54—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 1974 Eneigy is on everyone’s mind these days. Of particular concern is the oil shortage. One of the easiest places to put blame for the situation we are facing is on the collective shoulders of Congress And, in all honesty, part of the blame must fall on the 535 Representatives and Senators But I thought in this column I would give you an illustration of what Congress is doing to meet the crisis head-on Sometimes this kind of thing goes unnoticed, and yet does show that there is a willingness on Capitol Hill to do everything in our power to make as much oil available as possible. The Armed Forces have supplies of oil available in a place called the Elk Hills Oil Reserve in California. This is petroleum held back for use in defense emergency situations It is not only a supply that we know W. L. 305 Alfalfa one of the best yielding alfalfa for this section, also other varieties. Also full line of clovers. VORIS SEED CORN ALL CLOVERS AND ALFALFAS MIXED AND INOCULATED FREE. REIST SEEDS SINCE 1925 REIST SEED CO. Ml. JOY, PENNA. PHONE 717-653-4121 WE DELIVER ORE-TIME OxitiKoi-ttcti Min ■ 111/ exists, but it is there right near the surface ready to be tapped. Just before the Christmas recess, the House took action to see that the Elk Hills Reserve would be used to help us meet our current energy problems We had before us something known as a Supplemental Ap propriations bill, which is simply an appropriation to cover ex penses that were not foreseen when the original appropriations were passed. What we did was refuse to pass that bull until it contained a section requiring the Armed Forces to use oil from their Elk Hills supply. This action was taken by sending the legislation back to the Conference Committee with instructions to write in such a provision The idea was ndt to have any civilian use made of the Elk Hills Reserve. Rather, the reasoning Jr NEW HIGH CAPACITY FLEX-AUGER ON DISPLAY WE SELL, SERVICE AND INSTALL E. M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC. R. D. 1, Willow Street FLEX-AUGER—THE ORIGINAL ONE-PIECE. SPRING TYPE AUGER THAT SIMPLIFIED AND REVOLUTIONIZED DELIVERY OF FEED FROM BINS TO FEEDERS FOR POULTRY. DAIRY. CATTLE * SWINE At Booth PI &P 2 \*OULTI»Y HOUSE* ‘OUIFMENT J ■>» _ r fsi Farmers Urged to Watch Conservation On New Cropland For the first time in many years farmers are free to produce as much as they can to satisfy the demand for food, according to- State Con servationist Benny Martin of the Soil Conservation Service. Martin said that in Penn sylvania about a quarter million additional acres will come into agriculture production in 1974, and farmers are expected to use present cropland more in tensively to increase yields. The State Conservationist asked farmers to use soil con servation practices on cropland went that if the military used its own petroleum reservoir, it would lower the amount the Pentagon is purchasing out of the civilian oil supply The effect of this action would be felt all over the country including here on the East Coast It was our opinion in the House that the oil supply for defense purposes would not be depleted to dangerous levels by tapping the Elk Hills reservoir We realized that adequate petroleum nust be available for the military should a world crisis develop. But it was our additional opinion that when everyone is being asked to make sacrifices, the Pentagon should be required to dip into its reserves to meet its own needs. Obviously, since I had previously co-sponsored legislation to tap Elk Hills for defese purposes, I voted to send the bill back to the conference to add this new proposal. I don’t think that in so voting there was any chance of our defenses being seriously crippled or jeopardized. The vote was simply to assure that all segments of our society share in coming to grips with the energy problem - the military being no exception. The hope is that this effort, combined with rpany others, including those being made by millions of Americans, will permit us to get through this winter with about 90 percent of the oil and gasoline we used last winter. J SWDNC FEEDING with the FLEX-AUGER SYSTEM 717-464-3321 that is being brought back into production. These practices, Martin said, will not only reduce soil erosion, but will increase production. According to Martin, the Soil Conservation Service is'giving “first priority” to helping far mers plan and install ,con *7 UTILITY STORAGE workshop, sic. ANIM plus storage n Wickes has a Place for Everything! Beautiful color buildings that give you exactly what you’re looking for. 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