48 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 2. 1973 Pa. Ag Department Lists Custom Rates If you haven't planted all your corn yet you might be thinking about hiring a custom operator to help you finish If you do. you can plan on paying him $3 15 an acre for planting without fertilizer, and S 3 55 for planting with fer tilizer And the same for soybeans At least that’s what the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture says in a pamphlet entitled “1973 Machinery Custom Rates” Most custom rates are higher this year according to the report, up some six percent from a year ago Rates were computed for two broad areas across the state The mountain area is made up of the northern and western parts of the state, while the southeastern corner is considered the valley section Whatever your dairy feeding program, you can use new Wayne 32% Dairy Krums to good ad vantage. Just balance this blend of high quality proteins, vitamins and minerals with the nutrients in your own farm grains. Select the protein level that is right for the roughage used. Each cow will produce milk at her full bred-in milking power. And, the texture of ground and mixed rations is improved. Ask us for details. To Help Your Dairy Herd STAY OUT IN FRONT E. SAUDER & SONS R D 1. East Earl HERSHEY BROS. Reinholds WHITE OAK MILL R D 4. Manheim STEVENS FEED MILL. INC. Stevens Pa PARADISE SUPPLY Paradise POW L S FEED SERVICE R D 2 Peach Bottom H M ST UTFER \ SONS INC Witmer Average rates for some operations are higher in the mountain section and lower in the valley. Other operations are just the reverse, although the price differential was usually less than 10 percent In some instances, such as drilling small grain with fertilizer, the custom rate w f as $3 40 an acre in both sections The biggest spread was in field chopping silage with one man. one tractor and tw'o w'agons Farmers in the mountain section can expect to pay $l4 30 an hour for this operation while farmers in the valley section may pay nearly 25 percent more, or $l7 75 an hour Here are some average per acre custom rates for tynical operations Corn picking, $8 40, corn picking and shelling. $lO 65, USE WAYNE ANIMAL HEALTH AIDS TO KEEP YOUR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY HEALTHY JE'MAR FARM SUPPLY INC. Lawn—Ph • 964-3444 H. JACOB HOOBER Intercourse, Pa. ROHRER’S MILL R D 1. Ronks HAROLDH. GOOD Terre Hill MOU\TVILLE FEED SERVICE R D 2, Columbia DUTCHMAN FEED MILLS. INC. R D 1, Stevens GRIBBSUPPLY CO Elizabethtown corn combining. $11.15: com bining small grains. $7.90 Moldboard plotting in stubble will cost $5 33 an acre in the spring. $5.50 in the fall. Plowing ’ sod will cost about $5 90 in the spring. $6 03 in the fall. Discing will run 55.40 an acre, harrowing will cost $3.05 to $3.10, and cultivating \\ ill be about $3.40. Planting potatoes should cost about $5 80 an acre, seeding alfalfa or clover will be about $2.55 and broadcast seeding on grain fields will run about $1.90. Rates for spraying included the cost with materials and the cost without, except for weed control, which was listed only as costing $2 30 an acre without materials Spraying for corn borers cost $4.20 with materials, $2 45 without Comparable figures for spittle bug or alfalfa weevil spraying were $4.05 and $2 40 For potatoes, the costs were $6 05 and $2 85 The most expensive per-acre rate listed was potato harvesting, at 565 an acre Hay making rates included S 3 05 an acre for mowing, $4 55 for mow mg and conditioning and S 2 25 for raking Pick up baling cost SO 12 per bale tied with twine. $0 15 for wire bales Cut ting. raking, baling and storing commanded a price of S 29 per bale A copy of Pamphlet CRS-59 can be had by writing to the Penn sylvania Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service. 2301 North Cameron St . Harrisburg. Pa 17120 Stroke is the third leading cause of death in Pennsylvania and the nation. Ask your heart association for information on stroke prevention x\x High blood pressure increases risk of heart attack and stroke Your heart association urges you to have a medical checkup, including a check on blood pressure. Check Pastures After Storms Almost every livestock pasture has a few wild cherry trees growing along its fences. These trees become deadly livestock killers following summer storms. The leaves of damaged branches may become sources of deadly cyanide poison. When the leaves wither a normally har mless substance in them changes to deadly hydrocyanic acid and sugar. Cattle and sheep eat the sweet withering leaves with relish It takes only a few leaves in the proper stage to kill a cow or sheep Death occurs very rapidly aHOO|BSIII FARM EQUIPMENT WINDROWER U PT-7 PT-IO Forage Harvester 2000 Grass & Corn Head SEE US FOR OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES Your Authorized Dealer MILLER'S REPAIR 1 Mile North of Bird-in-Hand RDI, Bird-in-Hand, Pa. 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