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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 ques
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Questions and Answers to this column should be
addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster
Farming, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Atten
tion: Lou Ann Good.
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the person to clarify details. We will not publish
your phone number unless you request it.
QUESTION A reader from Annville wants to
know where to purchase a sundial or directions for
making one.
QUESTION Anna Byler is looking for a small
children’s book about kangaroos. The mother sings
to her baby: “Sleep, Joey mine, cuddle close up to
me.’’ Anna wants to buy a copy of the book or at
least have the words. Write to her at 92 Sunnyhill
Lane, Belleville, PA 17004.
QUESTION Frank Totten needs an operation’s
manual for a Favorite Incubator built by Leahy Man
ufacturing Co., Higginsville, MS. No model number
is listed and the company is out of business. Could
someone help him locate a manual, a copy of one,
or a possible source for obtaining one?
QUESTION - Anna Byler, 92 Sunnyhill Lane,
Belleville, PA 17004, is looking for a Roko vegeta
ble shredder from Boerner Inc. She had an orange
plastic one with metal shredders, which shreds
rather than grates.
QUESTION - Eugene Van Horn, R. 4, Box 188,
Middleburg, PA 17842, wants to know who to con
tact for information concerning an article about
“Rockaway” attachment for a skid loader. The arti
cle was called “Soil Preparation Device is Versa
tile,” from Johnstown, Cambria County.
QUESTION A Pennsylvania reader wants the
words to the poem “When the Honeymoon in the
Barn is Over.”
QUESTION A reader wants to buy a tent
shaped like a teepee. Call (717) 336-7949.
QUESTION - Robert Fleckenstein of Bob’s Radi
ator Repair is looking for a ceramic soap dish for a
tile wall. Does anyone know where he can pur-
chase one?
QUESTION A Mount Joy reader has a 1857
silver penny. Does anyone know where they could
find out how much the penny is worth?
QUESTION Rosalyn Hoover wants to know if
anyone has the words to a song or poem containing
the states of the United States. The song/poem
goes something like this: “What did Idaho hoe? She
hoed a Mary Land, What did 10-wa, she weighed
a Wash-ing-ton.” Does anyone have the words?
QUESTION A while ago this column included
the name and location of a bike shop that buys
used bicycles in good condition. Does anyone have
that information for a reader who misplaced the in
formation?
QUESTION A Snyder County reader is looking
for someone willing to sell a copy of “They Were
Gentle Among Us,” the story of Earl and Dorothy
Sensenig.
QUESTION - Mabel Nolt, East Earl, has a Na
tional Pressure Cooker, no. 7, for quart cans. She
needs the black knob to close the pressure. She
has the pressure regulator, but she needs the
black wing nut that screws in.
QUESTION Mrs. Horst would like an address to
send for music boxes that attach to z crib mobile
and make the mobile go around. Could someone
help her?
QUESTION Abner Stoltzfus from Quarryville is
looking for ceiling fans. He wants the kind with
three blades they have long round belts from one
fan to the next. He could use about 10 fans with the
QUESTION Rosalyn Miller is looking for the
book called “Stocking Up.’’ It was by the editors of
Organic Gardening and Farming. The book was
edited by Carol Hupping Stoner. It is a thick book
with 532 pages. She asks that all replies are sent to
heratHC62, Box 660, Honesdaie, PA 18431.
QUESTION Jean Nestler of Halifax would like
to know where she could sell some Vintage clothes
in almost perfect condition.
QUESTION - Robert Finke, Seven Valleys, would
like to know if anyone has a fig tree of the bronze
skin variety that is mature enough to bear fruit this
year.
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 interested?
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 - 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 reproduction in whatever
size available. Call mornings: (570) 682-8906.
SEE ONE OF THESE DEALERS FOR A DEMONSTRATION:
MARYLAND NEW JERSEY Belleville
Dameron " Miller-Lake, Inc.
Carroll’s Equipment
Hagerstown
Carlyle & Martin, Inc.
White ford
Deer Creek Equipment,
Inc.
JOHN DEERE 65-, 72-, 80-, AND 90-HP
Elmer
Pole Tavern Equipment
Sales Corp.
PENNSYLVANIA
Adamstown
Adamstown Equipment,
Inc.
Allentown
Lehigh Ag Equipment, Inc.
6000 TEN SERIES TRACTORS
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Biglerville
O.C. Rice, Inc.
Carlisle
Gutshalls, Inc.
Centre Hall
Dunkle & Greib, Inc.
Chambersburg
Clugston Ag & Turf, Inc,
QUESTION - A Schuylkill Cou
the sheet music and words to an
Wild Colonial Boy.” Call (570) 544-
QUESTION - Mildred Andersoi
G.E. Germicidal lamp, Model H-41
cidal Ultra Violet Ray Unit, with .
The units were made in the 1960 s
for skin infections and sore thro,
are no longer manufactured, hi
have one willing to sell. Phone (71
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Fairmount City
Maple Mountain Industries
DBA Millef’s Equipment '
Halifax
Tobias Equipment Co., Inc.
Hanover
Finch Services-Heinover,
Inc.
Lancaster
Landis Bros., Inc,
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