Bie-Lancister Farming, Saturday, September 23, 2000
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tions but don’t know who to ask for answers.
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17522. Attention: Lou Ann Good.
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QUESTION Anna Bryan, Oxford, N.J.,
wants to know where to buy an insert for a ce
ramic teapot to put tea into it. She recalls see
ing a ceramic insert but doesn’t know if you
can buy it separately or if it comes with an en
tire teapot set. Anna has her mom’s and grand
ma’s teapots, that are sort of round and not too
big.
QUESTION Roberta Goldsbough, York, is
looking for an old type of mountain pie maker
used in camping. The type wanted is round and
the pies look tier shaped when cooked, not the
smooth round ones. Call her at (717) 755-8865.
QUESTION Roberta Goldsbough, York, has
old Golden books to sell. Call (717) 755-8865.
QUESTION A reader wants a set of Flexi
blocks to complete a set for her son. The
blocks are similar to Lego bricks. Call (717)
656-8549.
QUESTION A Manheim reader wants to
know what is wrong when morning glories pro
duce leaves but do not bloom.
QUESTION A reader has a wooden chest
that belonged to her husband’s grandmother
who had mothballs In it. The reader sanded the
interior and set it in the sun, but has not been
able to eliminate the mothball odor. Anyone
know how to rid the smell from the wood?
QUESTION Gregory Badger, 3835 Hallam
Ave. Collegeville, PA, wants to buy a large size
T-shirt with the graphics and cartoons depict
ing River Rats, a good-natured group of people
who enjoy water sports in the Harrisburg area.
He writes that the shirts are colorful and fun to
look at.
QUESTION A reader from Loysville wants
to know how older generations dug hand wells
and walled them up with stones.
QUESTION Mrs. Nolt, Leola, wants back
issues of Organic Gardening magazines. Please
call her at (717) 656-2530.
QUESTION Ruth Novinger, Millersburg,
writes that she has been searching for the fol
lowing items for a long time. Perhaps readers
can help her find the following items: A metal
jar filler that has two strainers and funnel that
can be attached and exchanged on the bottom
of the filler with a metal screw band. Lids to fit
pickle jars purchased at grocery stores. Han
dles for Wearever cooking pots. She has been
using the cookware since 1947 and they are
still great but need new handles, which are
curved and fastened with two screws.
QUESTION Pat Sweetman writes that she
had twin grandchildren born the week of July
15. Due to the difficult delivery, she was con
cerned with her daughter’s health and forgot to
buy newspapers and magazines to preserve for
BEEF
IT’S WHAT S FOR DINNER.
the twins when they are older. If anyone has
newspapers and magazines from that week,
she will gladly pay for the postage to have
them mailed to 25P5 Rehmeyer Hollow Rd.,
Stewartstown, PA 17363-8940.
QUESTION A Kutztown reader wants to
buy a good gas tank for a 1969 VW Camper
bus. Contact Tim Cherrington, 5 Deer Run Rd.,
Kutztown, PA 19530.
QUESTION Mary Ann Martin, Denver,
writes that a school needs 12 copies of “New
Songs of Inspiration,” Vol. 11 Song Books. The
book is deep red with gold lettering.
QUESTION Mrs. Amos S. Kauffman wants
to know if anyone has an abundance of Cor
relle dishes to sell. She would like to have four
to eight cups and saucers plus some other
pieces. Contact her at 1860 Cambridge Rd.,
Honey Brook, PA 19344.
QUESTION Cathy Strine, Dover, wants in
formation and history on a Cambridge
4-harness loom made by Reed Loom Co.,
Springfield, Ohio. When the loom was pur
chased, it was not fully assembled.
QUESTION A reader wants an old-fash
ioned hoe with five prongs (TVb-inches) shaped
like a fork, but rounded at the top at handle
and used like a hoe. Although a newer version
is available in stores, she prefers the older
model. Contact her at 1860 Cambridge Rd.,
Honey Brook, PA 193441
QUESTION A reader would like to buy used
2-quart canning jars. Call (717) 859-2802.
QUESTION Mrs. Amos S. Kauffman wants
to sell an almost complete set of Pfalzgraff
with tan and dark brown colors. She has the
canister set and lots of other pieces in very
good condition. She prefers not to split the set.
if interested, call (610) 273-2075.
QUESTION Art Burt wants a manual for a
Mighty Mac tiller with a 7 horsepower engine.
