BlfrUnctster Fanning, Saturday, April 25, 1998
You Ask, You Answer
QUESTION Ben Kensinger, Myersdale, 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 Holland engine.
QUESTION Ron Young of Layton, N.J., would like to
know where to purchase 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, Gordonville, would like to
purchase Bryde crystal glasses to match a pitcher she has.
QUESTION Donald Jones is collecting information on
antique rototillers for a college business course. He’d like to
mail a survey to collectors. Write to him at 734 Cedar Lane,
Perkasie, PA 18944.
QUESTION—Pat Chance, 783 Chance Rd., Clayton, Del.
19938, would like to make "milk pad dolls.' She made them
years ago but lost the instructions. Please send them to her.
QUESTION Ella Keyser, Zieglerville, wants to know
where to buy a belt for an antique sewing machine. The trea
dle machine is a New American #2909819 and Belt No. 25.
QUESTION —An East Earl reader would like help in find
ing a used industrial floor polisher/buffer, such as those used
in hospitals and supermarkets.
QUESTION Vlad Koropchak has a 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 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, Lancaster, would like to
know where to purchase a Bio-Snacky sprouter of someone
who is willing to sell theirs.
QUESTION Ruth LaFollette is willing to pay a reason
able price for the children's book The Story of 14 Bears,” by
Scott Parson. It is a big Golden Book printed by Golden Press.
Contact her at 167 New Schaefferstown Rd., Bemville, 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 Maralee Chaffee, Laßayesville, is desp
erate to rid their house and lawn of crickets in the fall. They
usually last two months, at least, until the first killing frost in
Oct. In the fall, the Chaffees have millions of crickets in the
yard, which becomes literally black with big black, juicy crick
ets. Hundreds are killed with each step to the clothesline. The
crickets come inio the house each night and the family kills
hundreds each morning when they wake up. The family is
planning a fall outdoor 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 hope the
crickets eat it and die? (The spray has 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 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. He 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 reasonable price for the following books in
good condition; Reader's Digest Condensed 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 sheds. She prefers to make
one herself instead of purchasing a pre-built one.
QUESTION Marlene Hurst, Ephrata, needs that
address for Aurora Products, a toy manufacturing company
from West Hempstead, N.Y. Mail is returned undeliverable
forwarding order expired.
QUESTION Margaret Diamond, Kunkletown. wants
instructions to make lamps or other Items from popsickle
sticks.
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Maryland Sheep And Wool Festival
To Celebrate Silver Anniversary
Cary Wolinsky, photojournalist for National Geographic mag
azine, will share experiences and photographs from his three
year project "Wool: Fabric of History" at a presentation at the
festival. Wolinsky is shown here with "Snowdrop," a Cheviot
ewe belonging to his neighbor.
QUESTION JoAnn Robbins would like to purchase
"Nancy Drew" books circa 19305, 19405, and 19505. Contact
her at 1705 York Rd. Hartsville, PA 18974.
QUESTION—Mrs. Amos Hoover, Denver, wants to know
who to contact about recycling plastic milk jugs into a picnic
table.
ANSWER Rose Diehl, Bloomsburg, wanted to know
where to buy Cornish game hen chicks to raise. Thanks to
Frances Shaffer, Herndon, for writing that the chicks are avail
able for less than $1 each from Murray McMurray Hatchery
Inc., Box 458,191 Closz Dr., Webster City, lowa 50595-0458.
ANSWER Betty Lou Kauffman, Columbia, wrote that
she has a large collection of pig items that she would like to
scale down. Thanks to Robert Rauhauser, Thomasville, for
writing that she should contact The Happy Pig Collectors
Club, c/o Gene Holt, P.O. Box 17, Oneida, IL 61467.
ANSWER—In answer to the ground hog problem, a read
er, Robert Rauhauser from Thomasville, has published a
delightful book, "Good-Bye Mr. Louse.” The book is an illus
trated guide to hog oilers and is filled with the original patent
drawings and numbers for more than 150 different devices
that were meant to apply oil, grease, or insecticides to hogs
and other animals. The book is intended for collectors, deal
ers, historians, and anyone interested in these ingenious and
colorful gadgets.
