‘V** <'■» M 'tfwf »T* lAf4Mf|q | 816-Lincfstar Farming, Saturday, March 28, 1998 Qviijisk 4ou This column Is for readers who have questions but don’t know who to ask for answers. “You Ask—You Answer is for non cooking questions. When a reader sends In a question, It will be printed m the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to respond by mail ing the answer, which will then be printed In the paper. Questions and Answers to this col umn should be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Fann ing, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Attention: Lou Ann Good. Do not send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will publish It as soon as possible. Please Include your phone number because we some times need to contact the person to clarify details. We will not publish your phone number unless you request It. QUESTION Ruth Erb, Beavertown, would like to know since she is allergic to most pesticides, a natural way to get rid of either carpenter ants or termites in her basement. She heard of spreading Borax around, but how and where do you put it. She also heard that burning a sulphur candle in a bucket of water is effective, but that the fumes are poisonous and leaves a residue. QUESTION —Ray Hunsberger, Phoe nixville, is restoring a United 2'A HP type A Hit & Miss gas engine made in Lansing, Ml by United Engine Co. Ray would appreciate information such as manuals, original paint color, etc. about the engine. QUESTION—Sharon from Elverson is looking for additional pieces to a Pfalz graff set of dishes that were made 15-20 years ago. Pieces have a cream back ground with dark blue accents that include either a cow, a flower, a rocking horse, a pineapple, a cat, or a farm scene. Some pieces include the label Spectrum by Pfaltzgraff. QUESTION M. Horning, Lebanon, wants to know the do's and don't’s on rais ing raspberry and elderberry bushes. QUESTION Nancy Wallace, 5240 Diem Rd., New Holland, PA 17557, would like an old C.W. Wood lard can. Her father had the business in New Holland until 1949. She has five children and would like a lard can to give to each of them. Also, she wants old Casper dolls for her daught er who collects them. She also collects glass chicken on the nest if anyone has some to sell. QUESTION Pete Wesover, Fox glove Farm, 2445 Ridge Rd., Woodlawn, MD 21244, would like to find a source for a human yoke—the carved wooden piece that goes across a person's shoulders enabling them to carry a couple of full water buckets or whatever. Instructions and tool list would be helpful too. QUESTION—A reader is looking for a shower curtain with cows on it. Where can she find it? QUESTION Linda Derstine, Maple ton Depot, would like to know where to purchase replacement handles tor a cookware set called Prudential Ware by EKCO, which was purchased about 1971. QUESTION Thane Lafollette, Bern ville, would like information on how and where to sell broom corn. He has about 75 stalks to sell. QUESTION Ruth LaFollette, Bern ville, would like to know where to obtain the instructions to make an oval crochet throw rug using fabric strips. QUESTION Bill Angert, Manheim, wants to purchase a good family-owned Model A Ford sedan, coupe or pick-up truck made between 1928 and 1931. Will ing to pay for a good one. As a youngster, his family owned a two-door sedan, which he learned to drive and enjoy. Any sug gestions on where to find one. QUESTION Bea Maurer, Quaker town, would like to know the origin and correct words for this ditty she remembers her grandmother saying: Five little mice on a pantry shelf If ceding on bread crumbs and something else. Five little mice in a shelf up high/fceding so daintly on a pie. QUESTION Ivan Gromling, Man chester, writes that when he was young and growing up in tne 1950 s and 19605, his family used Troutaman’s Cough Syr up, which was black in color. Where can he purchase it today? QUESTION Kermit Laub, Coopers burg, would like the name of the person who had advertised a John Deere tractor with bad wheels and rims. He lost it. Any one know to what he is referring? QUESTION Maryanne Meebon, Perkimenville, and Lois Babcock, Friendsville, want the words to the song: My Raggedy Ann is a very old doll. She lives in the attic for years. She lives in the aide for 50 long years with her shoe button eyes made 0f...? 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 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 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 Robin from Everson 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 VS -inch wide and 3V* -inch deep, and 2Va -inches high. QUESTION—Bob Zoetewey, Denver, Col., has a POW-R-TRON Electric ham mer Model #2sp Serial #749212 manu factured in Home, Pa. He needs to corres pond or have a telephone conversation with some one who has an owners man ual, maintenance manual or parts catalog tor the drill. He’d like to be able to obtain a copy of the manual and know where to buy parts tor the drill. QUESTION Lloyd Gingrich, Leba non, wants to know where to get caps for croquet mallets. QUESTION —Terry Lowe, New Park, is hoping to purchase wood or coal grates for a Wincroft #BBBB2R cookstove, made in Middletown. QUESTION Mrs. A. Haze I ton, Star rucca, would like to know where to get the address to subscribe to “Quelle Katalog." QUESTION—HaroId Miller, Elverson, would like to know where to obtain parts (or a Stewart-Warner airless paint sprayer pump Model #327138-2. Serial #261318-K3. QUESTION Evan WekJman, West field, would like information about old cookers that he has. On top, it says Ameri can Cooker, patented Nov. 29, 1910, other patents pending, No. 70. the other one says the same thing