1967 Custom Machinery Rates Show
Moderate Increases Over Last Year
Although a small number of guides, PCRS notes, rather than
custom machinery rates for absolute Indications of fair
farming operations showed a charges. Individual reports,
slight decline from last year’s which make up the final aver
rates, many others reflected age figures, generally vary over
moderate increases, according a wide range, the reporting
to the recently published sche- agency adds,
dule of the State Crop Report- ,
Jng Service, That part of the state classed
as “valley” section includes the
Each year PCRS compiles cus- south central and southeastern
tom machinery charges, groups counties. The rest of the state
these into two geographical di- is classed as “mountain”. Rates
visions mountain and valley charged in the valley section
and publishes the average generally appear higher than
rate for each type of machinery others, possibly reflecting the
use. The rates are to be used as di Terence in equipment size
Custom Rates For Selected Farm Operations
Table 1
TOB
CORN PICKING
CORN, FIELD SHELLING
COMBINING SMALL GRAINS
HAY MAKING:
Raking
Crushing
Pick-up baling:
Twine
Wire
Haying, cut, rake, bale & store
Mowing hay
Mowing pasture
SILAGE MAKING:
Upright silo filling
Trench silo filling
Field chopping:
1 man, 2 wagons, 1 tractor
2 men, 2 wagons, 2 tractors
2-4 men, trucks, 2 tractors
Table 2
JOB
PLOWING, MOLDBOARD PLOW:
Spring
FalP‘
Sod ■
PLOWING, DISK
PLOWING DEEP
DISKING, Tandem
DISKING, Offset
DISKING, with harrow
HARROWING:
Spike tooth
Spring tooth
CULTIVATING:
Sweep cultivator
Weeder
STALK CUTTER, Power takeoff
CULTIPACKER
Table 3
JOB
SPRAYING HERBICIDES 1/
SPRAYING WEEDS WITH 2, 4-D 1/ Acre
SPRAYING FOR CORN BORER:
Tractor outfit, including material
Tractor outfit, no material
SPRAYING FOR SPITTLE BUG
OR ALFALFA WEEVIL;
With material
Without material
SPRAYING POTATOES:
With material
Without material
1/ Excluding Material
Table 4
JOB
SPREADING BULK FERTILIZER:
Dry
Liquid
Side dressing
GRINDING FEED
Corn, oats or barley
Corn and cobs
Cobs
Additional charge for mixing
BACK HOE
SAWING WOOD, Chain saw
MACHINE TILING (No tile)
POST HOLE DIGGING
MANURE LOADING
MANURE SPREADING
BULL DOZING
HARVESTING OPERATIONS
B ™- IS MOUNTAIN VALLEY
CHARGE SECTION SECTION
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Bale
Bale
Bale
Acre
Acre
Ton
Ton
Hour
Hour
Hour
PLOWING AND CULTIVATING
B £|*S MOUNTAIN
CHARGE SECTION
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Tmm
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
SPRAYING
B np lS MOUNTAIN
CHARGE SECTION
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
MISCELLANEOUS
B «| IS MOUNTAIN
CHARGE SECTION
Acre
Acre
Acre
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Cwt.
Hour
Hour
Rod
Hole
Hour
Hour
Hour
common to the two regions,
PCRS notes.
Bulldozing, rates averaged
$10.45 an hour, covering 21 dif
ferent crawler models, the re
port states, with rates ranging
from S 5 to SIS an hour. The
most commonly reported bull
dozer was the Caterpillar D-8,
with a range of $l2 to $l7 and
an average of $14.50.
Tables included in this repoit
break custom rates down into
harvesting, plowing and cultiva
ting, spraying, miscellaneous,
and planting and drilling. Since
the crop season is pretty well
finished up in this area, tables
accompanying this article will
not include the custom planting
rates.
