Greeley Daily Tribune from Greeley, Colorado • Page 26

GREELEY (Coto.) TK1BUNE Nov. 29,1973 Fuel, fertilizer crunch may be felt next spring By BARRY HANSON Associated Press Writer CHICAGO (AP) farmers obtained enough fuel for the fall harvest, but spring planting is uncertain. "If we don't have fuel, that's it," says Paul Overton, who raises wheat, barley and flax near Norma, N.D. "A fuel cut- down would put farm operations on the rocks." Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz told newsmen here Wednesday that farmers will have to curtail their use of fuel, but they will be given priority.

"There will be shortages, but we think we will get through," Butz said. He didn't go into details. Governmentregulations, published this week in the Federal Register in Washington, say priority fuel users, including farmers, will receive 90 to 100 per cent of normal supply. U.S. agriculture uses between 500,000 and 900,000 barrels of oil a day.

Total U.S. consumption is 17 million barrels a day. Good weather permitted- farmers to finish harvesting and plowing in November. Many hurried the harvest by purchasing in October and November the diesel oil alloted to them for December and January. Suppliers set up informal allocation last spring when the diesel oil shipments they received began to fall short of demand.

"The thinking was that most of the field work should be done by December," says Pat Duffey, a spokesman for FS Services a Bloomington, cooperative which distributes fuel and fertilizer to 135 farm supply companies in Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. "But you can't keep giving advance allocations. You pretty much catch up to yourself." Farmers often use fuel for grain drying. So far no grain has rotted for lack of fuel to operate dryers. The good weather helped.

"I haven't been effected," said Ralph Killey, who raises corn, soybeans, hogs and cattle on. 420 acres near Monmouth, m. "This has been a better year to dry grain. When it's not as cold, there's not as much gas used for drying." The farmers are uncertain about the spring, although President Nixon has called for a record 1974 harvest, sufficient to meet all export demands. Net farm income in 1973 is expected to reach $25 billion, up $5 billion from 1972.

"Anybody's guess is good," says Creston Foster of the American Farm Bureau Federation. "We anticipate we will have to conserve energy of ail kinds to make it. With increased acreage next year we know we'll have to have increased fuels." William J. Kuhfuss, president of the Farm Bureau Feder- ation, says that farmers consume 3 per cent of the nation's gasoline and diesel oil in normal times. Poultry producers in northern Georgia fear shortages of propane, used to heat their hatcheries in winter.

"There are no fuel supply problems to speak of at the moment, but we are expecting some very shortly," says Howard Parker, an executive with Strain Poultry in Dalton, Ga. Parker says the industry has no contingency plans and at his own plant "we're just trying to conserve what we can. But if we don't have the fuel I guess we just can't produce." Natural gas, another fuel in limited supply, is used to make anhydrous ammonia fertilizer, widely used in crop farming. Duffey says 35,000 cubic feet of natural gas is needed for one ton of anhydrous ammonia, enough to fertilize 10 to 15 acres. Wheat for Mid-fast Houston longshoremen as they load bags of wheat on the freighter Chieh Hsing today.

The shipment is destined for the Ohioan joins wheat committee staff Susan Gaible will move into the position of home economist for the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. Miss Gaible, 22, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and has lived in Colorado for five months. She moved to Denver after her graduation from the University of Cincinnati. Miss Gaible has been interested in all aspects of the home economics field participating in activities ranging from customing to work with state home economics conventions. CUPPER CRAFT DOWNTOWN DAY SPECIAL FKEE GIU WRAP Regulars Shorts Longs Extra Longs Big Sizes SUITS WE HAVE THE DOUBLE KNITS THAT FEEL LOOK LIKE FINE IMPORTED CLEAR CUT WORSTEDS.

ENTIRE SELECTION OF $95.00 MEN'S SUITS ONLY Downtown Day Only "FOR MEN 813 8th St. country of Peoples Democratic of Yemen in the Mid-East. (AP Wirephoto) Taste for cheese linked to income LYNN HEINZE, By U1UAN B. KING Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) Every time a consumer's income goes up 10 per cent, he or she buys two to five per cent more cheese, Agriculture Department researchers have found. And their tastes increasingly call for foreign flavors, especially Italian, although limburger and Roquefort fans remain a stable, small, hard-core group, the studies show.

In 1972, Americans bought a whopping 12 per cent more cheese than in 1971 for a total of 2.7 billion pounds, about, double the annual growth rate of the previous four years. Correspondingly, meat consumption per capita is slackening, and the two are not unrelated, the economists say: "Higher meat prices have turned consumers to cheese as an alternative source of protein." Rising incomes, a slower gain in cheese prices than during the turn-of-the-decade years, in- creasingly higher demand for pizza and cheeseburgers, shifts to more exotic foods using foreign cheeses, "fashionable" use of cheese in other foods and retail promotions also have contributed to the surge. Of the 13.2 pounds of cheese theoretically eaten by each American last year, 7.8 pounds was a domestic type. Of the 5.4 pounds of foreign cheese, half was an Italian variety. Mozzarella was the leading gainer, with a four-fold increase in per capita usage since the early 1960s.

Mozzarella was second in popularity to American cheddar, and Swiss followed in third place. All the 1972 per capita gain came in natural cheeses as processed spreads declined. I1KU.O, MAYOIl On Oct. 24, 1861, the trans- i a telegraph went into operation as the mayor of San Francisco sent a message to Hie mayor of New York. The Tribune will attempt to list all meetings and other important dates of interest to the agricultural community in this section.

To list your organization's important dates, please contact the Tribune at least one week prior to the meeting date. Editor. Nov. 26 Mountain Beet Growers Association annual meeting, Elks Club, Greeley. Nov.

26 North Greeley-Eaton Farm Bureau meeting with potluck supper, Buell School, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 26-27 Western States Brand conference, Vancouver, Wash. Nov. 26-28 Weigh-in of cattle for Colorado Feedlot Test, Miller Feedlot, La Salic.

Nov. 28-30 National Potato Council annual meeting, Holiday Inn, Fargo, N.D. Nov. 29 Colorado Cattlemen's Association, board of control meeting, Antlers Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. Nov.

30-Dec. 1 Colorado Cattlemen's Association annual mid-winter convention, Antlers Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. Dec. 1 Colorado Certified Livestock Markets meeting, Antlers Plaza Hotel, Colorado Springs. Dec.

24 Rocky Mountain Farmers Union annual convention, Cheyenne, Wyo. Dec. 2-5 Colorado Farm Bureau Convention, Holiday Inn Downtown, Denver. Dec. 4-5 Colorado Hereford Association annual bull sale and meeting, Colorado State Fair Grounds, Pueblo.

Dec. 6 Area 3 Potato Administrative Committee meeting, 8 p.m., at Committee office 1113 10th Greeley. Dec. 7-8 Greeley Consum- erama, sponsored by Weld County Extension Service, Greeley Mall. Designed to inform consumers of services available for thier protection and information.

Hours: 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Dec. noon to 5p.m., Dec. 8. A special presentation of America's own native crafl In Its original form, now a unique and personal fashion expression.

A collection remarkable for Its scope; necklaces, bracelets, rings, belts and all manner of ornament In exquisite silver and pale set turquoise designs Inspired by a culture rich with symbols. Jewelry with a delicacy and pronouncement of detail that marks Its authenticity. Join us and meet Velda Domlanl of Indian Arts who will present the collection and discuss with you the tradition and its Investment value. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1st at J. V.

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