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.