816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 29, 2000
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QUESTION Doris Stahl wants the words to
the nursery rhyme, “Come Into my Parlor Said
the Spider to the Fly,” and to the song, “Don’t
Go Out in the Woods Tonight.
QUESTION George Wojnar, Cream Ridge,
NJ, is desparately searching for Ramapo tomato
seeds. Anyone able to help?
QUESTION Brenda Kensinger, Martins
burg, wants to know where purchase macadam
ia nuts in the area of Martinsburg, Pa.
QUESTION Horst Schaper, Moosup, CT.,
owns a horsedrawn machine gun cart model
1917, which needs some tender, loving care.
Does anyone know of some books or pictures
that would help him know how to repair the
cart?
QUESTION M. High wants to know if
there’s anything that will remove black spots off
an iron spatula, which accidently burned in a
trash fire. The spatula was her mother’s wed
ding present.
QUESTION Annie Kauffman is looking for
someone who has a set of Uncle Arthur Bible
Story books to sell. The books should be in
good used condition and be reasonably priced.
Write to Annie at 1624 Cambridge Rd., Honey
Brook, PA 19344.
QUESTION Anyone know how to get rid of
silver fish that have invaded a reader’s whole
house including closets and drawers?
QUESTION David Rutledge, Jarrettsville,
MD 21084, is trying to find parts for a Jacobsen
chief lawn and garden tractor or an old one that
he could salvage for parts.
QUESTION K.K. writes that when she was
a child, her grandmother Emily Sauerland Duva
lois made the most wonderful marbled Easter
eggs using regular tablets of egg coloring from
a box and salad oil. The eggs were works of art
and the one she remembers best was marbled
predominately green with red, white, and yellow
splashes. Can a reader send directions for du
plicating marbled eggs?
QUESTION Nancy Landes, R.l, Box 286,
Montrose, PA 18801 is looking for someone who
can make a braided rug using four strands of
material and a crochet hook.
QUESTION Robin Baummer needs some
one to repair a braided rug with a 10x10-inch
section missing. She prefers someone from the
York or Adams County area.
QUESTION A Muncy reader writes that in
an old Bible with the marriage listing of John
Lehman and Esther Rohrer, Nov. 14, 1837, he
found a 1906 tax receipt made out to Henry
Knause by C.S. Miller tax collector for Upper
Milford Township, Lehigh County. The reader
asks if the tax receipt has any value and who
would want to buy something like that.
QUESTION Harold Wolf, New Cumberland,
wants the music to “The Wild Colonial Boy.”
However, he did not include his complete ad
dress.
QUESTION Miriam Kessler is looking for
someone who collects old greeting cards and
cancelled stamps to use in projects for nursing
homes, schools, scouts or 4-H.
QUESTION G. Sweitzer wants a source for
old-fashioned baby food jars with real glass
threads on the jar and matching metal threads
on the lids.
QUESTION A reader is looking for a store
that sells Hi-Yield products, hopefully in the
answer
Lebanon County area. They need them for this
year’s growing season.
QUESTION A faithful reader wants to know
if someone knows about a polish for laminated
tables that produces a real good shine.
QUESTION G. Sweitzer wants to know
what chemicals to use for treating wood
damaged/infested by Eastern Subterranean Ter
mites. Also, what chemicals are used outside
the house and where can they be purchased?
QUESTION Alice Faust from Kutztown is
looking for an old barn beam loom. Does anyone
know where to find one or have one to buy? If
so, please contact her at (610) 756-6488.
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 opera
tion’s manual for a Favorite Incubator built by
Leahy Manufacturing 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 Sunnyhili Lane,
Belleville, PA 17004, is looking for a Roko vege
table shredder from Boerner Inc. She had an
orange plastic one with metal shredders, which
shreds rather than grates.
QUESTION Eugene Van Hom, R. 4, Box 188,
Middleburg, PA 17842, wants to know who to
contact for information concerning an article
about “Rockaway” attachment for a skid loader.
The article was called “Soil Preparation Device
is Versatile,” 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
Radiator Repair is looking for a ceramic soap
dish for a tile wall. Does anyone know where he
can purchase one?
QUESTION A while ago this column in
cluded the name and location of a bike shop
that buys used bicycles in good condition. Does
anyone have that information for a reader who
McDernng 3PT, two row
corn planter, $3OO, A-C, 5-
16 Snap Cupler plow, $225,
5’4 3PT disk, $225, Bucks
Co, 215-968-4888
1950 Krause 30’ disc, 696
I H 2V disc, 220 J.D. fold
ing disc, 470 I.H. Manuel
told, Lane. Co.. 717-786-
1107 or 717-786-2275
Spnngwagon on rubber
hyd brakes, good, $1,200,
Ml 325 corn picker, 12 roll
bed, good, $2,200, Want
ed. 1,250 gal. milk tank,
Bedford Co. 814-766-3656
Pigeon racing crate (cir.
1910), wicker, 4’x 2’x 2’, 1’
high, has metal tag, K C A
Reading, PA, excellent con
dition, $195 080, Berks
Co, 610-678-4394
12 ton and 10 ton Chore
time feed bins, Ziggify and
Val nipple waters, Chore
time feeder motors and
gear drives, Snyder Co ,
570-539-2558
1H1066 Open fender com
pletely restored, like new,
have all receipts, $12,500,
Fulton Co., 717-987-4107
misplaced the information?
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 ad
dress to send for music boxes that attach to a
crib mobile and make the mobile go around.
Could someone help her?
