814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 5,2001
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QUESTION - Melvin
Esch, Lykens, wants ideas
on how to get rid of thistles
with runner roots, which
are taking over the aspara
gus and strawberry
patches. Need an answer
now!
QUESTION - Eugene
Jauss, 701 New Galena
Rd., Chalfont, PA 18914,
wants help to locate old,
six-compartment stainless
steel dinner plates, the
kind they used in the mili
tary.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
purchase a real slate
blackboard, the heavy-duty
kind.
QUESTION - Lavina
Fisher wants a copy of the
song “The world didn’t give
it and the world can’t take
it away.” She also wants
“No Bible Reading and
Prayer Meetings in the
Schools,” I’m not sure if
this is a song or written
material. Send to Lavina at
231 Maple Shade Rd.,
Christiana, PA 17509.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
find “Country and Western
Gospel Hymnal,” a singspi
ration songbook, copyright
1972, and a “Living Praise”
hymnal, compiled by John
Peterson and printed by
Singspiration Music of
Grand Rapids, Mi.
QUESTION - LaVonne
Miller, 14375 Simmons Rd.,
Corry, PA 16407, wants to
know where to purchase
the original horehound
candy. She lives in Erie
County and found milder,
smaller candy horehound
drops, but it is not the
same strong flavor her
grandmother had. Many
prefer the mild-flavored
horehound candy, but she
wants to taste the old
fashioned variety.
QUESTION - Gladys
Stephens wants to know
how to get the last
“George” magazine, which
printed the biography of
John F. Kennedy Jr. She is
willing to pay the cost of
the magazine and the cost
of sending it. She also
wants to purchase the Gui
ness Book of World Re
cords or know how to sub
scribe to it. Write to her at
R.R. 1, Box 1069, Starruc
ca, PA 18462-9703.
QUESTION A reader is
looking for a set of fine
china called “Annie” and a
set of “Rena” cookware.
Call her at (540) 828-3653.
QUESTION - Martha
Horst, Gardners, wants to
locate a Kurtz and Wanner
brand pump, patent 1917.
Kurtz was her grandfather.
If anyone has one and is
willing to sell, call her at
(717) 528-4633.
QUESTION - Glenda
Dayhoff, Gettysburg, wants
to know where to obtain
parts for repairing or pur
chasing a Columbian cook
stove.
QUESTION - T.S., Get
tysburg, wants to know
where to purchase a wood
en Humphrey’s veterinary
case and related bottles.
The case and bottles are
embossed with a horse
head with a flowing mane.
QUESTION - Glenn
Reeder, New Tripoli, wants
to know where to get a
new old-fashioned single
edge razor. Local drug
stores sell replacement
blades but not the razor
handles.
QUESTION - Kim Wolfe
has an unusual problem
that she hopes readers can
solve. She writes a Tom
Taylor custom-made sad
dle, breast collar, and bri
dle were sold at an auction
last November in South
eastern Pennsylvania. The
auction had been adver
tised in this paper. She has
the saddle to the set that
was made to resemble the
one sold. Parts of her sad
dle were on the saddle that
sold. These are of great
sentimental value to her
and she would like to talk
with someone who has in
formation about the where
abouts of this equipment.
Call Kim at (570) 578-1662.
QUESTION Joyce Bur
kholder wants directions to
make old-fashioned hooked
rugs or how to contact
someone who makes them.
Write to her at 1077 Twin
Bridge Rd., Chambersburg,
PA 17201.
QUESTION - Carole
Welter, Lenhartsville,
changes her request to
purchase a pair of white
swans to a mature, young,
black swans, but will con
sider white swans. Prefers
to pick them up within a
50-mile radius of Reading.
Call (610) 756-6756.
QUESTION - Karen
Shank, Bridgewater, Va.,
would be delighted to find
a thermos to match a
child’s Holly Hobbi metal
lunch box. Call (540)
828-4247.
QUESTION - David W.
Martin, R.l, Box 541, Port
Trevortan, PA 17864 wants
to buy a 2-quart or 1 gallon
butter chum. Please send
price and condition.
QUESTION - Sharon
Myers, Lancaster, wants to
know where to buy fire
brick and other parts for an
old Columbian cookstove.
QUESTION - Patty Rut
ledge writes that she and
her husband requested
parts for an old Jacobson-
Chief Lawn tractor. A man
from Harrisburg called, but
the Rutledges lost the
phone number and are
asking for that person to
call again (410) 692-5940.
QUESTION - Patty
wants to purchase a purple
and gold banner with a
dowel and gold cord for
hanging like those awarded
to cattle champions. Evi
dently she wants a used
one because she writes no
preference in breed, year,
class or win. E-mail Patty
at sagewoodOticon.net
QUESTION - Bernice
Haas, 5854 Chestnut Hill
Church Rd., Emmaus, PA
18049-5401 requests the
words and music to the
hymn “Beautiful Valley of
Eden.”
QUESTION - Doris Mill
er, 1636 Table Rock Road,
Gettysburg, PA
17325-8109, wants a White
Mountain Junior ice cream
freezer, new or in good
condition, manufactured by
White Mountain Freezer
Co., P.O. Box 459, Lincoln
Ave. Ext., Winchendon, MA
01475. Stock number
64300, pint size.