$ 7.20 $ 6.40
9.40 9.50
6.60 6.20
1.85
2.20
185
2.15
26
2 35
2 25
.25
2 25
2.10
1.75
1.55
2.00
1.90
11 90
15 00
19.70
12 20
15 50
20 50
VALLEY
SECTION
$ 4.35
4.65
4.80
5.10
5 65
2.45
2.75
3.10
$ 460
4 80
510
5 00
5.70
2.50
3 10
3.05
1.90
2 20
1.90
2.00
2.45
2 05
2.90
2.00
2 35
2 00
3 10
1.90
VALLEY
SECTION
$2 20
2.00
$l9O
180
3 75
195
3 50
1.95
3 85
1.75
3.80
2.10
4 80
2.25
510
2 30
VALLEY
SECTION
$ 160
145
150
$l5O
175
2 30
20
.20
23
.07
.19
.18
.22
.09
7 90
4 20
2 40
.27
435
3.90
10 50
7 60
3 90
2 15
.20
4.35
3 80
10.40
• County Vo-Ag
(Continued from Page 1)
also traveling to Springfield
will be Linford Martin, Garden
Spot High School, dairy cattle
judging: Thomas Houser, Lam-
peter-Strasburg. will get a trip
within the state for farm me
chanics judging: and a tup
was awarded to Leßoy Eshle
man, Penn Manor, for poultiy
judging.
Wednesday evening a joint
meeting of FFA and Future
Homemakers was held with
the FFA chorus and band pei
foiming. State president Glenn
Weber presided over the meet
ing.
Dairy cattle judging had 177
contestants, leading the field
Other contests; livestock, 138;
milk products, 34; farm me
chanics, 102; land, 73; poultiy,
64; meats, 32; and salesman
ship, 25.
The defending champion Lan
caster-York area softball team
looked for awhile as though it
might repeat, but was knocked
out of competition in the semi
finals by a score of 2 to 1.
County placings by schools
were:
THE
STATE
$ 6.70
9 45
6 40
PENN MANOP Farm Mechanics-Lester Heis-
Dairy Products-Abe' Fisher, 21-bronze; Jay Fisher, 37-
185
2 20
• Nat. Holstein Conv. pequea valley
(Continued from Page 1) Dairy Cattle-Marvin L. Wea
ing the association’s annual ver ’ 24-bronze,
convention this year, 30 were EPHRATA _
from Pennsylvania. Attending Land-Ronald Landis, 8-gold,
from the Lancaster area were: Meats-Levi Henly, 4-gold; Bar-
Mrs. Herbert Royer; Earl L. ry Musser, 20 HM. Dairy Cat-
Groff, Strasburg; John M. Urn- tle-Lmford Weaver, 21-bronze;
hie, Atglen; Andrew D. Stoltz- Luke Mai tin, 7-silver. Poultry
fus, Elverson; Robert C. Groff, - Teny Kauffman, 21-bionze.
Quarryville; Robert H. Kauff- Livestock-William Buchter, 26-
man, Elizabethtown; Elvin bronze.
Hess, Jr. and Richard H Hess, WARWICK
both of Strasburg; J. Wade Dairy Cattle-Jesse Balmer,
Groff, Lancaster; and Gideon 17-silver. Livestock-Kent Fritz,
K. Stoltzfus, Atglen. 25-bronze.
25
2 30
2 20
190
1.70
12 00
15 25
20 00
THE
STATE
$ 450
4 75
5 00
5 05
5 70
2 50
3 00
310
1.90
210
2 35
2 00
3 00
190
THE
STATE
$l9O
1.85
3.70
1.95
3 80
1.85
5 00
2.30
THE
STATE
$155
160
180
.19
19
.23
.09
7 70
405
2 30
24
435
385
1045
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 1,1967—9
5-gold; Richard Thomas, 8-sil
ver. Land-Kenncth Fcllenbaum,
5-gold. Poultry-Leßoy Eshlc
man, 4-gold; Clair Erb, 39-H.M.
Livestock-Kenncth Rohrer, 14-
silver.
SOLANCO
Dairy Cattlc-James DeLong,
40 li M. Farm Mechanics-Lee
Kinsey, SObionzc; Aldus Mar
tin, 35-H M. Poultry-Ken Alex
ander, 38-11 M'. Land - Donald
Young, 11-silver.
LAMPETER-STRASBURG
Fai m Mechanics-Tom Hous
er, 4-gold
GARDEN SPOT
Farm Mechanics - Eugene
Bientile, 4-gold; Leonard Good,
11-silver. Dairy Cattle-Linford
Martin, 4-gold Land Judging-
Douglas Houck, 20-silver; Ken
neth Weber, 38-H.M. Livestock
-Galen Yoder, 11-silver. Poul
try - Nelson Weaver, 33-H.M,
Public Speaking-Mike Smucker,
3-gold.
ELIZABETHTOWN
Dairy Cattle-John Kurtz, 13-
silver. Salesmanship - Robert
Becker, 17-H M.
MANHEIM