Livestock Club Members Learn About Farm Safety

The members of the Livestock Club learned important lessons about tractor, ATV and lawn mower safety at their May meeting. David Ford from VA Tractor enforced the idea of always putting safety first when operating any type of lawn or garden equipment.


The safety rules include

1. NEVER have a rider.
2. NEVER ride on a fender
3. ALWAYS wear a seat belt
4. ALWAYS check around and behind you before moving
5. ALWAYS set the break and turn off the machine when getting off.
6. NEVER walk under a loader when it is in the up position
7. NEVER wear loose clothing around tractors or other equiptment.

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