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Show Page 30-T- 1, 1976 Thursday, April HERALD, Provo, Utah, HE Ford Promises Push for Basic New Rules to Cut Millions From Food Stamp Program B) BERNARD BRENNER UPI FARM EDITOR -FWASHINGTON (UPI) ormal adoption of new regulations which are expected to drop about 5 million people out of the Department's Agriculture food stamp program will be announced in a week or two, a ranking official says. the crackdown officials estimate will Whether which save about $12 billion in the program which currently costs about $58 billion a year actually will stick, however, will depend on later developments in the courts and on Capitol Hill. Assistant Agriculture Secre- estimate will save about $600 million instead of the $1.2 effect. billion Feltner said he hoped the administration wins in court because "I think this is our best chance for real change in the " stamp program this year. "I can't be optimistic about the kind of bill we're likely to the get out of Congress," official added. is currently reviewing public comments on the regulations it proposed in late February. "Economic com production Feltner said final adoption of weed control is the rules are planned as without virtually impossible," declared probably quickly as possible Dr. John 0. Evans, who directs next week or the following with many of the much of the weed research with week State University regulations scheduled to take Utah effect June 1. Agricultural Experiment Station. Feltner declined to comment He said, "The 65 million specifically about whether any of the proposed new regulations acres of corn planted in the U.S. and the 100.000 acres would be modified or dropped after review of public complanted in Utah each year are ments which include criticism subject to recurring weed of the changes from infestations. These come from an-'some state a massive reservoir of seed and vegetative reproductive organs observers including critics of the administration plan, however, have predicted the final rules will not from I he basic original proposals. Anticipating this development, anti poverty groups are preparing to file suit against the regulations, which tighten eligibility rules for the stamp program, soon after they are made final. And Feltner conceded in an interview that, "we do expect to be sued." ' But we sincerely believe we haw a good case, and that what we will be doing will be w ithin the law." the official said. Feltner said he w as reasonMost vary-greatl- ably optimistic" threatened lawsuit that w the ill not put in the any permanent crimp administration plan (o cut food stamp costs lYospccts in the promised lawsuit ma) hold the key to the extent of changes in the stamp program this year, several sources said, because food stamp reform bills currently pmling.on Capitol Hill are not expected to cut as dimply into fmd stamp eligibility as the pnvosed administration rules If the lawsuit blocks enforce mem of the administration regulations, one source said. I'rcsider.t Ford would be forced to choose between accepting a Ongnpssional bill which may go only part way toward his position and allowing curre regulations to continue in the soil." Evans said, "My students and I find that Ihe viable weed seeds in the soil number in the millioas. from a minimum of several million to well over a hundred million seeds per acre in the top three inches of the soil. Some of these seeds can remain dormant for several years, some for half a century, and some for even longer. Besides the seeds, millions of tubers and bulbs, buds on rhizomes, and roots or stolens persist for many years in the Forester Has Tree following Evans " year advocates doing is r hurxlrrd $10(0 numbers, of I out or more, can be purchased r only ITS 1.(1)0 ;,!! s Ni.llii.o (.ill In uxd lor ail purpoy rxn-p- t as pi-- fr Eafh patkages enntam a sanely .ie from the Mten l.itiie The 81 116 SttSCfct be r li lq (Hdr f fornn ran rwiplite h- - in 1975, has been moving recently to win back farm support with a series of moves including elevation of Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz to head a new administration farm-foopolicy council He told the editors that on grain exports d considering current grain supchances of ply prospects, another export sales embargo this yearare "nil." Ford said that following a meeting with Illinois farmers recently at which he took a SALT LAKE CITY iL'PIl There were 11 per cent more hens and pullets of laying age in Utah flocks on March 1. compared to the same time the year before. The Utah Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said there were 1.5 million compared to 14 million in 1974. The rate of lay (eggs per 100 layers) was down from 64 to 48. reflecting the expansion of flocks with young chickens, the service said. for the Egg production quarter Ifceember-Februar- million, 11 per cent less than a year ago. Utah hatcheries produced 24.000 eggtvpe chicks (half beinj pullets i and 716.000 turkey poults. That compares to98.00C chicks and 499.000 turkey poult hatched in February 1975. was strong antimbargo stand. ran "pretty well" in farm areas in the Illinois primary and "if Illinois agricultural areas are indicative, I think we'll do all h( r During March 70 v PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE Jimmy Carter, Democrat, gets the once over from a cow as he visits the Leonard Peck Plan 'Wonder n y V 1 -- sl 4, 1 farm in Eau Clair, Wis., while taking his campaign to the country. Juab Agents Urge Garden' With New Variety 4-- H Participation by Youth NEPHI Grow vegetable varieties with which you are well for your main acquainted Add garden production. interest by planting some of the new improved varieties in a "wtmdcr garden." It. Dr. Alvin Hamsun, horticulturist with Ttah State University Extension, says, "You can make gardening more delightful by adding wmnler or surprise You gain this element of anticipation as you await the performance of the new varieties. It can be most pleasurable for the avid Blaine Jones, and Utah State University Extension Agents in Juab County, are encouraging all young people between the ages of 9 and 19. to sign up for that "Our horse clubs have been a great credit to the Jean Poffenroth, county. Last year we