Machinery Custom Rates
The rates as published in this
release should toe considered as
guides, rather than absolute indi
cations of fair charges. According
to the Pa. Crops Reporting Ser
vice, individual reports show a
considerable range in rates, re
flecting variable work conditions
and services rendered. Because
of the variation in rates from
area to area, even within the
same county, a difference be
tween these rates and establish
ed local rates should not be
alarming.
Changes from a year earlier
in changes for doing custom
work are mixed, although a few
more increases than decreases
were reported. Sample fluctua
tions, or shifts in quality or
quantity of service rendered, are
two possible causes of variations.
These variations may not be a
true reflection of actual situa
tions Some rates included in the
sample averages appear too low
to yield a fair return to labor
and investment, and apparently
other considerations besides
monetary pay were involved.
'Bulldozing rates ranged from
$5 00 to $2OOO per hour and
averaged $ll5O, including 19
different crawler models. The
Job
CORN PICKING
CORN, FIELD SHELLING
COMBINING SMALL GRAINS
HAY MAKING:
Mowing
Mowing and conditioning
Raking
Pick-up baling:
Twine
Wire
Cut, rake, bale and store
SILAGE MAKING
Upright silo filling
Trench silo filling
Field chopping silage
Chopper and blower with
-1 man, 2 wagons, 1 tractor
2 men, 2 wagons 2 tractors
Other arrangements 1/
POTATO HARVESTING 2/
PLOWING, MOLDBOARD PLOW
Spring, stubble
sod
Fall, Stubble
sod
PLOWING, DEEP (10 inches or moie)
PLOWING, DISK
DISKING, Tandem
With harrow or cultipacker
HARROWING:
Spike tooth
Spring tooth
CULTIVATING
PLANTING CORN OR SOYBEANS.
Without fertilizer
With fertilizer
DRILLING SMALL GRAIN:
Without fertilizer
With fertilizer
With fertilizer and cloverseed
PLANTING POTATOES
SEEDING ALFALFA, CLOVER, ETC
BROADCAST SEEDING (On gram fields)
CLEANING GRAIN SEED:
With treatment
Without treatment
GROUND EQUIPMENT
SPRAYING FOR WEED CONTROL (Excl
material)
SPRAYING FOR CORN BORER
Including cost of material
Excluding cost of material
most common bulldozer rate re
ported was the caterpillar D-4,
with a range of $lO.OO to $l2 50
and an average of $ll.OO. A few
of the other models reported and
the range of rates charged in
cluded: D-2, $6 50 to $7.00; D-6,
$9OO to $15.00; D-8, $12.00 to
$lB 00; 955, $llOO to $l5 00;
TD-6, $9.00 to $15.00; D-8, $l2 00
to $lB 00; 955, $ll.OO to $l5 00;
TD-6, $7.00 to $10.00; and HD-9,
$9 50 to $l2 50.
Helicopter spraying was most
commonly reported for alfalfa,
and the reported rates ranged
from $3 00 to $6 00 per acre
Other crops sprayed by helicopt
er were potatoes, tobacco, and
truck crops. Fixed wing aircraft
spraying was reported on pota
toes and corn Aerial spray rates
vary greatly based on the mater
ial used and gallons applied per
acre.
Some reporters provided hour
ly rates for field work where the
inquiry asked for rate per acre
Although hourly rates without
equipment size doesn’t give the
whole story, a few of the report
ed hourly rates are: CORN PICK
ING, $8 00 to $l2 00 per hour,
including various combinations
of wagons and other equipment;
FIELD SHELLING CORN, $lO -
Basis
of
Charge
Acre
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acie
Acie
Bale
Bale
Bale
Ton
Ton
Hour
Hour
Acie
Hour
Acre
Acie
Acie
Acie
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acie
Acre
Acie
Bushel
Bushel
Acre
Acie
Acie
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00 to $l5 00 per hour, both pick
er-shellers and combines; COM
BINING SMALL GRAIN. $lO.OO
to $15.00 per hour; MOWING
HAY, $2 80 to $5 50 per hour;
MOWING AND CONDITION
HAY, $6 50 to $7 00 per hour;
PLOWING, $4 00 to $6 75 per
hour.
