Show PROPER USE MEANS SAFETY In the light of increasing pressure to abolish by law the use of pesticides in agriculture and elsewhere a late statement statement state state- ment by the nations nation's largest farm organization organization or or- assumes the greatest significance cance to all US U.S. citizens The state statement statement ment constitutes the policy on on agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural chemicals as adopted by the Farm Bureau Federation at its Annual Meeting late in 1968 It says Modern agriculture cannot provide adequate quantities of high quality food and fiber without the continued safe use of agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural chemicals and drugs Any curtailment cur of the safe use of these products pro ducts would result in higher food prices to consumers In recent months there has been a stepped up campaign against the use of many pesticides We believe that every effort must be made to inform the general public that pesticide pesticide pesticide cide usage is subject to stringent federal federal fed fed- eral and state regulation and that farm farm- ers era using these pesticides in accordance with federal and state laws The Farm Bureau stressed the need of unending unending- educational efforts to promote promote pro pro- mote the safe use of agricultural chem chern It believes heavy emphasis should be placed on the reading of labels and proper usage both of which are essential essential essen essen- to safety Reading the label before applying a pesticide is no different than observing the red line on an automobile speedometer Some people are killed each year in automobiles largely automobiles largely because of failure to observe safe operating operating oper oper- procedures Proper use Is the secret of pesticide safety just as it is of driving safety And the truth is as the American Farm Bureau statement makes so clearly apparent apparent apparent ap ap- parent that we can no more abolish pesticides than we can abolish that modern modern modern mod mod- ern necessity the auto |