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—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.
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R D 1. East Earl
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Reinholds
WHITE OAK MILL
R D 4. Manheim
STEVENS FEED MILL.
INC.
Stevens Pa
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Paradise
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R D 2 Peach Bottom
H M ST UTFER
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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,
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R D 1. Ronks
HAROLDH. GOOD
Terre Hill
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R D 2, Columbia
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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
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because the poison interferes
with the oxygen-carrying ability
of the blood. Treatment is
possible, but the animals are
usually found dead in the pasture.
The only way to eliminate the
danger of wild cherry poisoning
is to eliminate the trees. This is
best done when the trees are
dormant in late fall or early
spring. Checking the wild cherry
trees for fallen limbs after
summer storms is a simple
precaution which could save a
cow or a whole herd.
Jay W. Irwin
Associate County Agent
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1305 Manheim Pike
Lancaster. Pa 17601
Phone 393-3906