Some other rates reported in
cluded filling upright silos based
on height andidameter ranging
from $3.00 per foot in height for
s. silo 10 feet in diameter to $7.00
per foot for a silo 16 feet in dia
meter. One custom operator
charged a per hour rate plus an
additional charge based on the
size of the silo. One custom op
erator reported applying 7 pints
of MH-30 to tobacco for $2O 00
per acre, and 2V 2 pounds of
Atrazme to corn for $lO 00 per
acre A report of manure handl
ing included 2 men, 3 tractors,
loader, and 2 spreaders for $B.OO
per hour One method of charg
ing for field shelling corn was 10
cents per bushel. An additional
charge reported a few times wa !
5 cents per bushel for haulm
corn from the field to a drier oi
warehouse One reporter chargee
$2 00 per acre for hauling the
corn to a drier
Southeast &
South Central
Pennsylvania
HARVESTING
$ 6.80
10 00
6 70
2 40
3 75
190
.11
.13
.24
195
170
13 50
16 50
53 00
16 50
PLOWING AND CULTIVATING
4 00
4 85
4 70
510
600
4 90
2 80
3 60
240
2 45
260
PLANTING AND DRILLING
2 45
2 90
2 35
2 75
2 95
4 95
2 10
160
SPRAYING
195
3 55
190
Gypsy Moth In
Lancaster Co.
The gypsy moth has become a
serious forest tree pest in eastern
Pennsylvania. Portions of Berks,
Schuylkill, Bucks, Northampton,
and Carbon Counties are now
under joint Federal-State quar
antine to help control the spread
of this destructive insect
Gypsy moth larvae will soon
be hatching. The larvae, or cat
erpillars are easily identified by
5 pairs of blue spots and 6 pairs
of red spots along the back Lar
vae feed on leaves of most tree
species, causing loss of tree
growth or, in some cases, death
of the tree.
Each year the gypsy moth is
estimated to cause over a million
dollars in damage to forest of
the northeastern United States
Since it is a pest introduced to
the United States from Europe,
it has few natural enemies
Intensive efforts to develop
biological controls for gypsy
moth are now in progress Chem
ical control programs are also
Market Hogs Earlier
The
State
$ 700
10 00
6 80
2.45
385
1.85
.11
.13
.26
by feeding
WAYNE HOG BALANCER
2.30
2 05
A powerful supplement specially blended to meet the nu
trient requirements of hogs over 120 lbs. at the lowest
possible cost.
13 00
16 50
53 00
17.00
Hog Balancer supplies proteins, vitamins and minerals
lacking in farm grains and rapidly finishes hogs for early
marketing.
4.60
5 00
4.75
5 20
6 30
490
Now, more thon ever.
Pays To Feed Wayne.
280
350
230
250
2.65
250
2.95
2 35
2 70
2 95
DUTCHMAN FEED
MILLS, INC.
R. D. 1, Stevens
4 95
2 20
1 55
GRUBB SUPPLY CO.
Elizabethtown
PARADISE SUPPLY
Paradise
H. JACOB HOOBER
Intercourse, Pa.
2 00
3 55
1.95
HERSHEY BROS.
Remholds
Lancaster Farming. Saturday. May 24.1969
SECOND SECTION
planned for areas of heavy in*
festation.
Three male gypsy moths were
trapped m Northern Lancaster
County in 1968. Lancaster Goun
ty residents can help in mapping
the extent of gypsy moth infesta
tion by reporting gypsy moth
larvae to:
Mr D Wendleton
Agricultural Research Service,
USD A 711 W. Main Street
Lansdale, Pa. 215-855-0130
oi to:
District Forester
Penna. Dept of Forests & Waters
Port Kennedy Pa. 215-666-0660
Prompt Reporting
Haste doesn’t make waste
when it comes to reporting a
lost credit card. Prompt report
ing is your key to protection,
reminds Helen E. Bell, Penn
State extension home manage
ment specialist Phone or send a
telegram to the company right
away and then write a letter. If
you don’t notify the company,
you’ll be billed for any charges
made on the card regardless of
v/ho makes them
mm,
FOWL’S FEED SERVICE
R. D. 1, Quarryville
R. D. 2. Peach Bottom
C. E. SAUDER & SONS
R. D. 1, East Earl
HEISEY
FARM SERVICE
Lawn Ph; 964-3444
MOUNTVILLE
FEED SERVICE
R. D. 2, Columbia
ROHRER’S MILL
R. D. 1, Ronks
H. M. STAUFFER
& SONS. INC.
Witmer
WHITE OAK MILL
R. D 4, Manheim
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