On Bargaining at the Market—Fifth Report From Nepal
By Peggy Wollaston
Chester County IFYE
„ , , , Electricity is found only in
For those of us accustomed to anc£ neai the towns, and consists
the convenience of once a week solel o£ llghtj s 0 thls rules out
gioceij shopping with the selec- the posslbl f lty of floZen foods
tion of plastic or paper wrapped
fresh, frozen, or packaged goods In addition to this, there are
in various sized quantities, mar-no food processing plants in
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order it today for this year’s com.
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ORGANIC RIANT FOOD CO.
GROFFTOWN RD.
keting in Nepal presents quite
a contrast
Ph. 393-4963 or 392-0374
Miss Peggy Wollaston will be letuinmg home to
Chester County in late Maich after completing a six month
stay in Nepal as an International Faim Youth Exchange
(IFYE) delegate
She is the daughter of Mi and Mrs Chailes T Wollas
ton, Toughkenamon
Peggy was accepted as a member of the several diffei
ent host families with whom she stayed She shaied fust
hand their every day experiences and learned much about
the country’s culture.
When Peggy leturns home, many clubs and organiza
tions will hear her 'message as she goes about Chester
County sharing her experience, noted Glenn A Shuk, asso
ciate Chester County agricultural agent
Nepal, which means any can- tune a market is open So bar
ned or packaged foods aie im- nng caste (Biahmans do nol
poited Therefore, the foods eat meat) and if they can affoic
available in the Nepali market it, the family may have meal
are fresh including fruits, once a week
vegetables, and meats However, m Kathmandu, each
In villages, once - 01 at the morning a colorful maiket scene
most twice-weekly is the only opens with liesh liuits and
How Much TDN
Is In Your Dairy Feed?
What difference does it Make?
Well, if after feeding a 1400 pound cow, 10 lbs of hay and
30 lbs of silage she still needs 15 lbs of TDN, how much
of your feed will it take?
Most grind and mix rations are about 71% TDN It would
take 21.1 lbs of this feed to do the job. It would only take
19 7 lbs of a 76% TDN feed.
Would you like to know what the TDN in your feed is?
We believe there is more to feeding a dairy cow than a dab
of this and a dash of that. We would like to share our find
ings with you.
CALL YOUR PIONEER MAN:
S ELMER M. SHREINER
Trading as Good’s Feed Mill
Specializing in DAIRY & HOG FEEDS
New Providence, Pa.
Phone 786-2500
Since 1870
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Wu^-tiUer
JARED STAUFFER
Martindale, Penna.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20,1971—31
Phoue 445-6465
vegetables on display Although
some oi these aie in my opinion
way beyond the possibility of
being sold, theie is none-the-less,
a laige selection is available
simply by walking down the low
ol vendeis
When in season, the apples
weie just as delicious and juicy
as what we eat in America My
two fellow IFYE’s and I who
weie lucky enough to be m
Kathmandu at the time, and
since we had been away seveial
months fiom such delicacies as
apples, we found them to be a
leal tieat'
Nepal must indeed be the land
o£ radishes and cauliflower, as
they ceitainly out-size any I
have evei seen in our gioceiy
stores or gardens It is not un
usual to find a white ladish with
a 6 inch diameter and IV2 —2
inch length.
Business in Nepal is conduct
ed by means of the bargaining
system At fust it was difficult
to use this method of pui chas
ing and we always had the “rich
American tounst’ image to tiy
to destroy
Once we learned a few Nepali
Peggy Wollaston
Returning Home Soon
words like, “Kati pisa” (how
much does it cost 9 ) and “Der
hey mahangocha” (it is veiy ex
pensive) and weie able to com
municate on a veiy elementary
level, the niei chants realized
they couldn’t make a sale on
the price they ougmally asked.
We felt veiy victonous when
a raei chant quoted the pi ice of
3 apples for 1 rupee (equal to
10 cents) and we weie able to
walk away with 4 oi 5 for the
same price
One day I stopped along the
stieet to pui chase tangeiines
The lady selling them at this
spot told me 4 lor 1 lupee. I
bickeied with her a few minutes
that they weie small (which
they were) and that I would
give her one mpee for 5 tan
gerines I didn’t think she was
going to yield, but finally, I
chose five, handed her my rupee'
(which she didn’t lefuse) and
I walked triumphantly down the
street! I am certain she wasn t
loosing money on the deal be
cause if she had, she wouldn’t
have accepted my mpee
At times the bai gaming sys
tem can be very frustrating, but
yet its fun to see how much
less we can get a food for than
the original asking price
When night falls, the vendeis
gather together their unsold
fuuts and vegetables and the
maiket scene quickly dissolves
as they tiudge homeward
The following morning is a re
peat of the previous day.
Not only aie people seen
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