A3O-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, April 18,1998 Machinery i Custom Rarest Selected Farming Operation;, Pennsylvania, 1998 Corn Picking Corn Combining Corn Drying Percent) Combining Small Grains Combining Soybeans Hay Making Mowing Mowing & Conditioning Raking Pick up Baling (Twine) Cut, Rake, Bala & Store Large Round Baler (Avg =» 800 lbs) Slacker Wagon (Avg = 1700 Lbs) Wrapping Bales Silage Making Pull Type Chopper & Tractor Saif Propelled Chopper Blower t Mao, 2 Wagon*, 1 Tractor 2 Man, 2 Wagons. 2 Tractors Field Chop, Haul & Fill Silo Bagging Silage Plowing, Moldboard Plow Spring, Stubble Sod Fall Stubble Plowing. Deep (10 Inches ot Mote) Plowing. Chisel Plowing Disk Disking, Tandem With Harrow or Cultipecker Harrowing Spike Tooth Spring Tooth Cultivating Planting Corn With Fertilizer Conventional Till Reduced Till No Till Planting Soybeans. Without Fertilizer Conventional Till Reduced Till No-Tlll Drilling Small Grain Without Fertilizer With Fertilizer With Fertilizer & Cloverseed Seeding Alfalfa, Clover Etc Broadcast Seeding (On Gram Fields) Cleaning Gram Seed With Treatment Without Treatment Ground Equipment Spraying for Weed Control Excluding Material Spraying for Corn Borer Including Cost of Material Excluding Cost of Matenet Spraying for Spittle Bug or Alfalfa Weevil Including Coat of Material Excluding Cost of Material Aerial Application (Excluding Matarloh Fixed Wing Helicopter Gram Hauling Local Long Distance Crain Storaga Stalk Shredding. PTO Spreading Bulk Feri Liquid Slda Dressing Grinding Tied Corn. Oats or Barley Corn 81 Cob* Cobs Additional Charge for Mixing Machine Tiling (No Tilm) Back Hoe Sawing Wood Chain Saw Post Hale Digging Manure Loading Sohd Manure Spreading. Solid Manure Pumping Manure Spreading, Liquid Bulldozing (Avg. H P. *P&ut4yiv<uua'& 998 Custom Rates Bain of Charge Acre Buahal Acre Stack Bale Hour Hour Hour Hour Acre Acre Acre Acre Acre Atia Bushel Bushel Acre Ac tm Buahel Bushel Bushel Per Month Acre Hundredweight Hundredweight Hundredweight Hundredweight Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Hour Mountain Section Vaßs y Section Harvesting 21 80 26 20 0 26 23 20 26 70 0 90 10 90 6 90 0 40 6 30 15 70 43 40 74 00 8 60 37 80 57 50 8 70 - - Plowing li Cultivating 11 00 12 30 11 40 12 90 14 20 10.90 12 00 10 SO 12 10 9 40 9 30 9 60 Planting 8t Drilling - 12 20 12 90 14 70 10 60 12 SO 14 00 9 70 11 00 11 70 10 00 7 00 0 82 0 S 6 Spraying 12 SO 8 00 13 10 7 70 Miscatlamsnut 0 13 0 32 0 04 9 40 5 90 7 60 7 60 0 60 0 62 O 63 0 28 0 42 38 90 16 20 27 00 25 00 61.60 Slats 21 SO 21 40 24 00 0 29 24 70 0 28 23 10 23 10 24 90 24 60 10 10 10 20 10 60 6 20 0 37 10 60 6 90 0 36 1.03 6 20 6 10 16 70 16 70 S 00 49 40 96 10 7 70 52 70 98 60 7 50 38 10 38 20 57 80 67 00 7 50 8 90 4 40 11 70 12 10 13 00 12 30 12 90 12 70 12 00 12 90 14 10 14 00 11 50 11 10 10 30 11 70 11 40 11.30 10 40 It 90 9 20 9 10 0 00 8 20 9 10 8 60 12 60 13 10 12 70 13 20 14 40 14 40 12 30 12 60 13 40 13 50 14 80 14 70 11 60 11 90 11 60 12 00 11 80 12 00 12 00 12 70 7 20 7 40 1 20 0 59 7 20 7 00 12 20 12 00 fl SO 7 20 12 10 11 60 6 90 6 60 8 10 9 30 0 13 0 13 0 26 0 24 0 04 0 04 9 00 8 90 5 60 6 40 6 60 7 10 6 30 6 90 0 66 0 82 0 60 0 54 0.61 0 58 0 26 0 27 o.so 0 61 43 20 IS 10 41 20 16.60 1 SO 1 30 28 60 28 10 28 10 26 80 21 90 45 40 S 8 20 LIANA C. CUFFMAN Agricultural Statistician PA Ag Statistics Service HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) The custom rates shown are averages from voluntary reports by custom operators and farmers 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 considered absolute indications of fair charges. Acreage rates are shown separ- Morrow Named Penn State Alumni UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre Co.) David A. Morrow of State College, professor emeritus in Michigan State University’s Col lege of Veterinary Medicine, has been named an Alumni Fellow by the Penn State Alumni Associa tion. Morrow is now a consulting veterinarian and owner-manager of Arch Spring Farm, Tyrone. “Nationally, Dr. Morrow has been lauded for his outstanding re search and contributions to the dairy industry,” said Robert D. Steele, dean of the College of Agriculture Sciences, in nominat ing Morrow for the award. “He exemplifies the qualities we at tempt to create in our graduates a commitment to goals, a vision for himself and his profession, an ability to communicate effective ly, and leadership skills that moti vate him to initiate new activities and inspire others to new ideas.” Morrow graduated with high honors from Penn State in 1956, earning a B.S. in dairy science. He received his D.V.M. in 1960 and his Ph.D. in 1967, both from Cor nell University. A former faculty member at Cornell and Michigan State Uni versities. Morrow has published more than 200 professional and technical articles and spoken at more than 200 state, regional, na tional and international agricultur al and veterinary meetings. He is past national president of the veterinary medicine honor society Phi Zeta; charter diplomat of the American College of Thcrip genologists; and a member of the Society of Theriogenology, the American Veterinary Medical As sociation and the American Asso ciation of Bovine Practitioners. Morrow is active in many facets of Penn State. He is a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, elected by agricultural societies. In addition, he is past president of the Penn State Alumni Associa tion and a member of its executive board, past president of the Col lege of Agricultural Sciences Alumni Society, a judge and dedi- tely for two regions of the state, labeled “Mountain” and “Valley.” The differences in rates between regions reflect differences in ter rain, soils and alternative oppor tunities for the labor and equip ment used. Figures labeled “State” represent the straight average of all reports used regardless of geo graphic location. Of the 72 rates reported with year-to-year comparisons, 36 in creased, 26 decreased, and 10 are the same as last year. The overall average is up to 2 percent from the previous year. This percentage in crease was computed by adding the rates for all jobs, regardless of basis of charge, and dividing by last year’s comparable total. Fellow David A. Morrow catee of the Dairymen’s Club and Dairy Exposition, an honorary Lion Ambassador, a board mem ber of the Penn State Alumni Chapter of Centre County, a Dis tinguished Alumnus of die dairy and animal science department, and president of the Greek Alumni Interest Group. Morrow has received several other honors and awards, includ ing the Borden Award from the American Veterinary Medical As sociation in 1980, the American Feed Manufacturers* Veterinary Medical Research Award in 1982, the Norden Distinguished Teach ing Award from Michigan State University in 1975, and the World Dairy Expo’s Industry Person of the Year Award in 1997. He also was named to the National Alpha Zeta Centennial Honor Roll in 1997. In connection with the Alumni Fellow honor. Morrow will visit campus this fall to interact with ft culty, staff and and students. The Alumni Fellow award, the highest award presented by the Penn State Alumni Association, is administered in cooperation with the academic units. The Board of Trustees has designated the title of Alumni Fellow as permanent and lifelong.
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