Dear Roger, No doubt we all get to put up with a lot. But personally I have a tendency to be offended by such pitches. I guess I'm a reluctant huck, so I'm also a reluctant huckster.
Best, Hugh >Hugh Lovel wrote: > >>So I pass the ball back to you and invite you to brainstorm with me how do >>I make this real to farmers? I guarantee they will make more money doing >>things the way I teach. How do I get the word out? >> >YES!! RUSH me my instant *ULTIMATE* Dowsing and Rainmaking Kit in its >Leatherette zip-up waterproof case PERSONALISED with my name and >comprising Pendulum, Dowsing Rods and Miniature Radionic Broadcaster >PLUS my detailed but easy-to-understand Instruction Book PLUS a Personal >Introduction & one FREE Pass to _______ 's next FABULOUS Rainmaking >Workshop FOR ONLY $99.99*. I understand if I am one of the FIRST TWENTY >applicants I will also receive a FREE Internet Directory of Global >Biodynamic Resources and go into a draw to WIN $25,000** > >* plus post & packing ** conditions apply > > >OR > >Dear Friend, > I have specially chosen you from all my friends and acquaintances to >receive this VERY IMPORTANT MESSAGE because I know you have the >interests of Planet Earth very much to heart in all that you do. May I >prevail upon you not to hit the delete key just yet for in all >likelihood reading this email will cost you very little compared with >the benefits it could bring to you and yours over the years to come. > Believe me, this NEWS that I bring is so STUPENDOUS it fair takes my >breath away whenever I think about it. In essence it is that for a very >small outlay the BROWN expanse of 'lawn' out back of your place can >become GREEN and stay GREEN for as long as you choose. All you require >for this MIRACLE to occur is my Instant Rainmaking Kit together with >easy-to-understand Instruction Booklet plus attendance at my next >workshop, all available by return post at only $129.99* > Should you decide you want to pass up on this WONDERFUL offer at >this time, may I ask you to forward this message, unedited, to ten of >your own friends, and include this request in it. > >Kind regards, > > >* conditions apply > >******************* > >OR as JC put it 'Cast your bread upon the waters and it will be returned >a thousandfold.' > >******************* > >Whilst one might say that if we knew the answer to your question, we >would all be rich by now and probably not be members of this list at >all, it would be simplistic in the extreme. > >BD agriculture has been around for almost a century; components of it >date back hundreds (if not thousands) of years yet the vast majority of >the world's farmers still practise conventional or other forms of >agriculture. Why? Because there's no money to be made in BD the way it's >set up. > >Think about it. > >A conventional farmer has 10,000 acres of land. To grow crops on it, he >has to prepare the fields. Assuming he has the machinery, he will at the >very least need seeds and fertiliser. A farm supply place will sell him >both, the fertiliser will be chemical and supplied by an agribusiness or >subsidiary which is part of a global setup. Where there's more than one >applicable chemical, the 'best' will be recommended (or dictated) by >Agric Department or council or farmers' association. The same applies to >weedkillers and, for graziers, animal feeds and supplements. In some >cases, fertilisers are bought 'on-the-ground', the price including >spreading by the supplier to the farmer's requirements. > >A biodynamic farmer has 10,000 acres of land. To grow crops on it, he >has to prepare the fields. Assuming he has the machinery, he will at the >very least need seeds and BD preps. He can make his own preps for which >he will need healthy compost of a particular mix and standard. He can >make this too but it all takes time and he has repayments to make on the >mortgage. So he will buy the preps in. For this he will need a listing >of BD suppliers which he will get from his nearest association. He may >have the equipment to mix and apply the preps; if not and he doesn't >have the time or inclination to do it manually, he will have to bring in >a contract sprayer. > >And so it goes. > >The BD preparations are good, we know that, but there isn't much profit >there and the set-up is lousy. We know that too, if we're honest about >it. I was in the air force for over thirty years, played more war games >in NATO (Germany) than you could poke a stick at. The first step to >victory was always the same - set up supply lines and depots and >communications facilities. The second was information, loads of it. The >next was personnel and equipment placement. In terms of preparation the >battle was usually a set-piece and the least important. > >For BD to get ahead it needs an edge, even if it has to go outside BD to >get it. Don't do things in isolation, package them. For instance, couple >rainmaking sessions with workshops that farmers tell you are of value to >them (even if they are not to you) like keeping their farms alive in >drought or making ends meet on a reducing income or any number of other >things. Use the internet to get to people. Produce information booklets >and directories, keep them updated and cheap. Learn from Amway - set-up >the networks to use the products you produce. > >Flowforms. I have a thing about the John Wilkes vortex fibreglass >flowforms. I think these cascades could be a saving grace for Oz in >drought (permanently, really) as NSW is now. That they could be used to >inexpensively recycle the water we use once and throw away. So I'm >working at putting together an in-your-face demo module on a box trailer >which will have tanks, pump and plumbing. Then I'll trundle it all over >the SE of OZ showing farmers (especially dairy) and councils just what >they do. That module will cost me between three and four thousand >dollars. I don't have it but I'l find it and when I do I guarantee it >will pay for itself very quickly - and increase the demand for BD >products as well. > >A story to finish with. My first job 40+ years ago was as an apprentice >bricklayer. My firm was building an extension to a large engineering >company building in Oldham, Lancashire. The company had all sorts of >trades working there including carpenters. One of these made 'shove >halfpenny' and other game boards on the sly using company time, tools >and materials; every night he would run a wheelbarrow full out to his >pick-up. He probably sold a few of these boards but even I knew that he >gave most away to hotels, clubs and schools. Years later I met up with >him by accident one day, he was driving a very stylish car, one I would >have thought was beyond the means of a carpenter. He laughed at that. >"Wheelbarrows!" he said cryptically. > >roger Visit our website at: www.unionag.org
