Page 16—Farm and Home Section, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 25, 2000
This column is for readers who have questions
but don’t know who to ask for answers.
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questions. When a reader sends in a question, it
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Attention: Lou Ann Good.
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need to contact the person to clarify details. We
will not publish your phone number unless you
request it.
QUESTION Marc Roberts, Thomasville,
wants a source for NOS or salvage parts for
Wheelhorse garden tractors. He wants to rebuild
a mower deck, Model 5 2361 on a Model 867
tractor. The local Toro dealer can supply many of
the parts but they are expensive, and a few
parts, such as the blade spindle shafts, are no
longer available.
QUESTION Betty Bronson, R. 2, Box 325 A,
Lewisburg, PA 17837, has a large antique rug
loom to sell. Does anyone know how to find out
what is worth and someone who might be inter
ested?
QUESTION Maureen Smith, Egg Harbor
City, N.J., wants to know the best way to clean
marble. She has an antique marble mantel that
has some spots that she wants to remove.
QUESTION Cheryl Mengei, New Tripoli,
writes that she has several pieces of very old
china that was handed down from her great
grandmother. She’d like to know what it is worth
and how to find replacement pieces. Printed on
the bottom of the china are the words: Noritake
by Larkin Co., Azalea Patt., Hand-painted in
Japan. No. 19322,252622.
QUESTION D. Burkhart wants to buy a
good, used dress form size small (bust 33-41-
inches) with a dial wheel system to adjust sizes.
She has one with the screws inside and is tired
of the time required to adjust. Call (610) 286-
9027 or e-mail at CopperHeadHijuno.com
QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader
would like to know where to purchase a T-shirt
printed with the late 1960’s design “Keep on
Truckin’’’ with a man with the big nose and great
big foot. The artist, he believes, was probably
Robert Krum. The shirt can be used or a repro
duction in whatever size available. Call morn
ings: (570) 682-8906.
QUESTION William Slackway would like to
know if anyone will sell a good condition non
color print of Rosa Bonheur’s “The Horse Fair,”
approximate size 18X40-inches. Call (610) 845-
3438.
QUESTION A reader would like to know if
Lawrence Organ Mfg. Co. from Easton is still in
business. Or, is anyone interested in a 1918
organ in working condition and original finish.
Anyone know what it is worth?
QUESTION A reader writes that his school
has a project with which they need help. They
need lots of envelopes with cancelled stamps.
Send to School of Scripture, P.O. Box 33, Chloe,
WV 25235.
QUESTION M. Burkholder wants to know
how to rid houseplants of scales. Last winter
was the first she noticed them, and she has been
having problems ever since. Should she throw
out the plants before scales spread to other
plants?
QUESTION - Melody Schlag, Red Lion,
wants the out-of-print book, “Black Pony,” to
give to her grandchildren. Call (717) 244-7064.
QUESTION - W. Burlington would like to
know where to buy winterberry plants (verticilla
ta-red). Please answer this through this column
as other readers are interested.
QUESTION - Miriam Kessler wants to know
the process for making fragrant and essential
oils for potpourri using fresh flowers such as
roses, lavendars, and fruit rinds. I
QUESTION James Kearns, Calefon, N.J.,
has questions about an antique model 520 Warm
Morning coal stove. He purchased replacement
fire bricks for the barrel-shaped stove that are
too large even though the dealer said they are
what is called for. He wants to know if someone
has some understanding of the 520 model, did it
come in different sizes. Are the flat bricks
number 509 correct. Call him at (908) 832-7374.
QUESTION - A reader from New York wanted
to buy a set of World’s Bible Story Library Books
published by World Publishing Co.
QUESTION - Joyce Burkholder misplaced the
address for Rebecca Allyger who braids rugs.
Anyone have it?
QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader
wants to know where to find instructions on
making baskets from birch bark.
QUESTION - A Schuylkill County reader
wants the sheet music and words to an Irish
song, “The Wild Colonial Boy.” Call (570) 544-
6417.
QUESTION Mildred Anderson, Dover, wants
a G.E. Germicidal lamp, Model H-4 Electronic
Germicidal Ultra Violet Ray Unit, with a tube
type bulb. The units were made in the 1960 s to
kill germs and for skin infections and sore
throat, etc. The units are no longer manufac
tured, but someone may have one willing to sell.
Phone (717) 292-6699.
