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Sol What Do YOU Do? 



Keep your shirt oni You are not hurt yet and you don't need to get hurt if you 

 go at your pest control with the right attitude. You have never wanted to kill or 

 endanger any consumer with pesticides - I hopee Well, the Miller Bill will help you 

 to avoid doing it by mistake. 



Just follow a few simple rules. You will be more successful in your pest con- 

 trol and less of a hazard to your fellow men, 



1, Read and follow labels aM official pest control recommendations o Pesti- 

 cide manvifactTCFST's and'TOTHTllators spend millions of dollars developing products and 

 gathering information with which to prove the truth of statements on their proposed 

 labels. This must be done before the product can be sold interstate. 



Now, with the Ililler Bill in effect, more millions will be spent to ob- 

 tain data necessary for the establishment of a "residue tolerance" or "exemption" for 

 each pesticide. This will have to be done before a label can be obtained. And the 

 data must show that the established residue tolerance for the material will not be 

 exceeded on the crops for which it is proposed if used according tbo directions . 



These directions must appear on the lajjel. Read and follow them p 



Official pest control recommendations will guide you t o successful and safe 

 pest control if you follow them . Authors are human and do make mistakes - another 

 good reason for reading labels. Official charts are your best guide to proper timing 

 and choice of materials - labels give you the safe and effective amounts per acre or 

 per 100 gallons, necessary precautions, proper interval before harvest and crops on 

 which the material may be used, ~~ 



2, Depend upon a thoroughgoing , preventive pest control program so you 

 won't have to use late emergency measvires. Such emergency treatments are always 

 costly and can lead to residue problems. If you do get caught with a pest problem 

 close to harvest get the best available advice. But - don't be surprised if you do 

 not get a good answer. No one in his right mind isgoing to suggest you use a material 

 vtiich might create a residue problem, 



Vfould you, if you were in his shoes? 



•sHHtE.H.liflieeler 



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 WHY RESEARCH? 



Research has been characterized as the "yeast" which raises the "dough" for 

 industry's bread. Certainly, research is as fundamental and important to agriculture 

 as to industry, in view of the fact that agriculture has the responsibility of pro- 

 viding food for an ever increasing urban population with a constantly decreasing farm 

 population. 



Not all research pays off but that ivhich does, more than pays the bill for all 

 as evidenced by the return of more than one billion dollars a year on a total research 

 investment of about 15 million to develop hybrid corn. Can you imagine where our Mc 

 Intosh apple industry would be t oday without the research which has gone into pest 

 control, nutrition and storage? — ED, 



Publication Approved by George J, Cronin, State Purchasing Agent-#19 



