824-L«nca«ter Farming, Saturday, February 19, 2000
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QUESTION Constance Becker, Cato,
N.Y., is trying to locate replacement wire
bales for old-styie glass top canning jars
in both regular and wide-mouth sizes.
Anyone know of a supplier?
QUESTION - Kenneth Keister, Middle
burg, wants a home use family-sized milk
pasteurizer. Write to him at R. 4, Box 140,
Middleburg, PA 17842.
QUESTION - Tony Knipp of Blooming
Grove, NY, is looking for a Ertl Divio
Truck, Harrisburg Dairy Show issue. If
you have one, please call (914) 496-6841.
QUESTION - Lisa Weaver, Dillsburg, is
looking for someone who will give loom
weaving lessons. She is interested in
learning to weave rag rugs and other
items. She also wants lessons in sec
tional warping. Please write to Lisa at
529 West Siddonsburg Road, Dillsburg,
PA 17019.
QUESTION - Mrs. Sam Van Orden of
Catskill, NY, wants a pattern for a stuffed
toy cow, so she can make a Brown Swiss
cow for her granddaughter. Her address
is 188 Embought Road, Catskill, NY -
12414.
QUESTION - Jakes Woodturnings is
looking for the “inside gut” or screw
down part of an old piano stool. He would
take more than one if they can be found.
QUESTION - A Lancaster County resi
dent has a 1908 Ingelnook cookbook
published by the Bretheren church Ingel
nook magazine. This cookbook contains
recipes from Lancaster Countains during
that time. Anyone intersted should call
(717) 336-5696.
QUESTION - Julie Shelley of Landis
burg is looking for a retailer or mail order
house in the Perry/Cumberland County
area.
QUESTION - Marion Capp, Mechan
icsburg, wants to know where she can
buy a videotape of the old Don Knots
movie, “The Incredible Mr. Lempit.” It’s
about a man who turns into a fish and
helps the U.S. Navy.
QUESTION - Barry Johnson of Bloxom,
VA, wants to know where the show is that
has all kinds of chicken and fowl. Martha
Stewart had it on one of her shows, and
she said it was held in Pennsylvania.
QUESTION - C. Becker, Cato, NY,
wants to locate replacement wire bales
for old-style glass top canning jars, in
both regular and wide mouth sizes.
QUESTION - Daniel Young of Mohnton
has 300 used auto tires that were used to
weigh down trench silo covers. If you can
use them, write to him at RDI, Box 1242,
Mohnton, PA 19540.
■> QUESTION - Sara Newswanger,
Narvon, wants to know of a seed catalog
that has Love Me Begonia seeds, which
are also called Christmas Begonia or
Busy Lizzie. It is an old-time houseplant
with a single pink flower on a cluster.
QUESTION Elam Stoltzfus wants a
used 12-quart White Mountain ice cream
freezer. Write to him at R. 2, Box 203,
Loysville, PA 17047.
QUESTION - Loyed Adams, 541
Wintersteen School Rd., Millville, PA
17846, wants to know where to purchase
a Sotz automatic draft control for a barrel
stove.
QUESTION Christine Westerhole,
2424 Edgemore Ave. Easton, PA 18045,
is looking for a local breeder or owner of
unregistered Border collies and Aus
trailian Shepherds. She wants to buy a
pup for a pet, not to breed or show.
QUESTION Barbara Oldanteeks has
a big old tin or steel roof on an old barn
that has rusted. She does not have a lot
of money to replace the roof and wants to
know how to preserve the roof. Is there a
coating that is better than others? Does
the aluminum paint work well and will it
keep it from rusting further? Any infor
mation would be appreciated.
QUESTION Amy Mcßlane, Boyer
town, is raising a dual breed chicken
buff orphingtons. Amy wants to know
how old the males can become without
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caponizing or getting tough. If 13 weeks
Is the maximum, she wants to caponize
them or needs someone to teach her how
to do it. She has written information, but
want hands-on experience.
QUESTION Jean Kriebel, Harleys
ville, is looking for seeds or plants for
yellow impatiens. Anyone know where
she can find them.
QUESTION A Schaefferstown family
is looking for an old version of the “Can
dyland” game. Call (717) 949-2846.
QUESTION A reader wants to know
where to buy photo albums with fabric
and lace covers.
QUESTION Ruth Boshnaugle, 202
Sylvan Retreat Rd., Columbia, PA 17512,
would like to know if anyone has a Helen
Barth cassette tape they would be willing
to part with?
QUESTION Lois Sollenberger, 2136
Hillview Dr. Fayetteville, PA 17222,
would like to find one or more copies of
the little Golden books called “The Rag
Man’s Sneeze.”
QUESTION Susan Sensenig, Mount
Joy, is looking for a white teddy bear
dressed in blue with stars, moons, or a
design that glows in the dark. These 12-
inch bears had been sold in 1994, she
thinks, by Furst McNess Co., Freeport, 11.
QUESTION Ann Hochenbury is look
ing for a pattern for an Afghan called
“The Night Before Christmas.” The
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design is by Raymond Gustafan, photo
graphed by Scott Little, and is a scenic
portrayal of St. Nick’s midnight ride,
which captures many details mentioned
in the poem. The central motif is the fare
well scene, complete with miniature
sleigh and eight tiny reindeer. The pat
tern appeared in the 1991 "Better Homes
and Garden" magazine.
QUESTION A reader wants to know
where to find Iris bulbs that bloom more
than once and the name of a mail-order
catalog where they are available.
QUESTION Mary Haubrick writes
that she has a box of beautiful broken
Fenton art glass yiat was the result of a
wall-shelf breaking accident. A lot of the
glassware was hand painted cranberry as
well as other colors. The pieces were
shattered so badly that they can not be
repaired; however, the glass is still beau
tiful. She is looking for someone who
works in mosaic glassware made with a
type of grouting to transform the unfor
tunate disaster into a work of art. Contact
Mary at 25435 Great Cove Rd., McCon
nellsburg, PA 17233.
QUESTION. The Enos B. Stoltzfus
family would like a set of "Boxcar" chil
dren’s books to borrow or buy at a rea
sonable price. The family does not have a
phone, but their address is 119 Lower
Valley Rd., Christiana, PA 17509.
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