42—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Mar. 23, 1974
Farm Fuel Needs
Farmers must have
enough available fuel sup
plies so they can work
whenever the weather
allows, W. B. Tilson,
president of the American
Soybean Association (ASA),
told officials in Washington
last week.
Tilson represented
soybean farmers at a
meeting with officials from
the Federal Energy Office
(FEO) and U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
“Agriculture is unique in
its fuel requirements
because weather regulates
demand,” Tilson said.
“Farmers must have fuel so
when the weather cooperates
they are prepared to work.
“The time is drawing
close,” Tilson continued,
“and we still have a few
rough spots to smooth out
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before the explosive demand
for fertilizer and fuel. We
must have the problems
solved before the farmers
start land preparation and
planting. One month from
now will be too late.”
In response to Tilson’s
comments, officials from the
USDA and FEO said farm
production is and will con
tinue to be entitled to 100
percent of current fuel
requirements.
“We do not wish to see
fields unplowed because of a
shortage of fuel,” an FEO
official said. He indicated
measures were being taken
to assure fanners’ full fuel
requirements.
Difficulties have
developed in meeting some
agricultural objectives, FEO
and USDA oficials indicated,
but solutions are being ex-
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plored with every effort to
see that fuel needs for farm
production are met.
Measures to assure that
fuel distributors will have
supplies for farm production
were surveyed at the
meeting and sugguestions
were made for assuring
supplies to the fullest extent.
Government officials also
stressed the importance of
continued conservation of
fuel.
“This nation is too rich in
natural resources and too
talented in technical ability
to allow a recurrence of a
fuel or fertilizer crisis,”
Tilson said.
“If this problem is one
we’re going to have to cope
with for the next few years
we need to develop a policy
that solves the problem,” he
added. “We need to use the
talents we have to prevent
this problem from recurring
year after year.”
Osborne Named
To Head State
Market Bureau
Edison W. Osborne, Mt.
Joy, RD2, has been
promoted to Director,
Bureau of Markets, Penn
sylvania Department of
Agriculture. The 50-year-old
veteran dairyman has been
on the department staff since
March, 1971 as the milk
marketing specialist.
The new post pays $20,342
annually.
A native of Lancaster
County, Osborne owned and
operated a dairy farm for
over 20 years with a prize
winning herd of 132 Jersey
cows. In 1962-63 he was cited
by the Dairy Herd Im
provement Association for
the highest milk and fat
producing registered Jersey
herd in Pennsylvania in the
more than 100 cows
category.
Osborne is a World War II
veteran, having flown 50
combat missions as a
bombardier-pilot with the
15th Army Air Force in the
European theater. He is a
graduate of Pennsylvania
State University, with a B.S.
in dairy husbandry.
The new director’s record
of public service includes
having served as a director
of the Solanco School
District, chief legislative
consultant for the Penn
sylvania Farmers Union and
board member of the Penn
sylvania Agricultural
Stabilization and Con
servation Committee.
SCS Offers
Pond Booklet
Ponds and how to build,
maintain, and use them are
the subject of a new U.S. Soil
Conservation Service
publication.
The 14-page illustrated
booklet “Building a Pond,”
gives advice on selecting and
preparing a site, kinds of
man-made ponds,
satisfactory pond spillway
requirements, sealing leaky
ponds, recommended safety
measures, and maintaining
completed ponds.
The various uses of ponds
for livestock, fire protection,
fishing, recreation,
irrigation, and wildlife
habitat also are discussed in
the booklet.
Single copies are available
from all local USDA Soil
Conservation Service of
fices.
FEO and USDA officials
are still considering the
problem of how far down the
line of distribution to carry
the agricultural definition
and allocation.
“The fuel priority given to
agricultural processors and
distributors hasn’t been
established,” Tilson said.
“Do we go all the way to the
consumer’s table with a
definition of agricultural
processing and distribution,
or should there be a definite
line drawn? Can you draw a
line between the farmer and
his market?”
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