Show THERE THERE was was also also discussion discussion with with regards regards to to the the purchase purchase of of a a truck truck for for the the am am Have Crops But Can't Get Fuel Concern over Utah's farm fuel supply grew to a peak today with news that farmers in the state whose crops were frozen last spring are being denied fuel by their GRANT Lyman of reported to the Utah Farm Bureau that when he called his distributor to order fuel for cutting his first crop of alfalfa he was told that none was available to him because he didn't buy any fuel during this season in Last year's spring freezes hit the early hay crop as well as most of Utah's fruit greatly reducing the normal fuel needs for those C. BOOTH executive vice president of the Utah Farm reported that his contacts with the regional office of the oil company involved were Fuel was delivered to Lyman and other hay growers in his area who were having the same problem of powering their hay harvesting Shortage of and farm fuel is one of the top priority items on President Richard M. Nixon's list of key domestic This fact was reported to some farm leaders last week by Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz in an emergency meeting on agricultural fuel and distributors in this state are operating under general guidelines established by federal Office of Oil and These set up a base last quarter of 1971 and the first three quarters of which fuel needs are pointed out two flaws in this farmers such as Lyman didn't have typical needs in Their 1973 supply of fuel shouldn't be based on last year's he quoted Secretary Butz as saying that world's most massive effort to increase food production is now underway in American Beehive state like those across the are being encouraged to bring their food production to a high point this Food is in short supply both in the U. and abroad due to world-wide demand HEAVY output from American agriculture will just have to be powered with more fuel as well as more fertilizer and all other America wants to enjoy the abundance that efficient farming has made he will have to see that farmers are able to operate even if it means we all have to cut down on unnecessary |