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easily breathed into the child‘s mouth causing suf- focation. Keep tools. especially sharp or pomted tools in a locked tool chest. In the basement keep papers and any rubbish away from the furnace, and put ashes in metal containers, not in cardboard boxes. “Start a safety campaign in your home,” Mrs. McCandless urged. “Try to make every member of the family conscious of hazards and ready to remove them." A Women’s Institute Effort Summing up the discussion, Mrs. Lymburner gave these figures from the results of the Farm and Home Safety Service for the first and Second quarters of last year: _ The greatest number of accidents befell chil- dren between the ages of 5 and 15 years; adults between the ages of 36 to 45 and 51 to 55. Out of 187 kitchen accidents, 6 were fatal; 4 suffered permanent injury and the cost for medâ€" iCal bills was well over $17,000. Yards and gar- dens were the places for 257 accidents at approxâ€" imately the same cost. $17,000. The overall cost of accidents on farms came to $249,572 with the average for a singly at“ dent, $77.50. ‘ “And the money is the least part of it,“ mid Mrs, Lymburner, “when computed againt; me time lost, the permanent injury in not d few instances, the suffering and worry along mm {he disruption of the whole family‘s routine. mm of all is the knowing that with care the adult-m could have been avoided,” Mrs. Lymburner then announced that to ‘ mu- late an interest in keeping homes and ill- safe, the Federated Women’s Institutes of r». tilt) would put before their members a plan in m out in their family life, with fathers, mt _,; children and hired help working together ‘11; plan is to award a certificate of merit to it int-s which have been absolutely accident free i a twelve months period which would begin ably early in the summer. Mrs. Lymburner s . Miles “The Federated Women‘s Institutes of t no are willing to accept their share of respon .‘m to bring down the number of accidents :li'e province and have chosen this way of i‘L ,ng through their own members." One Family’s Safety Promotii ll Conference was a panel “What Our Fam- ily Did to Promote Farm Safety," staged by an actual farm family, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph French of Perth County and their two sons and two daughters with Mr. William Anderson, an- other Perth County farmer, acting as chairman. Mr. Anderson said that they have several im- portant things in Perth County but the people are the most important and should be protected by every precaution for their safety. When the chairman asked Mr. French what he considered his responsibility as the head of a family in promoting safety. he mentioned among other things, that he tries to warn the boys about the risks with tractors and the importance of keeping machinery and other equipment in order. He seemed to believe in establishing some rules too, commending the action of a father who. when he learned that his son had been racing with the car, took away his driver’s cer< tificate for a month. The French children learned to drive a car within the boundaries of their own farm, so they Were pretty good drivers be- fore they were allowed to take a car on the road. In addition to being warned not to exceed the speed limit, they are told not to let anyone else drive the car when they have it. Mrs. French felt that it is a mother‘s respon- sibility never to leave small children alone. Even things that we never think of as hazards can lead to accidents, such as a kitchen chair or any chair that a child can move. A chair to climb on makes it possible for him to reach shelves or turn on a tap or get his hand in a wringer. Very young children must be taught to stay away from wringers, hot stoves, medicines and such things, a. DELIGHTFUL feature of the Farm Safety 20 and as soon as they are old enough the} mld be taught how to use them. The daughter Helen who is a teacher. p her parents a high compliment when she sh iitli their example and the safety training re- ceived at home helped her to teach hr of safety at school. She had also learned L’dtl deal through a 4 H Homemaking Club ,ct, “The Club Girl Stands On Guard." Another of Mr. French‘s rules is to ' a vigilant eye on such things as Weak m or worn boards in floors, and on the wiring ulh house and barn. He said, “Last year \‘v N were going to thresh, We checked the vw ‘ 1n the barn and found that rats had gnawed bird. Discovering this in time may have a' ! :1 fire." The French boys, Bob and Bill, sixtt .crr- old twins, in Grade X in high school ar. hu- siastic farmers. Asked to tell something [hit safety practices they follow at their \ki Hill stressed these points in the handling of t: NF: “When using a manure spreader behind :21:- Eor we have learned always to put the in "M of gear before getting off to put the ‘i‘ll‘t’ spreader in gear. It is very easy to trial “HP but not easy to get out from under the “his~ “There is an open ditch through our l..w Md we have learned to stay away from it \' “'9 are working with the tractor. Coming U! W ditch we always turn in plenty of time. "After working with a tractor it “ill i to let it cool for tWenty minutes before u because if gas strikes the hot motor it Hi“ to blow up. “We have learned never to drive a [rat the barn and if we are working around I! v nit “us. into l‘.llil HOME AND COUNTRY