824-Lancasler Farming, Saturday, May 9, 1998
You Ask, You Answer
(Contlnuad from Pag* B 19)
QUESTION Doyle Whitney wants information on farm
areas, where a small farm and a farm equipment dealership or
repair shop would prosper. He doesn’t want real estate
agents, but perhaps county extension agents or someone
from the Dept, of Ag could help with the information. Call him
collect at (860) 423-8218.
QUESTION A reader would like information on keeping
a pair of swans in their pond in order to keep a Canada goose
population under control. Which breed of swans works the
best? Do you need to clip the wings to keep them in the pond?
What kind of care do swans require?
QUESTION Harold Wolf, New Cumberland, is looking
for copies of ‘Flying” magazine published from the mid 1950 s
to 1962 only.
QUESTION Bill Kelley, Purcellville, wants to know
where to have a meat grinder recoated or refinished. He
writes that maybe the correct wording is ‘hot dipped.”
QUESTION Mae Stancill, 2344 Pennington RcL, Bel Air,
MD 21015-1204, would like the words and music for a hymn
that she recalls contained these words: ‘Mother's not dead,
she's only a sleeping/patiently waiting for Jesus to come/
buried up on a hill in the clay.’
QUESTION —Don Berry, 378 W. View Dr., Elizabethtown,
PA 17022, would like the words and music for the song, which
he thinks is titled, They Call It Heaven, but I Call It Home."
QUESTION — A. Wenger, Manheim, needs a replacement
for a glass lid that fits an oblong slo-cooker made by West
Bend. Her’s broke. !
QUESTION —Anna Mae Dukert would like to know where
to get seeds for long neck dipper gourds.
QUESTION Shirley Smith, Linden, wants a pattern for
an oval crocheted pineapple tablecloth.
QUESTION S. Schiaroli, Reading, would like to know
where to purchase a new helmet liner, the type used inside
the army metal helmet of World War 11.
QUESTION Vera Sloop, Landisburg, would like infor
mation on where to buy strainer parts for a galvanized water
ing can.
QUESTION R. Fleckenstein, Woodstown, N.J., wants
information on a double barrel Paragon Model CSI2 gauge
shot gun that he has. How old is it and it's value?
QUESTION Sharon from Elverson is looking for addi
tional pieces to a Pfalzgraff set of dishes that were made
15-20 years ago. Pieces have a cream background 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 Nancy Wallace, 5240 Diem Rd., New Hol
land, 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 daughter who collects
them. She also collects glass chicken on the nest if anyone
has some to sell.
QUESTION Pete Wesover, Foxglove 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—Thane Lafollette, Bernville, would like infor
mation on how and where to sell broom corn. He has about 75
stalks to sell.
QUESTION Bea Maurer, Quakertown, would like to
know the origin and correct words for this ditty she remembers
her grandmother saying; Five little mice on a pantry shelf!
feeding on bread crumbs and something else.
Five little mice in a shelf up high/feeding so daintly on a pie.
QUESTION Ivan Gromling, Manchester, writes that
when he was young and growing up in the 1950 s and 19605,
his family used Troutaman’s Cough Syrup, which was black in
color. Where can he purchase it today?
QUESTION Kermit Laub, Coopersburg, would like the
name of the person who had advertised a John Deere tractor
with bad wheels and rims. He lost it. Anyone know to what he
QUESTION —Maryanne Meebon, Perkimenville, and Lois
Babcock, Friendsville, want the words to the song: My Rag
gedy Ann is a very old doll. She lives in the attic for years. She lives
in the attic for 50 long years with her shoe button eyes made of
?
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 Donna Morrison, Dalmatia, 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 Mary Pazzaglia, Columbia Cross Roads,
wants addresses for suppliers for chipwood baskets that
measure 4% -inch wide and 3% -inch deep, and 2% -inches
high.
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QUESTION Terry Lowe, New Park, is hoping to purch
ase wood or coal grates for a Wincroft #BBBB2R cookstove,
made in Middletown.
QUESTION Bob Zoetewey, Denver, Col., has a POW-
R-TRON Electric hammer Model #2sp Serial #749212 manu
factured in Home, Pa. He needs to correspond or have a tele
phone conversation with some one who has an owners man
ual, maintenance manual or parts catalog for the drill. He'd
like to be able to obtain a copy of the manual and know where
to buy parts for the drill.
QUESTION Mrs. A. Hazel ton, Starrucca, would like to
know where to get the address to subscribe to "Quelle
Katalog."
SEE ONE OF THESE DEALERS FOR A DEMONSTRATION:
MARYLAND PENNSYLVANIA Carlisle
Gutshalls, Inc.
Centre Hall
Dunkle & Greib, Inc.
Chambersburg
Clugston Ag & Turf, Inc
Fairmount City
Dameron
Carroll’s Equipment
Hagerstown
Carlyle & Martin, Inc.
White ford
Deer Creek Equipment,
Inc.
NEW JERSEY
Elmer
Pole Tavern Equipment
Sales Corp.
Adamstown
Adamstown Equipment,
Inc.
Allentown
Lehigh Ag Equipment,
Inc.
Belleville
Miller-Lake, Inc
Biglerville
O.C. Rice, Inc
NEW 45- TO 75-HP 5000 TEN SERIES TRACTORS
'tlL
Miller’s Equipment
Halifax
Tobias Equipment Co.,
Inc.
QUESTION —Harold Mi
where to obtain parts for i
sprayer pump Model #32
QUESTION —Evan Weidr
mation about old cookers tha
can Cooker, patented Nov. z
No. 70. the other one says the
it. He'd like to know who
instructions.
QUESTION Carl Detw
where to get wire rope flen
QUESTION A reader \
black cast iron trough to put
faucet to wash vegetables in.
Her neighbor lady would likec
or two to sell?
QUESTION —William Mai
N.J. 08234-7309, needs info
the maintenance and repairo
G-10, 42-inch deck).
QUESTION—Art Sholly,
to find a gas-fired Royal Pei
any size.
QUESTION Frank Furt,
16829, wants to raise hogs ar
on the raising and caring q
QUESTION Fannie a
know where to purchase a B
who is willing to sell theirs.
Hanover
Finch Services-Hanover,' 1
Inc.
Lancaster
Landis Bros., Inc. -
Lebanon
LandiS Bros., Inc,
Loysville
Gutshalls, Inc,
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