QUESTION Rebecca Beiler is searching for
two original copies of the book, “Keeper of the
Bees” by Gene Stratton Porter. Writer to her at
303 Jackson Rd., Quarryville, PA 17566.
QUESTION Peg Koser, Lancaster, wants to
know where to find the book “Aunt Nan and the
Miller Five,” by Esther Eby Glass.
QUESTION A Manchester reader wants pat
terns to crochet Barbie clothes. Cali (717) 266-
1044.
QUESTION E. Rantonfzy, Glassport, wants
to know howto eliminate wild chrysanthenmums
from gardens and lawns.
QUESTION Joe Retkowski is looking for a
shaker grate for a pot belly coal stove, which is
stamped on the front: Big Boy No. 181, Birming
ham Stove and Range Co., Birmingham, AL. Any
information would be appreciated.
QUESTION Ralph Nissiey wants to know
where to get an Uncle Wiggly game.
QUESTION B. Allgyer, Narvon, wants to buy
two new or used oil cups for a Surge Alamo
number 30 vacuum pump. They hold about 6-8-
ounces. You flip them down and unscrew them
to fill.
QUESTION - Ruth Bricker, 606 Nauvoo Rd.,
Lewisberry, PA 17339, has been hunting jar lids
to fit 3-gallon and 5-gallon jars, which she thinks
were pickle jars. Inside measurement is SV«-
inches.
QUESTION Joni Michaels, Winfield, writes
that her hobby is collecting reproduction cloth
ing. She has access to some New Period pat
terns, but lately has been reproducing from
original vintage clothing. Joni works full time
and has little time to attend auctions. She buys
from dealers occasionally, but they charge a lot
and tend to use cleaning methods that eventu
ally causes the cloth to deteriote. Joni prefers to
use the old, just out of the attic but not cleaned
clothing. She will clean it herself.
Joni wants original pre-1960 clothing or pat :
terns to purchase or to borrow for research. The
articles do not need to be in perfect condition or
research. Write to Joni at R. 2, Box 49, Winfield,
PA 17889.
QUESTION - Kenneth Keister, Middleburg,
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 - Julie Shelley of Landisburg is
looking for -a retailer or mail order house in the
Perry/Cumberland County area.
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 Amy Mcßlane, Boyertown, is
raising a dual breed chicken - buff orphingtons.
Amy wants to know how old the males can
become without caponizing or getting tough. If
13 weeks is the maximum, she wants to capon
ize them or needs someone to teach her how to
do it. She has written information, but want
hands-on experience.
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 looking for a
pattern for an Afghan called “The Night Before
Christmas.” The design is by Raymond Gus
tafan, photographed 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 farewell scene,
complete with miniature sleigh and eight tiny
reindeer. The pattern appeared in the 1991
“Better Homes and Garden” magazine.
QUESTION Frank Cerami, Ottsville, is look
ing for the company that manufactures wood
paving blocks like those used in the Philadelphia
Historic District.
QUESTION Becky Allgyer, Skiles Rd, wants
to know where to find a French Fleur cannister
set (stoneware).
QUESTION Anna Bryan writes that years
ago her mom had an angel food cake pan with a
lid on top. She asks where she can find one with
a lid.
QUESTION Janet Lawton, Wellsboro, is
searching for the address and phone number for
Tom Schell, who wrote “An Introduction to the
Dried Floral and Woody Ornamental Business.’’
She believes Schell lives in Illinois or Indiana.
ANSWER Alice Richey, Cochranville,
wanted a contact person for purchasing pan re
placements for Guardian Service. Thanks to Pat
Eiligson, Millers, for sending the following ad
dress: Irvin Bernstein, 2110 Harmony Woods
Rd., Owings Mills, Md. 21117. Phone (410) 560-
0777.
ANSWER For a York County reader who
wanted to know how to remove oil stains from
driveways and garage floors, a reader recom
mends sprinkling area with cat litter and then
sweeping.
ANSWER Here’s another solution for remov
ing milk bottle stains. Karen Kinnane, Pompton
Plains, N.J., writes that if the white stains are
mineral deposits, fill the bottles % full with white
vinegar and add V* with ammonia. Allow solution
to set in bottle for 3 or 4 days. If the glass is still
stained, it may be what is called “sick" glass,
which means it is permanently stained. Coating
the inside of the bottle with mineral oil (from a
drug store) may camouflage the stains for about
six months. Then the bottle must be washed
inside with warm soapy water, dried, and re
coated.
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