814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 2000 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 tions. When a reader sends in a question, it will be printed in the paper. Readers who know the answer are asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then be printed in the paper. 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. Or, you may e-mail questions and answers to lgood.eph@lnpnews.com Please clarify what question you are answering when responding. Do not send a seif-addressed, stamped envelope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will publish it as soon as possible. Please include your phone number because we sometimes need to contact the person to clarify details. We will not publish your phone number unless you request it. QUESTION - Roger and Catherine Mills, Willow Street, would like information on old peanut butter glasses with the flower name on them. Are any ca talogs featuring the glasses available? QUESTION - A Lititz reader is looking for a 1990 Rose Art puzzle number 72348 55555 by Kodak. The picture is of 15 babies in sleepers all lined up in a row. The reader would like to frame the puzzle but has two pieces missing. QUESTION - V. Miller, HC 62, Box 660, Hones dale, PA 18431 writes that they have discovered an old well on their farm. The well has been filled with stones, but the family would like to restore the well and have a stream running from it. Anyone have in formation on how to do this? QUESTION Michael Hopkins Jr. would like to know where he could purchase styrofoam egg car tons in jumbo and super jumbo sizes. He prefers a Pennsylvania source. QUESTION Mary Hoover, 140 Gephart Rd., Shippensburg, PA 17257-9710 would like to know where to get homemade hairnets. QUESTION Charlotte Lippincott, Pilesgrove, N.J., would like to know how to start Royal Pau lowina trees with purple flowers. She picked up some seed pods last winter. Inside are two large seeds and a lot of little seeds like fuzzies in each pod. She would like to start some trees. What should she do? QUESTION A. H. wants success with growing melons, cantaloupes, zucchini and other vine crops. He writes that, in the past, healthy-looking plants with fruit on suddenly (almost overnight) wilt from the center out and die off. What can be done to prevent this from happening? QUESTION Esther Zook, New Holland, wants to know where to buy freezer popsickle molds. QUESTION A Mercersburg reader can no longer find butternut flavoring sold by Blair of Lyn chburg, VA. The product was sold by the bottle as a fundraiser for groups and organizations. The reader has tried other brands of the butternut fla voring but didn’t get the same flavorful results. Anyone know if the Blair brand is still available and where? QUESTION Dale Burkhart is looking for a lard can lid with the printing: Henry Burkhart Packing Co. Pure Lard 50 lb. Dayton, Ohio. Anyone have one they’d like to sell? QUESTION A reader has lots of old books in cluding a set of Dicken’s books from the 1800 s. She wants to know if they have any value and where to sell them. She does not have a computer so do not send e-mail addresses. QUESTION A Schuylkill County reader wants lo know if anyone knows the value of an antique dress form from the early 1900 s. It is a press-and shape to the form you want to fit. Any idea of a fair price? QUESTION - Ezra Gottschalk, 849 Martin Ave., Ephrata, PA 17522, is looking for someone who makes fish that hang on nylon cord from the ceil ing. The fish are very attractive and move con stantly in the air. Ezra would like to purchase five fish. QUESTION Susan Lingeris wants information on hatching and raising all types of poultry. She and her husband also want a used brooder for sale that is in good shape. They also would like to pur chase some fertile eggs in order to incubate eggs on a small scale. Write to the Lingeris at 2 Fats Hollow Rd., Galeton, PA 16922. QUESTION Winona Homko, Oxford, N.J., wants to purchase, by the case, a product called S&W Vintage Lites Oil Free Salad Dressing, distrib uted in San Ramon, Calif. She wants the fat-free dressing in the flavors of raspberry blush and white wine. Although it is being sold in some parts of the country by such stores as Shop ’N Bag and Thrift way-Clemens, Winona needs additional purchas ing information. 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Mayrath has coi operational efficiency with long term dependability providing you with a high quality, GALVAN auger at a very affordable price. The revolutionary “InLine Drive” system minimizes the numbi moving parts... greatly reducing costly down-time and maintenance In the future. QUESTION - Mrs. Glenn Miller, HC62, Box 660, Honesdale, PA 18431, wants the parts for a Singer sewing machine model 237 Fashion Mate. She needs the tension knob mechanism located on the front of the machine. QUESTION Gideon Stoltzfus requests a used set of “Uncle Arthur’s Bedtime Stories” and “My Bible Friends.” Set should be in good condition and reasonably priced. Write t> Stoltzfus at 31848 Mill Lane, Gordonville, PA 17529. QUESTION I. Wenger wants to purchase the following three books, but he sent no address. The books are “More All -Of-A-Kind Family” and “All- Of-A-Kind Family Uptown” by Sydney Taylor; and “The Four-Story Mistake” by Elizabeth Enright. 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