QUESTION Diane Morris wants to know if
anyone has a quern or a hand-powered corn
mill. Please call her at (610) 498-2271.
QUESTION - Bruce Middlekauff, Bel Aire,
Md., is looking for a 19.205’ or 19305’ cast iron
bird bath approximately 3 or 5 feet in diameter.
Bruce is willing to pay a good price. Call him
collect at (410) 879-8039.
QUESTION - J. Good, 5624 Div. Hwy., Nar
von, Pa., has an older type (Model 3c) Kitchen
aid mixer in working condition. The bowl broke
and he would like to replace the bowl or offer
the mixer to someone who has a bowl at a rea
sonable price.
QUESTION A reader from Myerstown
would like information on a Lion Pittsburgh
water heater, patented Oct. 1, 1907, type FI 4.
It was found in a house she purchased. The
heater has pipe coils on the inside and a burn
er on the bottom. How was it used?
QUESTION A reader writes that she and
many other seamstresses often have difficulty
discerning the right and wrong sides of fabric.
She wants to know if the holes along the edge
of the fabric are punched from the right or
wrong side or if that varies and is not a clear
indicator.
QUESTION A lady from Slain would like to
know where she could buy a pulpit Bible cover
10x13x3-inch.
QUESTION Mrs. Robert Lowe, Shermans
Dale, wants the music and words to the song:
“Eleven more months and 10 more days, I’ll be
out of this calaboose.” She writes that this is a
very old song that an older gentleman used to
sing.
QUESTION - Jonas Beiler Jr., New Holland,
would like information on raising nightcrawlers
for fishing bait.
QUESTION A reader wants to find a copy
of Larry Benoit’s book, “How To Bag The Big
gest Buck of Your Life.” He also would like to
find wooden molding planes made by E.W. Car
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 A Shippensburg reader wants
a pattern and instructions to sew a winter
hooded parka in either men’s small or ladies’
medium.
QUESTION Michael Hopkins Jr. would like
to know where he could purchase styrofoam
egg cartons in jumbo and super jumbo sizes.
He prefers a Pennsylvania source.
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 Schuylkill County reader
wants to 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 I. Wenger wants to purchase
the following three books, but he sent no ad
dress. The books are “More All-Of-A-Kind Fam
ily” and “All-Of-A-Kind Family Uptown” by Syd
ney Taylor; and “The Four-Story Mistake” by
Elizabeth Enright.
QUESTION E. Sheetz, Fleetwood, wants to
know how to repair a burn mark on a leather
table top or the name of a professional service
that can fix it.
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 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 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?
ANSWER For the reader who wanted to
know of a Fuller Brush dealer near Lancaster
City and for Stanley Home Products, contact
Miriam Ruhl, 1143 Greentree Ext., Mount Joy,
PA 17552 or call (717) 653-4416.
ANSWER For the reader who wanted in
formation on using goat milk to make soap and
cheese, Michelle Good, Beavertown, recom
mends “Caprine Cooking” and “Goats Produce
Too,” by Mary Jane Toth, 2833 N. Lewis Rd.,
Coleman, Ml 48618. Phone (517) 465-1982.
On soap making without animal fats, Mich
elle recommends “The Natural Soap Book,” by
Susan Miller Cavitch. Michelle uses the recipe
for shampoo bars and h6r whole family loves
them. Soap supplies are available from Rain
bow Meadows 1-800-207-4047.
Here is a soap recipe Michelle uses.
Basic Goat Milk Soap
6 pounds lard
12-ounce can lye (Red Devil brand-be careful
the new plastic containers contain more
* than 12 ounces)
2 cups goat milk (not cold)
3 cups cool water
Place the milk and water into a large stain
less steel or enamel container (I do this out
side) slowly stir in the lye, don’t breathe the
fumes.
(I stir with a large rubber spatula, the lye will
eat wooden spoons). The mixture gets very hot.
Cool to 75 degrees. Warm the lard to 85 de
grees. Very slowly pour warmed lard into lye
mixture. Stir mixture until it reaches the con
sistency of honey or “traces,” about 30 min
utes. Add essential oils last.
Pour into molds greased with Vaseline. (I like
to use plastic shoeboxes).
Carefully wrap soap in newspaper and sever
al blankets to insulate. This helps the soap set
up and cool slowly. When hard (24 hours) the
soap should come out easily and cut in nice
pieces with a knife. Age three weeks before
using.