The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-13

New Haven, Conn, March l3. = large increases in the sale of sur- plus butter and some fresh fruits and vegetables for free food order stamps were recorded in the North eastern Region during the month of January, according to report made public today by the Surplus Market ing Administration.
 william H. Harper, in charge of the Food Stamp Plan in the New Haven area, said that the report, compiled by the Economic Analysis Section of the SMA, showed Q total of 4l,430,OO0 - Q gain of e60,000 over the previous month was spent for all surplus foods purchased with blue stamps in the region.
 With the rapid expansion of the program nationally, families par ticipating throughout the country were found to have purchased sur- plus foods valued at 96,010,000 with blue stamps. While this meant an increase of 9323 900 over the total sales for December, the average of $2.33 spent per person per month, was maintained. According to the report, Mir. Harper said, there were marked increases in the quantities of butter, eggs and pork products bought with blue stamps on @ na- tion-wide basis,
 Carrots Added To List
 Fresh carrots, Q locally-grown sur- plus for the region, appeared on the surplus list for the first time in January. These carrots, known at "cut carrots without tops" to differ entiate them from Western and Southern carrots, are grown largely in the Connecticut Valley region and to a lesser extent in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. The report shows that persons using blue stamps purchased approXi- nately 285 900 pounds of carrots in the region as Q whole: Nearly l30,000 pounds in the New England States and j55,000 pounds in the Middle Atlantic States. Total dollar value of these carrots purchases was $l3,- 900.
 The percentage of total blue stamps spent for surplus comnodi- ties il the Northeastern Region was approximately the same as in De- cenber Althought the dollar value of purchases of cereals, most fresh fruits and vegetables, and pork and pork lard, showed little change, in- creases were recorded in the amounts spent for potatoes, apples and citrus fruits. Again, as in De- cennber, there were slight variations between expenditures in the New England and Middle Atlantic States.
 Dairy Products Lead
 Dairy products, which continued to claim the largest percentage of blue stamp expenditures for the region, represented g per cent of total purchases hl the Middle Atlan- tic states and 30 per cent ira the New England Areas.
 In the entire region, MT. Harper said, 722,000 pounds of butter and 700,000 dozen of eggs were bought with blue stamps. A decreased ex- penditure for eggs was attributed to e seasonal decline in price. The price of butter also declined season- ally but 6 substantially larger amount was sold for blue stamps
 Pork remained the largest single selling item on the surplus list for January, said MT. Harper. Pork and pork lard together accounted for 25.2 per cent of total blue stamp expenditures. This meant that 1851 900 pounds of pork and 624,000 pounds of pork lard were moved to needy families participating in the Food Stamp Plan.
 More than $200,000, or 14.2 per cent Of total blue stamp sales, went for the purchase of five cereal prod