r F to^o_ls go for "functional,, prices,.usually 712 or 2/3 the price of Sears or Wards catalogs. But, in addition to t nor"ing'n;* item prices as a baseline-to bargain aolvn f.orn, one must learn how to negoriate. It's fun, Botl first offers neaer count.Thev only establish the boundaries within which the ii"ri pl*. *iil be arrived at. Don't betray your eagerness for either the item or the exciring process of'dlaling i6elf; both must ultimatelv i:^TT::l .r you musr fake it if they do. Learn ro go ^way ror an hour and come back later with the same offeiwhenit,s near quirting time for th.e seller. It may be gone, but if not, chances are very good it,s yours._At p,1nfi. !"f.r, especially ll1l..rt, the expert.firchei.checks out the price ranges of rtems rn advance and doesn,t let,,auction fiver,, leai to win_ :119,,^11 l,d but,losing the bargain. police, city, counry, srate and federal surplus sales Iists,and catalogs come when you ger on their mailing lists. For federal agenciZs, .rii yor. lo""l Federal Information Cenrer under i,U.S. Gov,r.i, in the white p,agp.s, or write your Congressperson or the agency involved for the^forms that you fill out ro ger on the list. ". Sllu"g. firch.ing gets us intJ lumber, *indorv and ornare rlreplace recycling. you'll need trucks, tools, fast_workins :l:l1r and bonding. which is forfeited if everything;;;fl. .S srte rs not gone ar the date specified in the contracal ff yo" S are not a recycling center, a group of independent firchers s ::Tlf :".g.rher on a parricular demolition in exchange for S :i.:'i::iy-"ll'l-bu, appoint one or cwo people to ,.ir.r.nt S me group ln contract negotiations or the conira.t.r," *ill oo, .i Tl]i^Y,i:^91 large jobs,"different salvage companies *f,i.fi-- : :il.-h:: f1l..d a Iong and ircreasingly expensive trip to town ror a costly new part which might even have to be back_ oroered weeks or months. No one is likely to forget such help, and it's returned in kind.when you need,"-.,tiig. In f".m '' country, people know who specializes in what kini of firch or at least is more likely to have what's needed than 20 other tarmers. Also, some firchers enjoy collecting it so much they are.wiiling ro serve as depots for ihose who?ind firch but have no immediate use for it. Of course, such contributors to the collective firch have 1st dibs ou.. ihor. who haven,t given lately, somewhat analagous to a blood bank. Next time we'll cover firch organization and maintenance. Meanwhile, remember the 3rd pi!. -by Lee Johnson, with help from David Katz, Ken Smith & Dexter Bacon lune 1,977 RAIN page 9 mystenous movement since we first heard a.bout companion planring -Woody Deryckx Klein, 1977, $2.50 Irom, ; specialize in rerioval or ur.ior, -i;;;irl, ;;;?;il;;;:' t after anorher, bur more likely a ,"b ;";il;;;, i, u-#i,, r" t for,final clean-up. To get informarion on ."* -*.ri"["r.i... n :T:^_u:lr-b.r, meral and gJass, watch scrap metal and iu_U., I prices in ne.wspaper wa.,t "ds, or call up tnJr. J.riirg ri;"'"" S wastes you're interested in. ' ^. ^.rTt:t"b^y^:1.^.:r, enjo.yabte part of firching is trading with otncr tlrchers. Among neighbors in rural a.eas who aepe"na :1:i:,Li"_,\.,r in many other ways, firching is a long_'term proposrtlon. you're doing a favor that sau.ia farmer or \es URE. R.io-Dy namic Agric ult ure : An I ntroduc_ tton,Herbert H. Koepf, B D. petterson and Wolfgang Schaumann, 1976, 429 pp.. $12.00, published by Anthro_ posophic Press, Spring Valley, New York, and distributed by: Bio-Dynamic Literature P.O. Box 253 Wyoming, Rhode Island 0289g This is the book a lot of people have been waiting for. It is the mosr readable and comple te description of the princi_ pres and practrces of bio_dynamic farm_ ing available in English. The book is a com.prehensive text on agriculture from the bio-dynamic pcrspeciiver soil sci_ ence, plant science. and animal husband_ ry are discussed with an emphasis upon the inter-relatedness, the wholenessl balance and health which are characteristic of rhe B.D. approach. Sio-dynamic theory, rooted in the original eig'ht lecrures of Dr. Rudolf Sieiner <igz+1, is explained, interpreted and related io actual farming techniques emDloved bv suc53;sfu.l bio-dynamil farms in bu.op. and North America. Results of 50 yeirs of scieqtific research into aspects of the B.D. approach are also included and ex_ plained. Perhaps the most welcome fea_ ture of this new book is its detailed de_ scription of actual farms under bio_ dynamic management. The central philosophy of bio-dynamics regards each farm as a distinct, living e"ntity an orgarism-which, while certainly not isolated from the resr of the living earth, has a cerrain biological inregriry ;d a balanced wholeness of its own. Dr. Koepf's book demonstrates the value of this approach by revealing detailed rccords of inputs, yields anJthe intcrnal f low of marrer and energy wirhin indi_ vidual farms. Even the economics of bio_ dynamic agriculture is discussed, as is the cooperative quality control and certttlcatlon program and marl<eting network.among European gro*..r. "Thi, rs an exciting and revealing book; I rec_' ommend it to farmers, to agricultural screntlsts,_to everyone's local library, and especially to all of us who h"u. b.en trying to understand chis exciting yet Center for Community Economic Development 639 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 316 Cambridge, MA 02139 The recent surge of intcrest in community canneries has resultcd in a growing number of such centers-diffe*r..,, *iy, they can he ser up end operated, wheic to buy equlpment and scrounge uscd machinery, the costs and ben&its of community canning, health and insur_ ance regulations, the history of small_ scale_ canning, and the impacts of sea_ sonal operation on efforti to make such centers self-supporr ing. A valuable guidc ror any group considcring such opera_ tions. -TB f,11 I r
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