Mail Order Sources
Ken Burner
articles of interest to rural folks, including lists of books,
magazines, mail order suppliers, etc. Since messages to this address no
longer answer and I don't find these articles in updated form where the
FAQs are kept, I'm assuming no one is keeping this info up to date any
more.
I am a catalog junkie, so I've been adding to the original list of
mail order catalogs for rural/farm tools, equipment, supplies, etc. for
my own use. I'm posting it here in hopes that some of the readers of
this newsgroup will find it useful and that some of you will send me
additions and/or corrections.
RURAL SUPPLIERS
A.I. Root Company
P.O. Box 706
Medina, Ohio 44258
1-800 BUY ROOT (1-800-289-7668)
Beekeeping supplies.
A.M. Leonard, Inc.
6665 Spiker Road
PO Box 816
Piqua, Ohio 45356
"Good prices, fast service on nursery supplies." Dave Sill
Agrisales Inc.
100 Main Street
Ceresco, NE 68017
1-800-642-1222
FAX 402-665-2401 Heating pads, thermostats, etc.
Alternate Energy Engineering
PO Box 339
Redway, Ca 95560
800-777-6609
Argent
1-800-426-6258 (US)
1-800-663-2871 (Canada)
"Ask for their free catalogue and their book catalogue. They have
aquaculture chemicals and equipment, and an extensive selection of
books." Robert Enenkel
Austree, Inc
Pescadero, CA
1-800-638-1441
Fast-growing hybrid trees.
Bailey's, Inc.
44650 Hwy. 101, Box 550
Laytonville, CA 95454
Ph: 707-984-6133
Orders: 800-322-4539
"They've got lots of serious stuff for those who cut wood. They
do seem to be reasonably priced." Dave Sill
Burden's Surplus Center
Nebraska
1-800-488-3407
"...Ask for a catalogue. They have lots of 12 V pumps of various
types, as well as lots of other neat stuff rural types might like.
Best of all, they have good prices. I ordered a nice 15 hp
centrifugal pump for around $100 and am really happy with it.
They have a 20 kW diesel generator set for $4250, 1.5 kW gas
generator for $425, 1 kW inverter for $500." Robert Enenkel
Caprine Supply
POB Y
33001 West 83rd Street
DeSoto, KS 66018
913/585-1191
Good selection of goat equipment.
Central Tractor
POB 3330
Des Moines, Iowa 50316-3330
(store in Quakertown PA: 215/538-2494)
tractor parts - used: 1-800-247-0128, fax 515-266-7425
new: 1-800-247-0126, fax 515-266-4229
general info: 1-800-247-7508
outlets in chambersburg, hanover and quakertown, all in pa.
Good selection of new and used parts for tractors old and new.
They have lots of local stores, which are fun to shop in too.
Chestnut Hill Orchards
3300 Bee Cave Road
Austin, Texas, 78749
(512) 477-3020
Chestnut hybrids?
Cumberland General Store
Rt 3 Box 81
Crossville, TN 38555
800/334-4640
Same as Lehman's but bigger selection; e.g. includes buggies and
buggy parts, horse drawn equipment, blacksmithing tools (though
these are better bought used), patent medicines, &c.
Catalog is $3 (refundable) "old time general merchandise". About
270 pages of "Goods in Endless Variety for Man & Beast".
Dadant and Sons, Inc.
Hamilton, IL 62341
(217) 847-3324
Beekeeping supplies.
Gempler's
P.O. Box 270
211 Blue Mounds Road
Mt. Horeb, WI 53572
(800) 382-8473
Catalog: free
Work clothes, boots, safety gear, some tools, tire repair equipment.
Gohn Bros.
P.O. Box 111
Middlebury IN 46540-0111
219-825-2400
They have great broadfall pants that last and last, and are
comfortable as well.
Grimm Co Inc
Box 130
Rutland, VT 05701
802-775-5411
Everything you could ever need to make maple sugar products, both
home scale and larger.
Happy Valley Ranch
Rt 2 Box 83
Paola, KS 66071
913/849-3103
"We have their one-bucket cider press and grinder and are very
satisfied." Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm
Harrowsmith
Harrowsmith Books
Camden East, Ontario
Canada K0K 1J0
800-267-7833, ext. 784
Source Books - A Compendium of Practical Literature for the Home
Library
Jaffrey
POB 226
Mont Vernon, NH 03057
We didn't buy their cider press but I included it for the option.
Jensales Co.
P.O. Box 985
Burnsville, MN 55337
800 443-0625
Tractor shop manuals.
Kerr Controls Ltd.
P.O. Box 1500
Truro, Nova Scotia
Canada
B2N 5V2
"They make wood-fired boilers and wood-fired warm-air furnaces."
Robert Enenkel
King's Books
P.O. Box 86
Radner, OH 43066
Tractor shop manuals.
Lehman's Hardware
POB 41
4779 Kidron Rd
Kidron, Ohio 44636
216-857-5441 (fax) 216/857-5785
This (and Cumberland) are like looking at turn of the century
Sears catalogs - that you can still order from! Lots of great
stuff, most at reasonable prices.
Lehman's Non-Electric Good Neighbor Heritage Catalog ($2.00)
If it doesn't run on electricity, it's in there somewhere
"Merchandise reflecting an undying culture, a reverence for
tradition, and sensible ways to meet today's needs.
