Know Hazards Around Farm Ponds Sou Technician
A conservation pledge from America links soil and water care to safety as 300 4-H and Boy Scouts attend a Sept camporee at the Vermont Forest and Farmland Foundation. Safety tips cover pond siting, liability, construction, and post completion measures to prevent drownings and hazards.
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Sou
James
Bud) Edgerton
Ray Lovely
Green Mountain
Vermont Forest and Farmland Foundation
Rupert
James Woodard
Louis Dondero
Fred Bongartz
Ponds Safety Measures For Boating And Swimming
Guidelines emphasize marking safe swimming areas and installing lifesaving devices near ponds. Do not swim or skate alone, use floatable boats, avoid farm ponds in storms or spillway flow, and ensure children are supervised and learn swimming with aid from Red Cross and 4 H programs.
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Red Cross
FFA
4-H
County Agent Urges Safer Farming In National Farm Safety Week
John C. Page warns farm safety is deteriorating as workers grow careless. He cites bent PTO shields, open shafts, unsafe wiring, unshored hay holes, broken ladders, dangerous bulls, and unguarded ponds. The message: think safety and practice it to prevent accidents.
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Midwest
Farm Safety Week Event and Home Pest Tips
North Shaftsbury's Anne Metcalfe leads a flor al demonstration at the 4-H Field Day held August 3 at 4-H Camp Ondawa Sunderland from noon to 12 30 pm. A chicken barbecue follows. The piece then shares practical wasp control advice using insecticides, night spraying, nest disposal, and safety cautions. It closes with Farm Safety Week facts and a Penn State note advising lighter wash loads for better automatic washer performance.
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Anne Metcalfe
North Shaftsbury
Ondawa
Sunderland
University Park, Pa
UPI
Helen Bell
Penn State
Miss Bell
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Bennington County
Soil Conservation Service
Soil Conservation District
A&ea
John C. Page
Bennington County Forest Association
Charles E. Dewey
Bennington
Charles E. Canfield
Arlington
Vermont
Marion S. Harris
OMATO
Oreo Creams
Maxwell House
Golden Grain
Birdseye
Turkey
Peg
Bartlett Hall
U.S. Public Health Service
Eljer
H. Greenberg & Son, Inc
Main St
Dial
Bennington, Vt
MR. Cool Hand
Mr. Cool
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