QUESTION - Tim Bowi
geois is an intern at the
New Jersey Museum of Ag
riculture and is conducting
research on the use of
steam power for agricul
ture in New Jersey during
the 1800 s and early 1900 s.
His research is focused on
the how, when, where, to
what extent, and possibly
who used steam tractors or
engines in agriculture and
other related fields such as
lumber harvesting. Does
anyone know of steam en-
gine and tractor manufac
turers or dealers that were
based in New Jersey dur
ing that era. Any assist
ance would be greatly ap
preciation. Contact Tim at
Rutgers, State University of
New Jersey, 18384 CPO
Way, New Brunswick, NJ
08901-8633 or phone (856)
447-5259.
QUESTION - D. Hatt,
402 Chapel Hill Rd., Sink
ing Spring, PA 19608, is
looking for a manual or in
structions on how to oper
ate a Weldex Welder made
by Welder Inc. of Detroit,
Mich. Hatt wants to use the
welder to weld band saw
blades.
QUESTION - Louise
Oberholtzer, Shippensburg,
wants the music to the
songs, “Home On the
Range” and “Country
Roads.”
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know if someone
has a two-seater bike to
sell. Phone (717) 445-5969.
QUESTION - The Yoder
family is restoring an old
spring wagon, with the
name W&H Rowland
Philadelphia stamped on
the springs. Does anyone
know when this company
was in business?
QUESTION - A Union
County reader is interested
in buying used, small-scale
milk processing equipment
such as a pasturizer,
cheese making, bottling,
etc. She is also interested
in talking with people who
process and market goat’s
milk and goat milk prod
ucts. She did not include
an address or phone num
ber.
QUESTION - Mrs. Luke
Hoover, Mifflinburg, wants
to know where to buy flow
er bulb baskets, used to
grow and store bulbs, at a
low price.
QUESTION - Stephanie
Luckenbaugh, Abbotts
town, is looking for a reci
pe or instructions on mak
ing dandelion shampoo.
QUESTION - Thomas
Lehman writes that his an
cestor Peter Leisey
(1802-1859) lived in Den
ver, Pa., and wove cover
lets. Lehman has been told
that the coverlets were
beautiful and had Leisey’s
name or initials in the de
sign. Does anyone know
where Lehman could see
one or where one might be
for sale? The Lehmans can
be contacted by phone at
(717)867-1246.
QUESTION - Diana
Hansen, Turnersville, N.J.,
would like instructions for
making with braided rugs
from rags or the craft for
painted floor mats.
QUESTION - Earl Brin
ton, Severn, Md., has a
problem with crows nest
ing in his area. This result
ed in no baby robins last
year. What can be done to
discourage crows from set
tling in residential neigh
borhoods?
QUESTION - Merlin
Brenneman wants to pur
chase some parts for a
Zemco Automotive Driving
Computer 350/351. Call
(717) 203-0128.
QUESTION - Cindy
Esheleman, Jonestown,
wants to buy a Halcraft
small wooded alphabet
decal set or at least the
letters “L” and “R.”
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know of a home
made mixture to control or
eliminate carpenter ants.
QUESTION - David Sen
senfg wants to know how
other goat farmers handle
kids that Jump into the
feeders.
ANSWER Don Waiters,
Lockport, N.Y., wanted to
know what to do about a
year-round problem with
lady bugs, which have
taken over an upstairs win
dow and curtain. Thanks to
Mary Stover, Loganton,
who writes her family had
the same problem. This
was their solution: Pur
chase blocks of camphor at
a drug store. Break the
blocks Into squares and
put one on each window
where the bugs seem to
enter. After a week and a
half, the Stovers did not
have a bug in the house.
ANSWER - A reader
wanted an Oster Mixer that
can be run with an air
motor. Melvin Beiler writes
that Newport Repair Shop,
3818 E. Newport Rd., Gor
donville, PA 71529, has a
large selection of air motor
supplies and related items.
Convenience Can
Save Money
LEESPORT (Berks Co.) Did
you know that convenience foods
save time and effort that’s how
they got their name. But some ac
tually can save you money.
Instant mashed potatoes cost
less because the water has been
taken out and there’s less bulk to
ship. Others cost less starting
with fresh ingredients because
they have been canned or frozen
so there isn’t the spoilage that oc
curs with fresh foods.
Still others cost you less than
starting with basic ingredients be
cause the manufacturer buys in
bulk and passes on some of the
savings.
The following convenience
foods save you money: Instant
mashed potatoes; preshredded
packaged coconut; canned cran
berry sauce; frozen, canned, or
powdered orange juice and
drinks (fresh squeezed costs
about 2'A times more); bottled
lemon and lime juice (but not
squeeze bottles); boxed lasagna
skillet dinner; soy protein patties;
canned chicken chow mein;
boxed pizza mixes; canned Span
ish rice; frozen fish sticks.
These convenience foods cost
more than homemade (make
them using basic ingredients):
Frozen meat pot pies,. canned
stew, frozen chicken chow mein
and chicken a la king, canned
pork and beans, frozen batter
dipped deep-fried chicken and
shrimp, canned salad sandwich
spread, stroganoff skillet dinner,
frozen haddock dinner, shrimp
newburg and shrimp Creole,
yeast roll mixes, frozen and
ready-to-serve yeast rolls, frozen
ready-to-serve brownies, and
cheese spread in a pressure can.