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Appieton-ventury, ana its author is Wheeler McMlllen whose credentials are outstanding. He has been a writ er on farm subjects for over 40 years, has edited leading rural magazines and is the author of other books on agri cultural practices. Mr. McMlllen takes *a moderate, convincing position. He is no opponent of reasonable controls and safe guards so far as chemicals are concerned. In this, he enjoys much company. All manner of instltiftions and persons seek the maximum safety in their use—the manufacturers, the users, government agencies, health departments, farm organizations, and agron nomists. But Mr. McMlllen finds—and his arguments are documented and compelling— that pesticides are as a rule perfectly safe and are abso lutely essential to our food supply. He cites chapter and verse of ruinous blights and crop failures caused by plant diseases. Science through chemistry, has provided the answer. The need—a need that cannot be reasonably contradicted— for pesticides is summed up in this passage from the book: “Let the insects go unchecked? They will go their relentless ways. For humankind they will produce disease and death, poverty, hunger and discomfort. Man has no Intelligent choice except to fight back with the best weapons he can command."
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