824-L«nc«*ter Farming, Saturday, July 6, 1996 This column is for readers who have questions but don't know whom to ask for answers. “You Ask—You Answer” is for non-cooking ques tions. When a reader sends in a question, it will be printed in the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then be printed in the paper. - Questions and Answers to this column should be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Attention: Lou Ann Good. There’s no need to send a BASE. If we receive an an swer to your question, we will publish It as soon as possi ble. Please Include your phone number because we sometimes need to contact the person to clarify details. We will not publish your phone number unless you request It. QUESTION Vickie Mowery, Chambersburg, wants to know where to purchase a Surge Dairy Maid 15-gallon electr ic water heater. Please call them at (717) 532-3736. QUESTION Mrs. Don Boshnaugle, Columbia, wants to purchase a few old elementary reading books used in the late 1930 s and early 19405, such as the “Dick,” “Jane,” “Sally,” “Baly,” "Spot," and “Little Mew” series. It’s a basic pre primer. QUESTION —C. Grodmann of New Hampton, N.Y. wants to know where to purchase fast-hitch attachments to an old Farmall C tractor. Contact him at (914) 374-2602. QUESTION Agnes DeFonde, R.D.2, Box 319, Porters ville, PA 16051 would like to purchase a machine for shelling peas. QUESTION—Gregory Badger, Collegeville, enjoys plant ing wildflowers. He would like a source to purchase seeds for Lance Leaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis Lanceolata), which are a brilliant yellow and long stemmed daisy-like flower. QUESTION Virginia Haines, Tabernacle, N.J., would like instructions for making eggs look like wood. She saw it demonstrated on television but didn't hear the amount of vine gar and water nor did she get the address so she could write to them for the recipe. She said that a flower or design is put on the raw egg and wrapped in nylon stocking pulled tight with a twister. Let it cook slowly in onion skins for four or five hours. She writes that the eggs are beautiful and look just like wood and will last a lifetime. QUESTION—Jerry Johnson, Herndon, would like to know where to purchase light blue with white pinstripe beanie caps with a short bill. They are used under hardhats and welding hoods. The denim-like material is similar to an engineer hat but in a beanie style. QUESTION Leona Spangler, P.O. Box 41, Spring Mills, PA 16875-9419, would like to buy a copy of “Searchlight” cookbook and a Rumford cookbook, which were printed between 1930-1940. Other cookbooks from that era are also welcomed. QUESTION June Kummerer, 1505 Kummerer Rd., Pottstown, PA 19464, is looking for books on bobbin lace; how to make it, where to purchase bobbins, and a book “Beginners Bobbin Lace," and everything else on the subject. QUESTION J. Hykes, 321 E. King St., Shippensburg, PA 17257-1424, is looking for old photographs of Christmas trees, which were taken before 1950. QUESTION M. Stoltzfus from Maryland would like to raise turkeys, chicks, or other fowl for a company or person. Who should he contact for information? QUESTION J. Loren Yoder, Belleville, would like infor mation about three different milk bottles from the following: Weaver's Dairy of Malvern: Spicklers Dairy of Elizabethtown, and Supplee-Sealtest Dairy Products. QUESTION—A Reinholds reader would like to purchase a used fiat beater and 12-quart bowl for a Reynolds Electric Company commercial mixer serial number C 37129. QUESTION Mrs. Cindy Eshleman, R.D.3, Box 7957, Jonestown, PA 17038 would like to correspond with anyone who has or has had a child with selective mutism (children who won't speak to adults other than their parents). QUESTION Betty Sterner had a set of 12 plates limited edition 1979 Franklin Mint Porcelain by Peter Banett, but the January plate broke. Can anyone help her find a plate to replace the broken one? QUESTION Frances Krall, Myerstown, is looking for a craft book with directions for five-strand rug braiding. QUESTION Peggy Gordon, Sykesville, Md., is search ing for Achimenes bulbs, which are small and resemble small pine cones. Achimenes is sometimes called the warm water plant because it is thought the plants are more easily started by immersing them in warm water. The plants only grow and bloom in the summer. As fall approaches, they simply die off and must be stored until the next summer. The flowers are somewhat trumpet-like. She has purchased some through seed catalogs but hasn’t been able to get them to grow. QUESTION—Roman Peters, Port Trevorton, would like to know where to purchase miniature horseshoes that are approximately Vh -2-inch in width, measured from the outer edges. QUESTION Lois Babcock would like to know where to buy Raggedly Arin and Andy candy or candle molds. QUESTION Eva Burrell, Glen Gardner, N.J., writes that her local Senior Center makes loom and crocheted small sized rugs from strips of cotton, cotton blend, or polyester knit material. Their material supplier from Allentown has gone out of business. Does anyone know of another source for the strips of material? QUESTION —Linda Gorman of Wayland, Mass., requests directions on how to make salve for cuts and wounds of lives tock. She had requested this earlier and someone had given her a phone number for the Haffer’s Salve recipe. They wanted $50,000 for the recipe. She didn’t want it that badly. QUESTION Doug Bunnell, Endicott, N.Y., would like to know where to find replacement bags for older types of hand cranked cyclone seeders. There are replacement bags for the newer plastic seeders, but they will not fit the old wood base seeders. Eliminate the elements with this new cab for 5000 Series Tractors Driving rain. Blowing show. Searing heat. Freezing cold. Biting wind. Swirling dust. Now you can ignore them all, while getting your work done on time and in comfort. ,((*>; - < ■* V* r * *■ ,«* Make it run like new with John Deere remanufactured parts Not just rebuilt, these parts are completely disassembled, inspected, and remanufactured. Each unit receives final testing on state-of-the-art computer controlled equipment - to meet or exceed original specifications. •John Deere dealers are independent retailers who dt J. r 3£r*«3 Rl34a Compressor • Fits 20,30, and 40 Series Row-Crop Tractors and many combines • Quit worrying about freon and whether your old a/c will hold up. Replace your Rl2 a/c system with an up-to-date Rl34a refrigerant system. • One-year warranty Now $ O Q QQ* with exchange ' termme their own prices, so actual selling prices con vary from the prices shi Introducing the allmew cab option for John Deere 40 - to 73-hp tractors. Now you can work in all-season comfort on any of the four standard 5000 Series models. 72-Amp Alternator • Fits 20 to 50 Senes Row-Crop Tractors, 20 and 30 Senes 4WD Tractors. • Remanufactured to meet or exceed new • One-year warranty Now s'l i r)00' with 11/ exchange iiil (1Y6772) in Offer good through July 31,1996 QUESTION —A read* where to buy black wool QUESTION —Milton Hj to know where to find transi tractor model #MR3O, s< QUESTION—Mae Stan Md. 21015-1204, wants ai feed bags in which animal source for the tissue iron q ear. Also, does anyone hai or Clabber Girl baking powi get rid of? She will pay QUESTION—J.R. Pep source for ram horns. He from them as they do in E bent into the top end. QUESTION Mary J purchase a used book, QUESTION Ray Gar used 20-quart White Moun church. Call him at {717 QUESTION C.Stagi cabinet that is painted in f flowers on top, two roll-styl tom half has been painted manufacturing tag #Ol3. S value as it is or stripped dou -er wood. 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