12—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Mar. 9. 1974 Harris Carter, left, and Willis Carter is Ortho Chemical's manager Rohrer both spoke Tuesday night at of national fertilizer sales, while P. L Rohrer’s annual appreciation Rohrer is president of the local firm, banquet for farmer-customers. Expert Discusses Fertilizer Shortage At Rohrer “Many of us don’t realize that the U.S. is a bigger factor in the world food supply than the Mideast is in the world oil supply,” Harris Carter told a group of 75 farmers Monday night at the Meadow Hills Dining Hall. Carter is national manager for Ortho Chemical’s fer tilizer division, and he was speaking at the annual P. L. Rohrer appreciation banquet. Carter said agricultural exports will do a great deal to solve this country’s balance of payments problem, especially as other countries get more money to pay for farm products. Government policy has —LANCASTER SILO CO., INC. 2008 HORSESHOE RD. 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