Rauhauser, a patent researcher and collector of old-time
farm related artifacts, has also included dozens of period
advertisements featuring all kinds of hog raising equipment,
which he found by researching patents from 1903 through
1966.
The 47-page book can be mail-ordered from Rauhauser at
Box 766, R. 2, Thomasvllle PA 17364-9622. Cost is $14.95
post paid. He has published a supplement to the original book
that contains more patents and ads. The supplement is $4.95
post paid.
ANSWER Perry A. Hilbert. Cleona, wrote that he is
almost 70 years old and remembers seeing adults rub their
cheeks against a baby or very young person and saying,
“Aye, Aye,* as a form of affection. He wanted to know the ori
gin or history of this practice? Thanks to Pastor Philip Smith of
Christ Evangelical Luteran Church, Stouchsburg, for writing
that this appears as a maternal image in the Bible (Hosea
11:4), comparing God’s love and care for Israel to a parent’s
tove and care for a child. The passage from the New Revised
Standard Version reads; “I led them with cords of human kind
ness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift
infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them.*
»«~ SV^ ER ~ Anne Bu PP ert . 6914 Ridge Rd., Maniottsville,
MD 21104, answers the Honesdale reader’s request for
Denim Days Kids figurines. She has some to sell that are In
excellent condition.
KAREN BUTLER
Maryland Correspondent
GLENWOOD, Md. - What
started in 1974 as a one-day
gathering of 1,500 for a sheep
and wool crafts festival spon
sored by the Maryland Sheep
Breeders Association has grown
into a weekend festival that last
year drew more than 50,000 vis
itors. Always held the first full
weekend in May, the Maryland
Sheep and Wool Festival is gear
ing up this year to celebrate 25
years of success in promoting
sheep and wool.
Since it started, the festival
has provided a forum for demon
strations and educational
exhibits about lamb and wool,
and a market for sheep related
crafts. The Maryland Lamb and
Wool Queen contest is also held
in conjunction with the festival.
This year special seminars and
new events are being featured to
highlight the silver anniversary
celebration.
The festival, held at the
Howard County fairgrounds in
Glenwood, appeals to both the
general public and to sheep
breeders. There are workshops
geared toward fiber artists, chil
dren's activities, and also a
sheep to shawl contest, and the
Maryland Grand Lamb Cook-
Off. Breeders from the U.S. and
Canada are expected to show
more than 1,000 animals in the
sheep shows this year. About
275 vendors will offer sheep
related crafts and products.
"There is so much variety in
the offerings," said David
Greene, extension gygent in agri
cultural science from Carroll
County and past president of
Maryland Sheep Breeders
Association. Greene, a past
Shepherd of the Year award win
ner, has been involved with the
festival since it began, and
authored a history of the event
published in the silver anniver
sary program book. "The festi
val carries with it a wide array
of topics that appeal to new peo
ple considering getting into the
sheep industry or maybe those
that have been in the industry."
The fleece show is one of the
largest east of the Mississippi
River, and draws entries from
all over the country, according to
Mr. Greene. "There are very few
opportunities to show wool
sheep in competition in this
area," he explained, because
most of the farms raise meat
sheep. "At this time of year, the
sheep haven't been shorn. You i
need at least three-quarters of
an inch of wool, and most judges
would prefer 2-4 inches," he
said. The shearing contest is -
also a big draw, with partici
pants coming from across the
U.S., Canada and England.
Cary Wolinsky, a National
Geographic photojoumalist, will
speak on his three-year project .
Wool: Fabric of History.
Wolinsky traveled to nine coun
tries to trace the use of wool
from prehistoric times to the
present for the 40-page feature t
article. His project took him to
every continent and yielded pho
tographs that have remarkable
stories behind them. "It's really
the story of nomadic people and
the symbiotic relationship
between groups of people and
groups of animals," Wolinsky
said from his studio in
Massachusetts. "It's about
nomadism and the wealth that
animals create." Wolinsky will