but has a No. 66 on it. He'd like to know who made them and any other instructions. QUESTION Christopher Knisely, Mulica Hill, NJ, is looking for "Freddy The Pig* books published by Knopf and written by Walter R. Brooks. The books were writ ten and published between 1920-1960. She wants all titles and in any condition. QUESTION I. A. Rich Sr., Silver Spring, Md., needs a set of brushes for a Red Head Hammer Drill Model #606-3 made by Phillips Drill Co. QUESTION Jane Latsko, Cochran ton, is hunting a preprinted wall hanging of a quilt hanging on a washline for quilting. QUESTION Carl Detwiler, Zionsvil le, wants to know where to get wire rope flemish spiced and swaged. QUESTION Ben Kinsinger, Myers dale, wants to know where to find a lon ice cream freezer to run with an old water cooled gas engine. He also wants a 'A horsepower New Holland gas engine (any condition). QUESTION Ben Kensinger, Myers dale, would like to know where to find an old Maytag washer that used a glass fruit jar for a gas tank. Can be rusty or broken. He’d also like a 'A horsepower New Hol land engine. QUESTION Ron Young of Layton, N.J., would like to know where to purch ase a stalk binder that ties cornstalks with two knots, one at the bottom and one in the middle of the bundles. QUESTION Mrs. R. Lantz, Gordon ville, would like to purchase Bryde crystal glasses to match a pitcher she haS. QUESTION Frank Furl, 231 Walnut Rd., Clarence, PA 16829, wants to raise hogs and would appreciate information on the raising and caring of hogs. QUESTION Fannie Beiler, Lancas ter, would like to know where to purchase a Bio-Snacky sprouter of someone who is willing to sell theirs. QUESTION Ruth LaFollette is will ing to pay a reasonable price for the child ren’s book The Story of 14 Bears," by Scott Parson. It is a big Golden Book print ed by Golden Press. Contact her at 167 New Schaefferstown Rd., Bernville, PA 19506. QUESTION Virginia Duff, Mt. Airy, Md., would like to know where to find a record of the ‘Prisoner Sang.” She is will ing to pay a fair price and wants the words to the whole song. QUESTION George Spencer, Hopewell, N.J., wrote that a couple years ago he purchased pairs of jeans made by a Kentucy company by the name of Key Company. The store where he purchased them no longer carry that brand. Does anyone know where he might locate the jeans or an address for the company? QUESTION Vlad Koropchak has i 20-quart milk can that was used in milk fountains. Does anyone know of a com pany that would galvanize it to restore it to the original condition. QUESTION Art Sholly Jr., Mt. Joy, wants to know where to find a gas-fired Royal Peanut Roaster, any condition and any size. QUESTION Betty Lou Kauffman, 739 Prospect Rd., Columbia, PA 17512, who writes that she has a large collection of pig items that she would like to scale down. If any pig collectors are looking for a special pig, contact her. QUESTION Maralee Chaffee. Laß ayesville, is desperate to rid their house and lawn of crickets in the fall. They usual ly last two months, at least, until the first killing frost in Oct. In the fall, the Chaffeet have millions of crickets in the yard, which becomes literally black with big black, jui cy crickets. Hundreds are killed with each step to the clothesline. The crickets com« into the house each night and the family kills hundreds each morning when they wake up. The family is planning a fall out door wedding for one of their children. Do they spray now to kill the eggs in the ground before they hatch or must they wait until fall to spray malathion and hop* the crickets eat it and die? (The spray hat a noxious odor—not nice for an outdoor wedding, but then it might be better than crickets crawling on guests). The lawn covers two to three acres. QUESTION—E. Martin, Shelby, Ohio, wants to know if there is a company ot someplace to send for replacing garm pieces like Candy Land, Operation, etc! QUESTION—E. Martin, Shelby. Ohio, wants to know the words to the poen| "Which Shall It Be?" The poem is about! rich man who has no children and offerl his home to his neighbors in return for on* of their children. , QUESTION Lorraine Bannon, Wajj mart, was watching a home and gardel show on television. It showed cookie jan and deep dish pie plates and cookie parji made from red clay pottery by a potter in Lancaster County. She wants to know where to go to find this pottery as she wli be visiting the area at the end of the month. QUESTION Rose Diehl, Blooms burg, would like to know where to buy Cornish game hen chickes to raise. QUESTION S. Church, P.O. Box 141, Bloomingburg, N.Y., has a problem with packs of wild dogs and an ocassional coyote or wolf eating his chickens. Hi wants to know where can to buy poison to kill these large animals? QUESTION Dixie Fix, R. 1. Box 865, Harrisonville, PA 17228, will pay a rea sonable price for the following books in good condition; Reader’s Digest Con densed Book, Winter 1950, also Vol. M in 1980, and Vol. M in 1981. QUESTION Pam Eyer, Carlisle, wants to know where to find plans to make a wooden playhouse like those sold at places that sell wooden storage shade She prefers to make one herself instead of purchasing a pre-built one. QUESTION Marlene Hurst. Ephra ta, needs that address for Aurora Pro ducts, a toy manufacturing company froffl West Hempstead, N.Y. Mail is returned undeliverable forwarding order expired. QUESTION E. Beaver, Ringtowft would like to know when is the best time H plant red beets to be able to have some in the spring and in the fall. QUESTION Margaret Diamond, Kunkletown, wants Instructions to maW lamps or other items from popslcw sticks. (Turn to Pag* B 18)
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