Kitchen & Housewares A Variety of the Hard-to-Find
Stoves for Heating & Cooking Non-Electric Appliances
Farming and Homesteading Woodworking & Logsmithing"
They claim to cater to the Amish (hence the non-electric
appliances). The catalog *is* neat, and they have some interested
stuff, but it tends to be pricey. Where else are you going to
find a wringer clothes washer with a 3 H.P. Briggs & Stratton
engine?
Mid-States Livestock Supplies
1.800.841.9665
Sheep supplies.
Murray McMurray Hatchery
Webster City, Iowa 50595-0458
Order: 800-456-3280
Customer Service: 515-832-3280
Chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas, and equipment.
Nasco
Farm & Ranch Catalog
Fort Atkinson, WI
800-558-9595
Catalog: free
Large selection of equipment and tools for ranches and farms
New England Cheesemaking Supply Company
P.O. Box 85
Ashfield, Mass 01330
Nichols Nursery
1190 North Pacific Highway
Albany, Oregon 97321-4598
ph.[503] 928-9280
fax[503] 967-8406
Wild ginger (asarum caudatum).
Northern Hydraulics
P.O. Box 1499
Burnsville, MN 55337-0499
800-533-5545 or 612-894-8310 (fax) 612-894-0003
Generators, Gasoline Engines, Tools and miscellaneous Good Stuff
Peaceful Valley Farm Supply
11173 Peaceful Valley Rd
Nevada City, CA 95959
916/265-FARM
Pricey but includes some things that are hard to find. I don't
think we've ever bought from them.
Lee W. Pederson
78 Taft Avenue
Lynbrook, NY 11563
Tractor shop manuals.
Premier
Box 89
Washington, Ia 52353
800-282-6631
Electric fencing.
"The people [there] are always quite helpful." Russell Such
Quality Confinement Equipment
Box 581 East Hwy 30
Schuyler, NE 68661-0581
1-800-433-6340
FAX 402-352-8825 General farm/ag equipment
Real Goods
Real Goods, Alternative Energy Sourcebook 1990
John Schaeffer, et al,
Real Goods Trading Company
966 Mazzoni St
Ukiah, Ca 95482
800-762-7325 (orders)
707-468-0301 (tech)
707-468-0301 (FAX)ISBN 0-916571-00-9-
$14
Distributed by Ten Speed Press
Red Power
Box 277
Battle Creek, IA 51006
(712) 365-4873
International Harvester Co. information.
Rice Equipment Co.
20 N Sheridan
Clarion, PA 16214
(814) 226-9200
Tractor shop manuals.
Safety Tech Co.
Middleburg, FL
904-282-1200
Sells Permanone tick killer.
Sheepman Supply
800-336-3005
Sierra-Riteway Mfg. Co.
1680 Country Club Road
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
"They make wood/coal-fired and wood/coal/oil or wood/coal/gas
fired boilers." Robert Enenkel
Solar Electric Engineering, Inc
175 Cascade Court
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
7070-586-1987 fax: 707 586-0690
Catalog $3.00
They installed my solar electric and hot water systems.
Starbolt Engine Supplies
3403 Buckeystown Pike
Adamstown, MD 21710
(310) 874-2821
(310) 695-2665
Tractor shop manuals.
Storey's Hard-to-Find Books for Country Living
Schoolhouse Rd
Pownal, VT 05261
800-827-8673 Canada: 800-445-3906
Customer assistance 413-664-7195
Everything from "The Craft of Smocking" to "Be your Own Chimney
Sweep"
Steven Van Gorden
PO Box 109
Breinigville PA 18031
"Has available a bunch of information sheets on a variety of
[aquacultural] issues. Also publishes a quarterly newsletter that
you probably wouldn't be interested in." Bob Kyweriga
Surplus Center
P.O. Box 82209
Lincoln, NE 68501-22009
(800) 488-3407
Catalog: free
New & rebuilt hydraulic equipment, pistons, cylinders, electric motors.
Trace Engineering
5917 195th N.E.
Arlington, WA 98223
(206) 435-8826
Power equipment.
Walter T. Kelley Co.
Clarkston, KY 42726
(502) 242-2012
Beekeeping supplies.
Wish Hatchery
Box 362
Prairie City, OR 97869
(503) 820-3509
Wishard Bronze turkeys.
"The author of [an article about Turkey Genetic Conservation],
David Sullenberger, is a professor of biology at New Mexico State
University. He is an AMBC member, and keeps a flock of Wishard
Bronze turkeys. For a copy of the entire article plus the
bibliography, send a 45-cent SASE to AMBC, Box 477, Pittsboro, NC
27312." Heather Hubbard
"AMBC member Peter Jorgensen also has a flock of Wishard Bronze,
and can be reached at CS Fund Conservancy, 469 Bohemian Highway,
Freestone, CA 95472, (707) 874-2942." Heather Hubbard
Wholesale Veterinary Supply
POB 2256
Rockford, IL 61131
800/435-6940
Good selection of veterinary supplies at good prices.
Wooltique
800-657-0746
Sheep supplies.
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Ken Burner
Carnegie Mellon Computing Services
ken.b...@cmu.edu