also had successful clubs in small rocketry, rabbits, beef and sheep. We would like to add clubs in automotive, entomology and also encourage participation in our beef carcass contest. " engines, garden, 411 programs. They have stated that there 46 project areas to choose from and that should offer something interesting for all young people. are This year The above contest is by the Juab sponsored Cattlemen's Association in are they cooperation with the local FFA and programs. Nyle Matthews, a livestock exnert from Utah State University will also be helping with this endeavoring to branch out in several fields instead of just the traditional areas of the past. Resides the home economics areas of cooking, clothing, child list of vegetable varieties that perform well in Utah is given in Extension Circular 313. "Growing Vegetables llecommended Varieties for care and project. home Cub members can enter one or more steers and they are to have the animal weighed in at the Kiwanis Spring show the last week in April. improvement. Miss Poffenroth wants to add knitting, drama, arts and crafts, photography and bicycling clubs. Mr. Jones has likewise stated Utah" V REGAL LOOKING million-dolla- r bull named Paclamar Astronaut was loaned this week in Elburn. III. for having tired world record of 39,760 offspring, many of which hate outstanding milk and butlrrfal production records. nt lb. Thit 95 oil 4' pt qf Cose of 6 director of agricultural relations for the breeding service which leases ibe bull, rrporlt all of Aitronaul't tons and daughter hate been conceited through artificial insemination. 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April 3rd & SOLIDS ONIONS Hard-Re- 25 lbs Sa!e Good 1 i DRIED LENTILS $1700 IX w SKOAL $21 95 . 1 FLANNEL PRINTS : VICTORIO STRAINER Cenerol Mills Dehydrated f300 5' Can.. W available species: along with free planting Huff will acrumjtany yw seedling order form of " I W A POTATOES from Mate Forestry Area Off in fixated in Logan. Mnt Ittt. IMtfrM. Cedar Cut and Mab Non-insta- Mokt J6 J q' obtained A " s - iiV gardner." SO f W- More Laying Hens in Utah a $38 Forester Office is: WeM North Temple, Salt Like ( iH, I reduction from potential yield. Evans said. "It is not unusual in Utah to see a much higher weed count in corn fields than one redroot or one foxtail per inch of row. Some fields carry up to 25 per inch of row up to the harvest period." He feels that there is no excuse for this. He said. "Corn ought to be our number one crop for deense against weeds. It is a crop that tolerates cultivation beautifully. paikite State Nufsm pnctsnlJO 00j rj.ai fc'c To nfium a erd;mK otcjif firm write to the Mate U A similar results. light infestation of quackgrass, producing 320 pounds of dry matter top growth per acre, resulted in nearly 20 percent trar are it wrdlmts ata this year resentment growing against administration curbs out one-thir- GREEN SPLIT PEAS ttr MiinC earlier ,(f , right" in other farm states. Ford added that if he is in office when Congress begins to write an extension of current farm laws next year, "my general thought would be that a continuation of existing pro" grams is the answer law which The present emphasizes free planting and a minimum of government involvement "is better than anything I've seen in my 27 years as a government official," Ford said. ) unrest of the a loss of nearly crop. Grass type weeds caused opmot (i.im d irrh,w priir hfisn htfvfifotmiat floor his proposal to ease estate taxes for farmers can become law this year if Congress handles it as part of a general tax reform bill. "The likelihood of (a general lax bill becoming law in 1976 is very remote," the President said. But. he added, the estate tax plan could well become law this year "if we could isolate that proposal and let it go through (Congress) as a separate piece of legislation." Ford, plagued by farm belt SPD STOH 50 bt two different methods The first method ii units of SO per order must total 1(K) ortwfttDtals AJso olkrcd this George McGovern, DSD., and otliers win a planned fight to liberalize the bill on the Senate DRY MILK Ji!fi-ren- .)nc fcTxilirigs Department regulations. Some of those projected Senate savings could be washed out, however, if Sen. job of cultivation and using chemical weed killers as needed to control weeds in com He says it really pas He cited studies indicating that one rcdroot pigweed for each W inch of row can reduce cum yield nearly five bushels per acres Oik- of these weeds of for each inch row resulted in Regular, The Slate Forester (Hfice w now offering tree and shrub for purchase by the public to be planted for There ems rxatcn purpose ! are presently fiwir of shrubs. w specie of juries diviiVnw trn-- s and m m c the Meeting with members of the American Agricultural Editors Association in the White House, Ford said there is little chance 4 good ' etvrtgteens available Svrtiints mat be pun for f "We have a long ways to go in controlling weeds in our Utah corn fields Corn from many badly weed infested fields goes into the silage pits A lot of wred seed goes back onto the farm to infest the fields the Seedlings of Agriculture which analysts claimed -P(UPI) Ford told visiting farm editors he Tuesday expects to run well among farm belt voters this fall and will of press for current basic farm laws if he's soil, providing another source of remfestation We are faced with this latter source of infestation in Utah, especially with our perennial weeds that are a serious problem in com mi If the lawsuit fails, however form a modified Weed Control Critical For Corn Production tary Richard Feltner said in an interview that the department agencies. WASHINGTON resident The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a bill which adopts some of the administration's proposals, but in r " Farm Statutes the source pointed out Ford would then be in a stronger position in dealing with Congress. He would be able to threaten a veto of legislation he regarded as wenk because the administration's tougher regulations would then remain in Congressional r of fKjtOA r crxjjtVff! 37)6110 Km, . tti. 10 J fv thvt Sot 10 6 Provo Orem MS0N So 374 $4 7 J 10 Mn . H, Sot 30 30 6 Mad J14 0I00 t M. . N. t0 lof 10 6 hno SirricitY lt(;ill 'lUiiniaKy |