HARRISBURG The custom rates shown are
averages from voluntary reports by custom operators
throughout Pennsylvania. Most of the rates are stated per
acre, ton, bale or bushel rather than per hour to reduce the
variation due to machinery size.
Individual rates vary due to differences in working
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AARON S. GROFF t SON
FARM & DAIRY STORE
RD 3, Ephrata, PA 17522 (Hmkletown)
Phone (717)354-4631
Store Hours 7AM to 9 P M
Closed Tues , Wed & Sat at 5 30 P M
YOU’VE HEARD
THE TALE.
There’s a better way to dry gram. It’s called
CHILLCURING ™ because it means CURING
without heat. Here’s what the talk is all
about.
THE GRAIN
Every kernel of gram is alive when it comes out of the field.
It is a seed, able to grow because it has the ability to take on
moisture Likewise, it can be kept in a state of preservation by
removing the moisture already in it
But by heating the gram to dry it, the seed life is destroyed.
By removing heat and moisture from the gram, it becomes
dormant, and stays alive Then it can ripen to full weight,
losing only water while keeping valuable protein, starches
and sugar
THE SYSTEM
It’s simple. Gram goes from the field right to the bin. With
the unique AIRFRAME" and AIRFLOOR" the gram rests on a
solid bed that allows maximum ventilation
Clean dry air is the best curing medium for the gram
GRAINLAMPS" provide electric sunshine, cleaning and
drying the air beneath the floor, before it passes through the
gram
Fans force air under the floor Rising through the gram, this
dry outside air carries away moisture and heat
At the peak of the bin a jumbo 40” turbine, the
WHIRLCOOLER ”, puts nature to work for you Wind and
rising air keeps it turning, venting the system naturally
A special HARVESTAT" Control System monitors the
curing process A simple setting controls the GRAINLAMPS “
to make use of free, natural air
Here are 1980 custom rate charges
stand insurance for
corn, milo, beans as
well as a variety of
vegetables, melons
and field crops Drop
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conditions, services performed, or even the operator’s
eagerness to do custom work.
Therefore, the average rates shown should not be
considered absolute indications of fair charges, according
to Ag Statistician Greg Truckor.
Average rates are shown separately for most items by
two regions of the State, labeled “Mountain” and
“Valley”. The differences in rates between regions reflect
differences, m terrain, soils, and alternative opportunities
for the labor and equipment used.
Figures labeled “The State” represent the straight
average of all reports used regardless of geographic
location, Truckor said
Most custom rates are higher this year, up an average
of 10 percent from last year. This percentage increase was
computed by adding the rates for all jobs, regardless of
basis of charge, and dividing by last year’s comparable
total.
Some operators commented the rates may increase if
the price of fuel contmues to escalate.
Rates for other jobs not asked on the questionnaire but
were volunteered by reporters included chisel plowing at
$8.30 per acre.
Corn Picking
Corn Picking And Shelling
Corn Combining
Corn Drying (23 Percent Corn)
Combining Small Grains
Hay Making
Mowing
Mowing and Conditioning
Raking
Pick Up Baling
Twine
Wire
Cut Rake Bale And Store
Large Round Baler (Avg =l5OO lb)
Stacker Wagon (Avg = ITon)
Silage Making
Pull Type Chopper And Tractor
Self Propelled Chopper
Blower
IMan 2 Wagons 1 Tractor
2 Men 2 Wagons 2 Tractors
Potato Harvesting 17 Men 0-3 Trucks Acre
Ptowing and cultivating
Plowing Moldboard Plow
Spring Stubble
Sod
Fall, Stubble
Sod
Plowing Deep (10 Inches Or More)
Plowing Disk
2. ” has been tried and proven in 17 states on
over 3000 farms The research is in CHILLCURING™ WORKS'
3. The CHILLCURING™ system uses only the electricity to
power fans and lights, using about V/z KW hrs per bushel.
Compare that cost to other systems that use increasingly
expensive fuels to get disappointing results
4. The gram goes from the field to the bin and stays there till
you need it. Save time and money at harvest with the one step
HARVESTALL CHILLCURING™ and storage system
5. If you’re in the market for gram storage, you owe it to
yourself to look further into HARVESTALL GRAIN
CHILLCURING™
Check With Us For Our Early Season Discounts
Harvesting
Acre
Acre
Acre
Bu
Acre
14 50
1760
19 20
15 10
Acre
Acre
Acre
550
690
380
Bale
Bale
Bale
Bale
Stack
7 35
16 00
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
Hour
20 50
27 00
4 20
1900
29 00
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
8 75
9 85
9 25
10 50
1100
8 20
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RD 2 Box 174 Elverson, Pa. 19520
215-286-9118
THE FACTS
l.You can’t beat Nature. HARVESTALL GRAIN
CH!LLCURING'“ uses the same elements that ripen and
preserve gram if left to itself, free flowing air and infra red rays
(sunshine)
Disking Tandem
With Harrow Or Cultipacker
Harrowing
Spike Tooth
SpnngTooth
Cultivating
Planting Corn With Fertilizer
Conventional Till Planting
Reduced Till Planting
Planting Soybeans Without Fertilizer
Drilling Small Gram
Without Fertilizer
With Fertilizer
With Fertilizer And Cloverseed
Planting Potatoes
Seeding Alfalfa Clover Etc
Broadcast Seeding (On Gram Fields)
Cleaning Gram Seed
With Treatment
Without Treatment
13 30
1760
18 60
13 90
1760
18 80
14 50
1480
5 30
660
3 75
5 10
6 45
3 75
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 (Excluding Material)
Fixed Wing
49
6 25
15 00
690
15 50
22 50
32 00
4 35
20 00
30 50
98 00
24 00
35 00
4 50
20 50
3100
98 00
Stalk Shredding PTO
Spreading Bulk Fertilizer
Dry
8 75
9 75
9 10
10 50
11 00
8 50
8 75
980
9 15
10 50
1100
8 35
Liquid
Side Dressing
Grinding Feed
Corn Oats or Barley
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 10,1980—C27
Planting and drilling
Sprayinc
Miscellaneous
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15
OPf
6 CO
690
Acre
Acre
6 30 6 15
7 25 7 10
4 70
5 15
6 10
Acre
450
5 70
590
Acre
Acre
6 75
915
650
6 25
950
6 20
Acre
Acre
Acre
540
600
6 50
7 70
5 15
330
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
Acre
5 95
6 45
7 05
810
5 85
390
Acre
350
3 55
Acre
Acre
810
360
8 20
3 70
Acre
Acre
6 10
340
500
350
Acre 10 50 1100
Acre 4 75 4 75
Acre 6 00 6 20
Acre 5 40 5 60
Acre 3 90 4 00
Acre 3 90 4 00
Acre 3 90 3 90
Cwt 38 39
454
460
5 50
600
6 55
9 25
640
5 75
6 25
6 75
790
550
360
3 55
815
3 65
6 05
3 45
11 00
4 75
6 20
5 50
400
400
390