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Safety First! for over 1 By LAURA GREEN Farm Safety Day was number one on the list of things to do in the March Break for 110 rural children. Children travelled from all corners of Oxford County to attend last Wednesday's event at Hanalee Holsteins - Hank and Nancy-Lee Hazeleger of Embro. The day involved children learning about farm hazards encountered every day on a farm and how to stay safe. Children were divided into small groups and rotated through seven centres. Each centre focused on a dif-' ferent area of safety and were 'manned' by experts in the field. , Embro fire chief Don Shcwan brought the depart- Marc '1 30, /'796 THE INGERSOLL TIMES, Wednesday, March 20. 1996 - Page 7 ment's fire truck and extin- guishers to discuss fire safetyinthe barn and house. Members of the Oxford Farm Safety Association demonstrated the dangers of the power takeoff (PTO) shaft with a hand--operated PTO and clothing. Many farm accidents causing death or loss of limbs are caused by PTO shafts. Ontario Hydro had a dis- play on electrical safety. Chemical safety was covered by Nancy Hargreaves whose daughterisasurvivorofdrink- ing farm chemicals. Safety around large equip- ment like tractors was cov- ered by Vincent Farm Equipment Sherry Kitchen, ofOxford Community Child Care. discussed safety around small equipment like lawn mowers or Chainsaws with the Children. Hank Hazeieger discussed anirnalsafetyandsafety around the barn as he gave each group a tour of his facility. The Farm Safety Day was organized by Kim Murphy and Kim Parking who are members ofthe group known as Project Stepping Stones (PSS). Project Stepping Stones is a group of 10 18-24-year- olds who are responsible for planning and implementing farm safety programs throughout Oxford. During the past six months the group has been making presentations about farm safety to the schools in Ox- ford County. The Farm 00 kids Safety Day was the finale to the six-month project. The major source of fund- ing for the event came from the Oxford County Federa- tion of Agriculture. Milk for lunch was sup-- plied by the Oxford County Milk Producer's Committee. Snacks and dessert were supplied by Matheson's Food Land -- Embro, Ap- pics Plus - Woodstock and AP, IGA, YourIndepend- ent Grocer, Poole's and LOEB, all of Woodstock. Door prizes were supplied by a wide range of busi- nesses and organizations. At the end ofthe day, each child was presented a cer- tificate and a goodie bag with lots of farm safetv in- formation. 1 DOUBLE AUCTION OF TRACTORS. COMBINE, IMPLEMENTS, FEED AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, TO BE HELD FIVE MILES NORTH OF EMBRO, TO BROOKSDALE; THEN TWO MILES WEST AND 3/4 MILE SOUTH; ON THURSDAY, APRIL 11 AT 11 AM. RON PIETT EQUIPMENT: Allis Chalmers 6060 four-wheel drive with 450 loader, (4,500 hrs); Allis Chalmers 6060 with dual remotes (3.700 hrs); New Holland 488 haybine; Spramotor foo-gallon three-point hitch sprayer; John Deere pto sideraek; Oliver 12-foot wheel disc; McCormick 10-foot packer; 12-foot chain harrow; Winpower 25-kilowatt alterna- tor on trailer; international 510 sixteen-run drill with fertilizer and grass seeder; Quick-Tach bale spear; four sections of harrow and pole; White 12--foot three-point hitch cultivator; International 440 baler with thrower; two 18-foot Martin thrower racks; Ebersol 32--foot elevator; Allis Chalmers 3 x 18 semi-mount plow; 48-inch Wic aisle tan; round bale tarps; V-type snowblower; Ebersol two-horsepower bale shredder; steel fence posts; 4; 5, and 6-inch augers; and a wagon load. PIE'I'T FEED: Approximately 1,000 bales of straw; approx- imately 500 bales of hay. , ' " ' JIM MATHESON' EQUIPMENT; Case 2290 with cab, air and Betty Semeniuk and Ken Minter were among those on hand at the Oxford Farm Safety dual remotes, (3551 hrs); John Deere 6600 diesel combine lsociation Farm Safety Day held during the March Break. The day-long event was held With straw shredder; 134°C" straight head; IOUI'IOW wide a the farm of Hank and Nancy-Lee Hazeleger with over 100 county kids attending. corn head; pickup head; New Holland 310 baler with throw- ifura Green Photo) er; two Martin thrower racks on eight-ton gear; Hagedorn eight-foot single-auger snowblower; Hesston 2000-150 har- vester with two-row head and pickup; New Holland #28 Whirl-A-Feed blower; two Dion self-propelled forage racks and truck chassis; International 510 21-run drill with fertiliz- er and grass seed; New Holland 489 haybine; Kuhn pto rake; Allis Chalmers 5 x 18 semi-mount plow with auto- reset; 12-foot culvimulcher; five-toot swirl-cut mower: gravity bin on wagon; 1977 Ford F-600 grain truck wrth hoist (as is). MATHESON FEED: Approximately 2,500 bushels oi barley; approximately 35 feet of corn ensilage in 20-toot silo. NEIGHBOURS: Tractor: Allis Chalmers 190 XT diesel. no cab; International 4000 swather with 12-foot draper head; Allis Chalmers semi-mount 2000 4+1 18-ln. plow with buster bar; Turneo four-row scufller (new in '95); Dunham Lehr 15-foot cultipacker; Campbell compressor. ,' TERMS: Cash or cheque with LB. 1 Proprietors and auctioneers not responsible for accidents or deletion's.'Decision oi auctioneers final, RON PIETT, 475-6018 and JIM MATHESON, 475-4828 -- Proprietors. DOUG JACOB, 519-271-7894 --Auctioneer. (6) CW. The Mexican team is caught resting after a big relay race held at the Embro Community Centre. The face painted children here were among 80 attending the March Break Program sponsored by the Embro West-Zorra Optimists. (Laura Green Photo)