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ers who have questions but
don’t know who to ask for
answers.
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Answer, Lancaster Farm
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PA 17522. Attention: Lou
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QUESTION - Clarence
Horst, East Earl, has an
iron ice pick made by A.D.
Shirk, New Holland. It is
printed with the words, ice
service and an old phone
number. It is for sale in
good condition. Call (717)
354-9939.
QUESTION - Ben Kin
singer, 686 Kensinger Rd.,
Meyersdale, wants to know
where to find two old gas
engines in any condition for
an old Maytag washing ma
chine motor that used a
glass jar turned upside
down for the gas. He also
wants a very small Vb
horsepower New Holland
gas engine made in New
Holland.
QUESTION - Louise
Hannum, Wagontown,
wants to know if there is
any interest in a complete
1968 Franklin Mint Antique
Car Coin Collection Series
I. It includes 25 bronze
coins dated from
1901-1925 with descriptive
booklet.
QUESTION - Rebecca
D. Zook, Gap, wants to
know where to find books
and literature about horse
dentistry, horse teeth filing,
and related subjects.
QUESTION - Mrs. Mar
tin, Morgantown, wants to
complete her collections of
several magazines. She
needs the April-May and
June-July 2001 issues of
Taste of Home, and the
Sept.-Oct. 2000 issue of
Quick Cooking. Prefers
complete copies. Call Mar
tin at (610) 286-7051.
QUESTION - M.P., Kin
tnersville, wants to know
where an umbrella with
broken metal pieces can be
fixed.
QUESTION - A reader
needs the bottom plastic
refrigerator shelves for a
General Electric Model
TBI4SVB. She needs the
shelves that hold the vege
table drawer slides. Call
her at (717) 445-4149.
QUESTION - Rhonda
Eby, Chambersburg, is
looking for some 4-quart
old-time, heavy pans. She
prefers four identical pans
and does not need the lids.
Her aunts have some pans
called Magnalite, Wag
nerware with the word
“Sidney” engraved in small
print. Call (717) 375-4314.
QUESTION - Evan
Weidman, 3418 Ritner
Hwy., Newville, has a small
sausage stuffer made by
Enterprise Mfg. Co., Phila
delphia. He needs a lock
nut for the stuffing horn.
Where can he find it?
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 5, 2002-B7
QUESTION - Len Zalepa
wants to know where to
find an individual or com
pany in the Lancaster area
that sells horsedrawn wag
ons.
QUESTION - A reader
has a problem with their
rabbits not pulling fur to
prepare a nest to have their
young. Anyone know what
causes this “unmotherly”
behavior?
QUESTION - A reader
needs a needle for an an
tique sewing machine
called a Free-Westinghouse
electric sewing machine.
The needle needed is type
CC1221 size 2. The nee
dles are about 1 /4-inch
shorter than a standard
needle. Call (717)
589-7481.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know if anyone
knows where to find parts
for a Rival Grinder/Chopper
(electric). Needed is a cut*
ter blade model 2100M/I.
QUESTION - Kenneth
Wire, White Hall, Md., is
looking for a piece of
Guardian Service cookware
to complete his mother’s
set. The piece is called the
kettle oven, which has
many uses such as baking
and as a water bath can
ner. The piece is large with
a glass lid, wire racks for
baking and lifting jars when
canning. The cookware was
made during the 1940 s and
19505.
- Help! S.
Martin, El
liottsburg,
made a
mistake.
She wants
her old
sink cab
inet back
in her new
kitchen.
Does any
one sell
new metal
cabinets
or have
good con
dition old
ones that
are
QUESTION
66-inches
long with
drawers
that hold
more than
three dish
towels?
Call (717) 582-2517.
QUESTION - Debbie,
Newmanstown, wants to
know if anyone has little
red bricks for children. She
can’t find the bricks in
stores anymore. The bricks
measure about 7 /s-inches
wide and 1 3 /i-inches long,
and %-inches thick. The
sets included some white
colored ones.
QUESTION - Ronald
Kieffer, Hamburg, asks if
any of our readers smoke
meat or fish with a char
coal grill. He has a Webber
kettle-type grill, and a lot of
hickory nut shells. Could he
use the shells for smoking
meat? Also, he wants reci
pes using hickory nuts and
black walnuts.
QUESTION - Philip Cov
alesky, R. 2, Box 87, Dalton,
PA 18414, cannot get his
Oliver 60 tractor to run
without finding a Venturi
for a carburetor TSX-120.
Anyone able to assist him?
ing at the welds.
QUESTION - Leroy
Serventi, Croydon, would
like to know of any vege
table gardening clubs or
groups in Bucks County,
Pa., or in Burlington Coun
ty, N.J.
is ANSWER - Fred Guth,
Freehold, N.J., wanted to
know how to eradicate or
repel groundhogs or wood
chucks from his garden and
farm without shooting,
trapping or using auto ex
haust gas. Thanks to a
reader for suggesting
throwing ripe, unpeeled ba
nanas or bubble gum in the
area as the animals can’t
digest it.
ANSWER - For the per
son who wanted a list of
items that are celebrated
each month, an anonymous
reader sent in this list:
Jan. artificial roses
Feb. Valentine’s Day
March St. Patrick’s
Day
April Easter
May Mother’s Day
June Dairy Month
July patriotic
Aug. sunflowers
Sept. Back to school
Oct. Halloween
Nov. Thanksgiving
Dec. Christmas
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