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The burden of caution rests squarely upon the shoulders of a driver who is approaching any child or group of children on a street or highway. Children’s actions are never predictable, although we have been able to train them in the ways of safety with some success. Usually it is when a driver is going too fast to stop safely, or thinking of other things rather than the very important job of driving properly, that he kills or injures one or more children of tender years.
The protection of police or adult crossing guards at school intersections has helped greatly in keeping accidents at those places to a minimum. School boy safety patrols also have helped. Most drivers obey the signals of these protectors of children and respect the ever-present need for alertness and slower driving in speed zones near schools or play areas, or making a full stop when children are leaving or boarding a school bus. But even more than that is needed. To all drivers we commend the admonition: “Air ""ways give the kids a break.”
Wheat Acreage Regulation
Farmers who intend to seed wheat this fall much will not be harvested as a 1954 grain crop should report their intentions to the Production and Marketing Administration before the crop is seeded. Otherwise such wheat will be considered for use as grain and the acreage bn which it is produced will be counted against the farm’s acreage allotment. With rigid acreage controls in effect on the 1954 wheat crop, Virginia farmers must reduce their plantings about 26 per cent to cooperate with the program. The 1954 State
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