take them with you; and when you get there park your "car where it will be out of the way of the fire trucks when they come. Gasoline should be stored out of doors and ,underground. Have strict rules about smoking in the barn or careless smoking in the house. Use proper sized fusesâ€"your fuse is your safety valve; if you are blowing fuses you are overloaded. Light bulbs in barns should be protected by guards and out of the reach of "animals. Have buildings equipped with light- ning-rods. Check heating equipment regularly and keep chimneys and pipes ciean and in good repairâ€"small holes in stove pipes may emit not only sparks but also carbon monoxide. The Minister Speaks The Ontario Department of Agriculture was host to the conference delegates for living 'and travelling expenses; and at the banquet the Minister. the Hon. W. A. Stewart, conâ€" gratuiated the safety councils on what they had already accomplished. He said. “As farm pe0ple we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to y0u who are taking the message of safety to ‘farm people." He was pleased to find so many women interested. As a farmer himself he considered the family farm the most import- ant unit in the farming industry and the family farm wouldn‘t be what it is without the farm wife. “Many a farmer looking over his fields and herds feels that it's good to be alive.“ the . inister said. “Our lives are our most precious ossession and the saving of lives is the most 'mportant thing in our crusade for safety. We don't like to think of the danger of accidents, ut farming is a hazardous vocation. A few 2. ears ago we took risks with horses and we ecame, to some degree, safety conscious. When tractors came they could neither kick ‘ or bite; but once their power is set in motion hey are far more dangerous than the old 9! Mr. Stewart referred to the report of the Ontario Farm Accident Survey showing that he fatalities from farm accidents were three ,"mes the mortality rate in the city of Toromo. '1 he figures from March lst, 1959 to February 9th, 1960 were: a total of 7.835 accidents. njuries were. 293 fatal. 336 permanent, 5.868 lemporary. Total medical bills, $700,977; time 051: 112,493 days or 3H years; property dam- ge $5,253,799. - UMMER 1962 i i' * JOHN KELLY Winifred M. Letts It was among the cowslips I saw John Kelly stand, An old cauheen was on his head. He'd cowslips in his hand. He picked a big bunch. I picked one too, But his he laid upon my knee. Said be. "There's thim for you." Ah! warm the sun was shining That day above Dundrum. The corncral-zes all were shouting. The blackbirds whistling, "Come." Clear was the Three-Rock. Misty the sea. That time i met John Kelly there \Vhen first he spoke to me. \Ve stood among the rowslips. I heard the cuckoo call. John Kelly showed his cabin there Beyond the granite wall, A white-washed cottage “(farm-thatched and small. An then he smiled and said good-bye, I smiled 7 and that was all. The scent of L'uwslips still brings back That day above Dundrum \Vhen cnrncrakes shouted in the grass. \Vhen blackhirds whistled. "Come." Still I can see you There by the gate; John Kelly, you were live years old And I was twenty‘eight. '1' i it "There are many difficulties in agriculture that the farmer cannot control." the Minister said. “I know the financial problems and the heartaches. The Department of Agriculture has provided machinery by which farmers can market co-opcratively; and a farmer can con- trol many problems by good farm manage- mentâ€"safety practices have an important part in this. To assist in the safety program the Deâ€" partment of Agriculture would continue its anâ€" nual 3940.000 grant to the Farm Safety Council and would give priority to safety promotion in extension work. Mr. W. P. Watson, Chief Production and Extension Division, and Assistant Deputy Minâ€" ister of Agriculture. closed the conference with the thought that when an accident has oc- curred sometimes the experience can be turned to account, He quoted a man who had been injured in an accident saying: “Before this happened I had worked from the neck down. Since then I have worked from the neck up. and l have made a great deal more money than I did before." 31