Show Farmers Farmer's Self Service A bold move to stake out a generous shar shard of the growing Ying market ar et for fot fertilizers fertilizers fer fer- In the Far W West West-that's st that's t-that's that's wh what's being launched this week by National Farmers Union Resources Corp Den Den- ver For the farm families in the tho National Farmers Union Union parent parent or organization organization or or- of the Resources Corp this I Is a I do-I yourself it your el project in that through their cooperative association they'll be producing their own synthetic T- T fertilizers Boldness of the move derives from the fact that industry observers have been asserting asserting- that 8 a the US U.S. is already glut glutted ed with nitrogen capacity and b the west Is already amply served by existing ammonia plants Three Plants Planned Two of the ventures are still fairly tentative but envisaged are A 12 million ton day anhydrous 1 I ammonia plant to be located In central Utah's Sanpete County A 5 million treble and sulfuric ac acid d plant to be built In Rich County northern Utah near Cheney group of phosphate ore claims A mixed fertilizer plant possibly in Salt Lake City Already under way The multi mil lion dollar potash mine and beneficiation beneficiation tion plant at Carlsbad N. N M. M in which program is associated with Phillips Petroleum m and McGee Kerr e Oil Industries Industries Indus Indus- trl tries S Inc Depends on Drilling C. C E. E Huff Hut manager manager manager man man- ager of National Farmers Resources Indicates indicates In Indicates in- in that the anhydrous project de depends depends depends de- de on development of additional supplies sup sup- plies of natural gas at at- Jos Jo's Valley field astride the Wasatch Mountains In Sanpete San San- S Sanpete n- n pe pete e County Sixteen foot snowbanks are preventing any drilling now but at at- least three separate wildcats will win be sunk early next spring Huff Huft is 18 negotiating with both Utah Chemical Co and Crescent Corp formerly formerly form form- erl erly Deep Rock OH Oil C Corp rp on the ammonia ammonIa am am- monia Job Previously every market research analysis Indicated that the Intermountain Intermountain In- In area could support only one large ammonia plant and there was doubt about the amount of proved gas reserves Now It appears that sufficient gas will be found and thinks It Itcan Itcan itcan can solve the market problem by ex extending extending extending ex- ex tending Its sales operations Into the Pacific Coast states Utah Chemical with Chemical with offices in Salt Lake City City Is is headed by oilman N. N G. G Morgan Jr whose Interests include a substantial part of the Jos Jo's Valley area Just last month drillers found a ana ana- na natural natural na- na tural gas pocket there that can yield an estimated 15 million cu ft day Crescent Corpo Corporation reportedly Is out outto outto outto to find a sound Investment in chemicals and anCl has had previous business dealings with Morgan Currently Morgan and andI Monsanto Chemical are ar partners in 10 Utah I potash prospecting Phosphate Plans Fixed Phosphate I mining will definitely start next spring possibly with San Francisco Chemical Corp as contract Sulfur probably probably probably ably will come from hydrogen sUlfide gas wells connected to Jefferson Lake Gulf BulI Gul- Gul I f Cos Go's brimstone plant at Mander- Mander ISOn son Wyo its it's estimated that 75 tons day would be shipped to the Utah plant Research Is continuing on formulations formula formula- and proc processes ss S for or granular fertilizer mixes Originally Huff Hutt confides had programmed the phosphate and ammonia ammonia am am- monia facilities for tor 1958 But developments develop develop- ments meats In chemical fertilizers In the west have moved s so rapidly rapIdly rapIdly-as as have sales that sales that planning has been a advanced two years If It the ops op's plans materialize mater mater- l materialize ater laUze It'll be a blow to commercial concerns that have been eyeing the same territory |