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 her at HC62, Box 660, Honesdale,
PA 18431.
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 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 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 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.
QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader
wants to know where to find instructions on
making baskets from birch bark.
QUESTION E. Rantonizy, Glassport, wants
to know how to eliminate wild chrysanthen
mums from gardens and lawns.
QUESTION Ralph Nissley wants to know
where to get an Uncle Wiggly game.
ANSWER Peg Koser, Lancaster, wanted to
know where to find the book “Aunt Nan and the
Miller Five,” by Esther Eby Glass. Thanks to Wi
nona Kreider, Lancaster, for suggesting she
contact a used book dealer, Christ R. Beiler,
505 Musser School Rd., Leola, AP 17540.
ANSWER A Snyder County reader wanted a
copy of “They Were Gentle Among Us,” the
story of Earl and Dorothy Sensenig. Thanks to a
reader who wrote the book is available from the
author J. Carl Sensenig, 173 Wheatland Dr.,
Denver, PA 17517 or from Weaver’s Store, Five
pointvilie.
good, York Co 717-432-
3991
AKC golden retriever pups,
wormed, shots, vet
checked, Berks Co 610-
775-3979
1981 Suzuki motor cycle
1000 CC full dresser 3900
mile garage kept good
cond. $lOOO, Lane. Co
717-445-6181
1966 Lincoln Cont 2 dr.
coupe needs new home,
good project car, barn
stored, make offer, Hunter
don, NJ 908-996-6650
JD 7000 corn planter 4 row
dry fertilizer insecticide
boxes w/momter $3500
obo, 30’ booms century
sprayer, Schuylkill Co 570-
386-2635
Kurt angle lock vise w/swiv
el base $275, cast iron
angle plate 8”x10”x12”
good cond $75, after 6
p m Schuylkill Co 570-
345-8673
Mixed beef breeds 3 steers
7 heifers, 700 lbs uni 717
combine less than 400
acres, one owner, York Co
717-432-5248
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ACG w/mounted planter jr
4 row seeder and 55 gal s s
tank many other ag-g parts
and manuals 2 8-3 36 tires
rims, Orange Co 914-651-
7546
Bachtold Bros weed mow
er 30” head w/Chnstmas
tree fender, b&s engine,
Bhp, 26” wheels, 4800, York
Co 717-938-1570
1980 Chevy 3/4 ton w/fish
er 7’ power angle $2,000
new brakes, tires, Alpha,
NJ 908-454-0360
Ferguson two row corn
planter, $350, Oberhasli,
Bucks, two years old, $175,
Toggenbarg Back kid, $75,
Huntingdon Co, 814-658-
3242
IH4OO Air corn planter, four
row, 24” x 40", with three
drums, dry fert and msec ,
excellent condition, $7OO,
Balto Co. 410-374-9750
1986 Buick Century, cus
tom two door, 4 cycl, 50K
miles, immaculate condi
tion, $2,500, Wanted: Oliv
er H-G or OC-4 parts
crawlers, Chester Co., 610-
495-6170
Fox 56” blower, $5OO, 30’
elevator, $3OO, Miller
500 A., A.C., Welder, $l5O,
86 Rawger Ext Lab truck,
$1,200, Schurlkill Co, 570-
644-2443
Walsh 200 gal, 3 pt
sprayer, $750, J.D. 110 14’
disk, both excellent,
Lycoming Co, 570-745-
3305
1934 Allis Chalmers Model
K, Hyd. dozer with steering
wheel, complete but engine
stuck, $l,BOO, Carbon Co ,
610-377-0372
I H Cultipacker, 14', dual
wheels, $1,700, J D Hoy
bine #1209, nice, $1,500,
Kukn Hay Tedder, single
star, $1,500, Berks Co,
610-845-2443
Renovation sale sinks, toi
lets, cast iron radiators, 11
at $25 each or $250 all,
need rocks to line driveway,
Chester Co, 610-853-8731
Allis-Chalmers Snap Cou
pler, two row corn planter,
extra plates, fiberglass box
es, fertilizer, very good con
dition, Bolens Estate mow
er, Cecil Co , 410-398-7680
1966 3/4 ton Utility truck, V
-6, good, metal mt, 300 util
ity tractor, runs 36", back
hoe bucket fits Ford, Har
ford Co, Maryland, 410-
877-7697
Five service age, 20 small
er Holstein heifer, private
sale or New Holland Heifer
Auction May 6. 2000, Lane.
Co. 717-354-5697
SHP motor, $lOO, 300 gas
tank on trailer, $2OO, old
disk, $5O, old spreader,
$75, needs work, Lane.
Co., 717-464-3918
Toro Groundsmaster 223
diesel, 62”, 4WD, 966 Hrs ,
excellent condition, service
record, front deck, fast
mowing, $9,500 080,
Cumberland Co., 717-737-
8076
Farmall 460 narrow front
loader, fast hitch, 3 point
arms, top link, two sets, fast
hitch plows, 3-14, $3,900,
York Co.. 717-697-6655
Eight year Paso Fmo Mare,
bomb proof, four year Paso
Stallion Yearling, Paso Filly
coggms, call for details,
Daulphme Co, 717-362-
1143
JD #5 mowers, $350 tor
both, one in good condition
with new JD cylinder, sec
ond one for parts, Susque
hanna Co, 570-623-3004
Haybme AC, 9' cut, field
ready, $450, truck helper
springs, three leaves, 3”
wide, used on F-150, $9O,
haywagon, $2OO, York Co.
717-432-2284