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Show I '- I ! ' I 1 - - V I - . J X : . f !.,.....,.. i - .JO,- i-,t.r,r.-- - ut. CHAMPION AND PREMIER: Boutique, a seven -year -old silver Persian female, held by Betty Jane Firmage, her owner, at the Las Vegas cat show last week, Is a whole lot of cat. Mrs. James Mayer brought us the picture. Mrs. Firmage, now of Laguna Hills, Calif., Is the daughter daugh-ter of Roy Firmage, long-time operator of the Milford theatre. She is a niece of Bill Firmage, Beaver. Farmers mast certify to use losticidiGG How can farmers and other private applicators get certified as will be required requir-ed by law to buy and use the restricted agriculture chemicals to control insects, plant diseases, weeds and other destructive pests? Ray Downs of Utah Department Depart-ment of Agriculture Plant Division says you have several options. Much the best way is to attend one of the six-hour pesticide applicator ap-plicator training sessions now being conducted throughout through-out the state by Utah State University Extensionand the State Department of Agriculture. Agri-culture. Participating in this training qualifies you to receive re-ceive a certificate. There is no written exam. If you miss the training session, you can obtain a training manual, study it and ' then go into the state inspector's in-spector's office to take a written examination much like you do for your driver's test. A score of 70 or better bet-ter qualifies you to be certified. the restricted materials, there is still something you can do. Go to the inspector inspec-tor or the county extension agent and review with him a check list of exactly what you are to do In handling and applyingthe material you need to buy. That person can give you an emergency one-time -only permit to submit sub-mit in buying the pesticiede. After that you must go through one of the other methods ingainingcertifica-tion." ingainingcertifica-tion." Downs added, "The State Department of Agriculture will work with you very closely to help you conform to the requirements of the law. We feel that Utah has a plan to certify farmers under a very reasonable program pro-gram that has been approved by the Environmental Protection Pro-tection Agency. It is a minimal min-imal program needed to make users aware of the hazards haz-ards of pesticiedes in order to protect each other and the environment." He explained that a pri- alty for illegal purchase Is $5,000. The licensed dealer deal-er selling it to you can also get into trouble. , Downs says he expects the certification will last three to five years. Then it will be necessary to go over new developments and update the information and training. If you can get it in no other way, Downs said you can obtain a selfstudy book, read it at home and fill out the questions as in an open book exam. Then submit the book to the Department and be awarded a certificate. . Downs said, "If for some reason you don't get qualified for certification bynext September Sep-tember when the law goes into in-to effect and all of a sudden sud-den an emergencypest problem prob-lem arises requiring one of vate applicator or farmer who has been certified can take the responsibility to supervise the pest controlling controll-ing activities of people on his own farm. He can do this so that each of those persons will not be required to get a certification. When the regulation on restricted re-stricted materials goes into effect next fall, you wont be able to legally buy those materials without beingcer-tified. beingcer-tified. The maximum pen- |