Tf ask (Continued from Page 824) penter, Lancaster. QUESTION Stan Szczepanek, Boyertown, wants information about brooding chickens using a coal-fired brooder. He wants to know what time of the year to do this, how often the fire needs to be fed, etc. He’s also looking for a pamphlet describing the use of a Eureka Colo ny Brooder. QUESTION Linda Boyer is an organic pro duce farmer in Lancaster County, and writes, “sometimes I feel like we are all alone out here.” She would like to hear from other organ ic farmers from Lancaster and surrounding counties. Send correspondence to 505 Lambert Rd., Narvon, PA 17555. QUESTION - Audrey Lohr, R.l, Box 153, Mt. Pleasant, PA 15666-9706 has a calendar col lection that she will give to the person who, several months ago, had requested calendars for school projects. Contact her to make ar rangements for delivery. QUESTION - M. High wants to know if there’s anything that will remove black spots off an iron spatula, which accidentally burned in a trash fire. The spatula was her mother’s wedding present. QUESTION - Nancy Landes, R.l, Box 286, New Alexandria Red Lion Lone Maple Sales & Serv, Waltemyer’s Sales & Serv , Martinsburg lnc lnc Wineland Equipment, Inc Oakland Mills Somerset Lost Creek Implement, Inc. Scheffel Equipment Co Lebanon Landis Bro, Inc Mercersburg Smith’s Implements, Inc Oley Stoneboro Pikeville Equipment, Inc Elder Sales & Service, Inc Mill Hall Dunkle and Greib, Inc. Oxford Deer Creek Implement, Inc 'WHO hwrtlut. %’ou 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 reader is looking for a stSre that sells Hi-Yield products, hopefully in the Lebanon County area. They need them for this year’s growing season. QUESTION G. Sweitzer wants to know what chemicals to use for treating wood damaged/infested by Eastern Subterranean Termites. Also, what chemicals are used out side the house and where can they be pur chased? QUESTION - Alice Faust from Kutztown is looking for an old barn beam loom. Does any one know where to find one or have one to buy? If so, please contact her at (610) 756-6488. QUESTION A Pennsylvania reader wants the words to the poem “When the Honeymoon in the Barn is Over.” 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 Schuylkill County reader wants to know where to find instructions on making baskets from birch bark. ANSWER - Susan High wanted the name of a contact person for information concerning 11l Towanda SPE., Inc NEW JOHN DEERE Tunkhannock Barton Supply, Inc Watsontown Deerfield Ag & Turf Center, Inc ' < ' Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 19, 2000-825 Hershey Farms or Hershey Chocolate. Thanks to La Bashore, Juniata County, for sending an information number for Hershey Food: 1 -800-Hershey. The website is hersheypa.com. ANSWER - N.Kring wanted to know how to rid of thistles. Lorin Tuttle writes that Roundup works for him. ANSWER - Naomi Blank, Kinzers, wanted to know how to care for cyclamen. She received one for Christmas and would like to know how to have it bloom again next year. Thanks to Dick Herring for sending the following informa tion: The most important criteria for success with growing Cyclamen are temperature, fresh air, and moisture. Cyclamen will rarely succeed if temperature goes above 65 degrees during the day and 50 degrees at night. Cyclamen should be watered daily to keep the soil moist. Ideally they should be kept on top of a pebble filled tray of water. Never pour the water over the crown of the plant, as this will cause the corm to rot. Because cyclamen prefer a humid atmosphere, misting is beneficial. Keep out of drafts. Cyclamen will bloom from December to April if kept cool and happy. As the flower stalks and leaves die off, remove by giving a sharp tug. New foliage will replace the old. The corm of the plant will normally go dor mant after April. Gradually reduce the water, keeping the plant in a cool, darker place. Allow the corm to slowly dry out. Replant in a shaded area of the garden in the spring. In the garden, cyclamen should be planted with half of the corm just below the soil surface. In July and August, when new leaves begin to develop, transplant into a pot using a rich sandy potting soil, but leave outdoors. Keep the bed on the pot stands moist. In early fall, the potted corm can be moved indoors, where it should be kept by a window to receive a few hours of morning sun each day. Potted cyclamen should be fed monthly with a diluted half-strength liquid house plant fertilizer. ANSWER - Doris Stahl wanted the words to the song, “Don’t Go Out in the Woods Tonight.” Thanks to Toni Kellers and Lorin Tuttle, who both e-mailed the following words. The Teddy Bear’s Picnic If you go down in the woods today You're sure of a big surprise If you go down in the woods today You'd belter go in disguise For every bear that ever there was Will gather there for certain because Today’s the day the teddy hears have their picnic. Every teddy hear who’s keen good Is sure of a treat today There’s lots of marvelous things to eat And wonderful games to play Beneath the trees where nobody sees They’ll hide and seek as long as they please ’Cause that’s the way the teddy hears have their picnic. If you go down in the woods today You better not go alone It’s lovely down in the woods today But safer to slay at home For every hear that ever there was Will gather there Jor certain because Today’s the day the teddy hears have their picnic. (Interlude) Picnic time for teddy hears The little teddy hears are having a lovely time today Watch them, catch them unawares And see them picnic on their holiday See them gaily gad about They love to play and shout, they never have any care At six o'clock their mummies and daddies will take them home to bed Because they’re tired little teddy hears. ANSWER - Eleanor Stewart, 360 Summit Rd., Bellefonte, wanted to know what company to contact to have Life time stainless steel cooking pans re paired. Marion Freeland writes that she also had a problem with the cookware and through this column was given the following address, which she used and the company stood behind the guaran tee: Customer Service Dept., West Bend Co., West Bend, Wl 53095.
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