828-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 28, 1998
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QUESTION A reader from Upper
Dauphin wants to know how to remove
black soot from the outside of copper
kettle and how to restore it.
QUESTION—Jane Colvin, Ephrata, is
looking for a dishes and glasses in a dis
continued Pfaltzgraff pattern called ‘Vil
lage.* Contact her at 1330 Lincoln Height
s, Ephrata, PA 17522.
QUESTION Gregory Badger, Col
legeville, would like to know how to con
tact a musical group that plays the marim
ba in the Lancaster area. He thinks the
group may be called the Lancaster Mar
imba Ensemble.
QUESTION A Lancaster County
reader would like to know where to purch
ase an old Singer sewing machine stand
with cast iron treadle. It must be in good
condition and reasonably priced. She has
a Singer sewing machine head to put on.
QUESTION Gregory Badger,
Collegeville, would like to know where to
find a long sleeve shirt produced by a
company called Feed Sacks. The printing
on the back is "Pawnee Bill's Wild West
Show* with authentic markings toting a
wild west show theme. Message on the
back states "The only historic Wild West
Show in existence. Seats 10,000 people
under waterproof canopys.' Either this
shirt or something similar with a western
or side show theme.
QUESTION Bill Martin, Egg Harbor,
N. J., wants to know where to obtain seeds
for a sweet melon called cob mush
melons, which require little water to grow.
During the Depression Era, these melons
were popular.
QUESTION Paul Musser, Ephrata,
wants to know where to buy organic spray
to use on fruit trees.
QUESTION M. Miller, 250 Kulp
Road, Harleysville, would like to purchase
a New Holland farm engine or parts. Also,
he would like manuals for the New Hol
land engine and machinery.
QUESTION Donna Morrison, Dal
matia, would like to know where Somerset
seed potatoes can be purchased.
QUESTION Adelene Newcomer,
Dover, would like the words to the song
“Oh, Ain’t We Crazy."
QUESTION A Snyder County sub
scriber would like to know where to purch
ase a Reed’s Pocket Nut Cracker Model
#Bl6.
QUESTION M. Riehl, 333 Laurel
Rd., Narvon, PA 17555, would like a pat
tern for making an adult size bean bag
chair. She has a pattern for a regular size
bean bag chair but wants a larger size.
She is willing to pay a reasonable price for
the pattern and the postage, but contact
her before you send it.
QUESTION Robin from Elverson is
looking for a directions to make a room
freshener similar to one sold at Bath and
Body Works. It is called Jelly Jar Scents
and comes in a jelly jar used for canning. It
is in a gel form and contains “bitrex."
QUESTION ~ Mary Pazzaglia, Col
umbia Cross Roads, wants addresses for
suppliers for chipwood baskets that mea
sure 4'A -inch wide and 3 V* -inch deep,
and 2% -inches high.
QUESTION L. Tyrpen, Fredericks
burg, wants large blocks of scented and
colored wax, not beeswax, to melt for
candlemaking.
QUESTION Lloyd Gingrich, Leba
non, wants to know where to get caps for
croquet mallets.
QUESTION John Seller, R. 1, Box
99, Allenwood, would like a service man
ual for an Allis Chalmers Forkload model
#5OO, serial #lBB6. It uses a 4 cylinder
engine model #l6O-19755-R.
QUESTION Sylvia Fryberger, 325
Creek Rd., Denver, PA 17517, is looking
for the directions for a reversible shell afg
han. She saw one displayed at the Ephra
ta Fair about two years ago.
QUESTION—Terry Lowe, New Park,
is hoping to purchase wood or coal grates
for a Wincroft #BBBB2R oookstove, made
in Middletown.
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QUESTION Robert Folk of Stew
artsville, would like to buy mushroom pop
corn seed. He saw it at the state Farm
Show caramel corn booth. He has raised
popcorn for years but can no longer find
the original seed that he used. The closest
thing that compares with it is the
mushroom popcorn variety that he under
stands is from some place in Mount Joy.
QUESTION Mrs. Allen Schultz,
Honesdale, would like to know where to
purchase the old type clothespin that has
a wire reinforcement around the middle.
She used them to make clothes pin dolls
and needs more.
QUESTION Mrs. Amos Hoover, Den
ver, wants to know who to contact about
recycling plastic milk jugs into a picnic
table.
QUESTION M. Jozarik, Columbia,
N.J., would like the address of the dealer
or manufacturer of Hardy Outdoor Fur
naces, which are made of stainless steel.
QUESTION Tom Ehrhart, Annville,
is looking for information about the art and
craft of making hair wreaths. In particular,
he is looking for an individual who can add
the present generation of hair into the
family’s 150-year-old hair wreath. Call
him a 1-800-811-6813.
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