—Unatttr Farming, Saturday. July 19. 1975 26 1975 Mac CUSTOM RATES: SELECTED EARNING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1975 CORN PICKING CORN PICKING AND SHELLING CORN COMINING CORN DRYING <23 Percent corn) COMBINING SMALL GRAINS HAY MAKING: Moving Mowing and conditioning Raking Pick-up bal log: Tw I na Ml ra Cut, rake, bale, and store Large round baler (1200-1500 lb.) Stacker-wagon (2-3 ton) SILAGE MAKING: Upright silo fllllnq Trench silo filling Field chopping silage - Chopper and blower with 1 man, 2 wagons, I tractor 2 men, 2 wagons, 2 tractors POTATO HARVESTING PLOWING. MOLDBOARD PLOW Spring, stubble sod Fall, stubble sod PLOWING, DEEP (10 inches or more) PLOWING, DISK DISKING, Tandem With harrow or cultipacker HARROWING Spike tooth Spring tooth CULTIVATING PLANTING CORN WITH FERTILIZER- Conventional-till planting Reduced-till planting PLANTING SOYBEANS, WITHOUT FERTILIZER DRILLING SMALL GRAIN Without fertilizer With fertilizer With fertilizer and cl overseed PLANTING POTATOES SEEDING ALFALFA, CLOVER. ETC. Job Basis of Charge Mountain Section HARVESTING Acra $ 10.10 Aera 13.80 Acra 13.60 Bu. .IB Acra 9.85 3.50 5.15 3.00 Acra Acre Acra Bala .18 Bale .21 - Bale ' .36 Bale 10.00 Stack 20.00 Ton Ton 2.55 2.05 18.00 25.00 Hour Hour 76.00 Acre PLOWING ANO CULTIVATING 6.30 6.85 6.70 7.15 9.90 6.20 4.25 4.80 Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre 3.50 3.20 , 3.90 3.65 4.45 3.90 Ac re Acre Acre PLANTING AND DRILLING 4.55 7.05 5.50 Acre Acre Acre 3.75 4.70 4.85 6.00 3.20 Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre hinery Custom R The State Valley Sect lon S 9.15 12.80 13.50 .19 10.20 I 9.55 13,30 13.55 .19 10.10 3.00 5.25 3.15 3.95 5.30 3.30 .24 .36 8.00 20.00 .25 .35 6.00 2.30 2.05 2.15 2.05 20.50 26.00 22.50 27.00 78.00 80.00 6.20 6.85 6.65 7.10 8.65 5.80 4.25 4.85 6.10 6.85 6.60 7.10 8.10 5.65 4.25 4.90 3.35 3.75 4.10 4.45 T. 55 4.65 4.40 7.80 4.20 3.85 4.45 4.75 6.20 3.30 3.90 4.20 4.60 6.25 3.40 CUSTOM RATES: SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1975 BROADCAST SEEDING (On grain fields) CLEANING GRAIN SEED: With treatment Without treatment GROUND EQUIPMENT: SPRAYING FOR WEED CONTROL Excluding material SPRAYING FOR CORN BORER Including cost of material Excluding cost of material SPRAYING FOR SPITTLE BUG OR ALFALFA WEEVIL: Including cost of material Excluding cost of material SPRAYING POTATOES. Including cost of material Excluding cost of material AERIAL APPLICATION: (Excl. material) Fixed wing He licopter MOUNTAIN Mountain Section Oasis of Charge Acre I 2.15 SPRAYING 2.70 Acre 4.75 2.60 Acre Acre 4.00 2.65 Ac re Acre 7.00 4.00 Acre Acre 3.70 5.00 Acre Acre ates Th« Sttf Valley Section S 2.60 i 2.90 2.65 2.60 5.40 3.20 5.05 3.40 5.20 3.00 5.60 3.25 7.00 3.80 7.00 3.60 3.30 4.50 3.25 4.35
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