if! Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 2. 1070 Persons Getting Food Stamps Climbs 32 Per Cent in 2 Months to 5 Million Scciolaiy of Agnuiltuie Cltf foul M Il.udm todav icpoilcd (hat a total of about 9 million not’dv poisons woic aided bv USDA’s family food assistance piogiams m Mai oh This is a pielimmaiy estimate fiom USDA’s Food and Nutn lion Set vice Piecise figures will be at.nlable later Societal y Haidm said the month’s big gain was in pai ticipation in the Food Stamp Piogiam. which has been signi ficanllv nnpioved in leccnt months so that low-income families pay less and get moie What's New? Subirrigation Tested Iloig-Wnnei Coipoiation is a'it maikctuig a now poious pi-ispc subn i igation tubing call tci Miuo-Poi Good lesults have 1 Ken icpoued witn c* L ius iieos "Uawbeuies coin potatoes and j. '‘ses The finn savs savs the unde’ onnd inigat’on leaves the soil u face cli' shaimv leduuna v.alei loss fiom uriofT and eva relation as v ell as peicol.dion .ne cliv sin face also mhio'ts >..eed giovvth fungi's and in acts Betlei aie leooited pos- ible because vvatu and nutn outs aie deliveiecl duectlv and c.uicklj to the loots at the pic cise stage of the gi owing cycle vhen they aie needed most Sutan.. ■|Se!ec'ive Heroicide ■ +atrazme lets your com . grow free Youi corn grows free rom all nr, aor grasses a no' weeds Free from the grcrvih st r ess t-s 1 - eess cause Free to develoo strong, vgorous roots that reach ccor is mom use of soil nutrients ana mosture Free me ' r a cji ''ahons, possible root damage ana tree ct trasnv i e.es a‘ rar/est time This season, use oepercable economical Sutan plus atrazme on all your corn acreage Slop the toughest grasses and weeds nutgrass, wild cane, to<tails, fall pameum, Johnsongrass seed lings craograss annual mormnggiory, lanosquarters, pigweed, ragweed nightshade and othe r s that loweryour prof.ts Mix Sutan plus atrazme in the soil as fSUMSa i you prepare your seedoed There’s no need to ■MUSS I depend on unpredictable rainfall to move the 1 herbicide into the weed seed zone Sutan and vijtail atrazme will be waiting to control weeds as they sprout Used as directed, Sutan controls Se uctive hehiic |!1 weeds without leaving harmful residues in the j soil Free yourself from work and worry., see us today for your supply of Sutan. USS Agri-Chemicals Dealers A. K. MELLINGER - Akron. Pa. MUSSER FARMS Columbia. Pa M G. MENTZERS SONS Ephrata, Pa SPREAD EAGLE FARMS - Klmgerstown, Pa ENOS BUCKWALTER - Lancaster, Pa HEISEY FARM SERVICE Law n. Pa. RAYMOND NOLT New- Holland, Pa JOHN MUSSER Quanyulle, Pa ROSS H ROHRER Quarry \illc, Pa P. L. ROHRER Smoketown. Pa Pai ticipation in this piogiam climbed to a recoid high 5 million pci sons in March up 16 per cent from the 4 3 mil lion poisons taking part dm mg Febmary, and up 32 pci cent from the 3 8 million poi sons paiticipating in Januaiy. Payments of “bonus” coupons to paiticipating families climb ed to appioximately $7O million foi the month up 37 peicent fiom the $5l million in Feb:u aiy, and up 160 percent fiom the $26 9 million in bonus stamps a month eailier P.nti cipatmg families pay in appio ximatcly the same amount they would usually spend foi food Then they aie given bonus food coupons to bung then tot il food buying powci up to the level of USDA’s “economy diet" (See USDA pioss ickvsc 3872 69 of Decembei 18, 19M ) Paiticipation in USD V s othei family feeding piogiam the Commodity Disliibution Piogiam totaled 4 0 million neeciv poisons in Fcbuuuv Paiticipation in Match is e\ poctecl to be appio\imatcly the same These icsuits aie sign'll cant, Secietaiv Ilai dm .said, “and I am gialiiied that inoi e people in need of food aie ac tually getting the loot! I apm e ciate the long and haid voik that has made it possible fc these additional people to p. i - tiupate vvoik both bv USDA’s staff, heie and in the field and especially by our co opciators In the Stales, conn lies, and local governments “But. significant as those 10 suits are.” the Secretary said, "we still have much nioie woik to do President Nixon has giv en all of us a commitment to ‘wipe out hunger in Amenca,’ and we need to continue to push vigorously foiwaid until hungc is indeed wiped out ” Sccretaiy Hat dm gave these detailed lepoits on some mdi vidual food stamp aieas in d>f feient paits of the countiv In Cook County. 111. bonus coupons issued to participant*- in Minch mote than tnpled the amount issued in Febiuaty neatly $2 million wotth, again.-.* $647,211 wotth In Shelbv Countv, Tenn the value of bonus coupons issued to pailicipants lose to 5420 043 in Match, against 5306 147 in Febiuaiy In Oilcans Palish La, .hr value of bonus coupons issued lose to $1 003,105 in Ma'di, against $B4O 628 in Febmaiv Pai ticipation in the Fool Stamp Piogiam he said, also inci eased significantly in all thiee of these aieas mrmrx&jDffi LABOR SAVE M spisiiia!irsis?g_ p A DIVISION! 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