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role pesticides play in our lives today -- or do we? Without them it would be impossible to grow commercially acceptable fruits, vegetables,
jmeats and dairy products; nearly impossible to check the spread of many diseases as they are our most effective weapon against mosquitoes and flies; and without them there would be more hoeing and digging of weeds and picking off bugs that most of us don’t want to think about. Pesticides are chemicals used
by all to control undesirable |
plants, diseases, insects or! rodents. To be of help to us| we must follow directions and | use them only as directed on the container. Safety precautions need to be followed if pesticides are to benefit us as they should. Over “dosage," improper handling, unsafe storage and improper disposing may result in these very j jvaluable aids becoming! People cides instead of pesti- ! cides. Remember “Accidents Are Caused....They Just Don’t Happen!"
************ 1 Just read a good hint con'cerning children and sugar that you might be interested in if there are little ones around. Fill a king-size salt
j shaker (or container) with; sugar. The children can use ithis for cereal,»etc. 1$ will/ I be a lot easier for thefri to 1 | use and will save you a lot iof cleaning up, too.
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operative's regional office in 1 Winchester. Following lunch, James R. jAyers, Jr. General Counsel and Secretary of the coopera- ■
itive, will discuss “Agriculture--Today and Tomorrow." ’ iThe presentation -- featuring a number of color slidesj will take a look at the next
Jfive years in agriculture and ; will suggest guidelines in planning future programs on services,
credit andfarmingoperjations.
| Those expected to attend the 'meeting from the Sperryville larea are; P. Lee Thornton, ; manager of Rappahannock jFarmers Cooperative and loIcal board members; Neujbill Miller, Tom Massie of {Washington, J. M. O’Bannon J of Woodville, Herbert Foster of Flint Hill and H. B. Wood, Edward Scroggins of Sperryville.
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