D2-L«ncMtar Farming, Saturday, March 19,1994 1994 Pennsylvania Machinery Custom Rates The custom rates shown are averages from voluntary reports by custom operators throughout Pennsylvania. Most of the rates are stated per acre, cwt., ton, bale, or bushel rather than per hour to reduce the variation due to machinery size. Individual rates vary due to differences in working conditions, services performed, or even the operator’s eagerness to do custom work. Therefore, the average rates shown should not be consid ered absolute indications of fair charges. Acreage rates are shown separately for two regions of the state, labeled ‘‘Mountain” and “Valley.” The differences in rates between regions reflect differences in 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. Custom rates are slightly higher this year. Of the 68 rates reported, SO percent have increased, 43 percent have decreased, and the remaining 7 percent are the same as last year. The Overall average is up 2 percent from the previous 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. CUSTOM RATES: SELECTED FARMING OPERATIONS, PENNSYLVANIA, 1994 JOB Corn Picking Corn Picking and Shelling Corn C0mbining............................ Corn Drying (23 Percent)............ Combining Small Grains...... Combining 50ybean5..................... Hay Making: Mowing Mowing and Conditioning....... Raking Pick-up Baling (Twine) Cut, Rake, Bale and Store Large Round Baler (Avg. = 1050 Lbs.) Stacker-Wagon (Avg. = 1800 Lbs.) Silage Making: Pull-Type Chopper and Trac- tor Self-Propelled Chopper Blower 1 Man, 2 Wagons, 1 Tractor.. 2 Men, 2 Wagons, 2 Tractors. Field Chop, Haul and Fill Silo Plowing, Moldboard Plow: Spring, 5tubb1e................. Sod Fall, Stubble Sod Plowing, Deep (10 inches or More) Plowing, Chisel Plowing, Disk II „ MAHONING a OUTDOOR wmmm FURNACES "Tke Maturatfli/ap To Burns Coal, Wood, Oil or Natural Gas FUEL USED IN STANDARD UNIT: WOOD & COAL & WOOD BY PRODUCTS (SAWDUST, PAPER, ETC.) FUEL USED IN MULTI-FUEL MODEL: SAME AS ABOVE INCLUDING OIL, PROPANE, NATURAL GAS Efficiency Rating 83% to 85% - Cut Emissions by 90% 3-Year Warranty Except Electrical Components (1 Year) 35 Years Heating Experience PROUDLY BUILT IN INDIANA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA lOO,OOO - 500,000 BTU 36"-60" Fire Boxes ★ The only outdoor furnace made with a Catalytic Combuster. ★ Mahoning Catalytic Combuster Will Help In The Following Ways: 1 Burn one cord of wood which 4 You get more heat from a log corn equals 166 gallons of oil. pared to the non-cat furnace. 2 Your fuel source becomes enor- 5 More burn time - less reloading mous inexhaustible and poses few time! risks to public safety. 6. Zap 90% of pollutants, made from 3 Overall efficiency of 85% which fire source means the heat no longer goes up 7. Saves you a lot of money! the chimney! 8. User friendly, emits no smoke! SCHOENLY'S NURSERY 5510 Boyertown Pike, Birdsboro, PA 19508 (610) 689-5230 Cut Your Heating Cost With Our Outdoor Furnace L Kimberly A. Hopple Agricultural Statistician Harvesting BASIS OF CHARGE Acre Acre Acre Bu. Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Bale Bale Bale Stack Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Ton Plowing And Cultivating Acre $11.20 Acre 12.60 Acre 11.40 Acre 12.30 Acre 12.40 Acre 10.50 Acre 9,70 MOUNTAIN VALLEY SECTION SECTION $20.20 $19.60 24.00 23.10 24.60 23.40 .28 .27 22.30 21.80 24.10 23.50 8.60 9.80 5.30 .34 .87 8.10 9.60 5.40 34 M 6.10 5.80 15.20 15.50 44.50 66.50 7.10 32.00 45.00 6.70 40.50 60.00 7.10 31.40 43.00 6.80 $11.50 12.70 12.10 13.00 13.80 10.70 9.90 Disking, Tandem............................ with Harrow or Culti- packer.............................................. Harrowing: Spike T00th................................ Spring T00th............................ Cultivating STATE $19.90 23.60 24.00 .28 22.10 23.80 Planting Corn With Fertilizer: Conventional-Till Planting ....... Reduced-Till P1anting............... No-Ti11......................................... 8.40 9.70 5.40 34 AS Planting Soybeans, Without Fertilizer: Convcntlonal-T111....................... Reduced-Till eeeeeeeseaeee No-Till ......................................... Drilling Small Grain: Without Fertilizer With Fertilizer With Fertilizer and Cioversecd Seeding Alfalfa, Clover, Etc Broadcast Seeding (On Grain Fields) 6.00 15.40 42.50 63 JO 7.10 31.70 44.00 6.80 Cleaning Grain Seed: With Treatment Without Treatment.. Ground Equipment: Spraying For Weed Control: Excluding Materia1.................. $11.40 12.70 11.80 12.70 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..... 13.10 10.60 9.80 Do you hove to sacrifice yield and quality to get winterhardiness? CimarronVß and Belmont varieties stand-up to cold weather and harsh winter conditions without sacrificing yield or quality! These varieties can be harvested earlier in the spring and later in the fall to give higher yields, and a more even distribution of yield over the season. And because they are vigorous, they can be cut more frequently to give softer, leafier hay. Why settle for late-starting, slow-growing, short-season alfalfa. Choose Cimarron Vß or Belmont - premium alfalfa varieties that not only provide excellent winterhardiness, yield and quality - but also combined resistance to all the major diseases, insects, and nematodes that attack alfalfa. Proven performance. CimarronVß The High-Yield, High-Qtulity Albllt Contact your nearest dealer or Wetsel Seed Company, Inc., Harrisonburg, va Out of State Virginia Local 800-336-5807 800-572-4018 703-434-6753 Planting And Drilling Spraying- (Turn to Page D 3) Alfalfa Question: The Answer: No. Acre 9.20 Acre 9.90 Acre 6.90 Acre 7.10 Acre 8.00 11.10 12.30 13.50 Acre Acre Acre 10.20 11.40 14.10 Acre Acre Acre 8.90 9.80 10.40 9.20 Acre Acre Acre Acre 5.40 Acre .62 • .45 Bu. Bu. 6.90 6.60 Acre 9.60 10.40 6.00 6.50 Acre Acre 8.30 9.40 6.50 6.20 Acre Acre BELMONT Fist Growing Alfilfa 9.20 9.20 10.30 10.10 7.40 7.60 8.30 7.20 7.40 8.20 11.80 12.40 13.70 11.50 12.40 13.60 10.60 11.50 14.40 10.40 11.50 14.30 9.60 9.90 10.90 10.20 930 9.90 10.70 9.70 5.90 6.30 6.80 10.00 6.30 8.90 6.40
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