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QUESTION - David
Sampler, Elkton, Md.,
wants written information
on scenting in regards to
hunting. He writes that
some days his beagles run
as if they are tied to the
rabbit and work very hard
to keep it going. Sempler
has heard that the ground
breathes in and out and
sometimes it does not. He
knows that barometric
pressure changes affect
scenting conditions and
that extremely dry weather
produces bad scenting
conditions. Sempler wants
factual information on the
relationship between high
and low pressures, dry and
wet ground, and high and
low humidity.
QUESTION - A reader
wants information on the
Lancaster County race
track at the Buck. She saw
a truck pull on a television
show and wants to know
the schedule and directions
for finding the Buck.
QUESTION - Dave
Ruble, West Chester, is
looking for cylinder records
(Columbia, Edison, Inde
structible, and others) and
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QUESTION - Marian Le
fever, Quarryville, wants to
know where to find a parts
and cutting blade for an
electric Oster food grinder
model 996.
QUESTION - Bev Mid
dleton, P.O. Box 49, Mor
ganza, MD 20660, wants to
know where to obtain in
structions for operating a
Sears & Roebuck incubator
model number 213,57. It’s
a round table top type,
about 100 egg size. Any
help would be appreciated.
QUESTION - A reader is
looking for a pattern to sew
men’s work jeans that are
similar to the Wrangler
brand. Does anyone know
where she can find one in a
size 31x32?
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know how to start
poinsettias from slips of
the plant.
QUESTION - We have a
problem with peas and
sugar pea plants getting
brown specks and turning
yellow and dying before
maturing, a reader writes.
What spray or dust should
we use to prevent this? We
put them in a different spot
every year but continue to
have the same problem.
QUESTION Does any
one know how to dehull
Brazil nuts so they remain
intact. Clarence Sheaffer
writes that he tried soaking
some in warm water. The
hulls softened; however,
the meat also softened and
was stained, which may not
harm it.
QUESTION - Daryl
Sempster, 2645 Old Field
Park, Elkton, Md., recently
purchased a lovely old Sun
beam Mix-Master at a flea
market. The owner’s manu
al shows attachments such
as a knife sharpener, meat
grinder, silver polisher, cof
fee grinder, can opener,
potato peeler, etc. She
would like to purchase
some of the attachments.
She also wants to buy a
1897 16-gauge.
QUESTION - Joyce De
itrich, 153 Dotterer Rd.,
Lenha r t s v 111 e , PA
19534-9585, lost a glass or
the large fryer
cover for her
Guardian
Service. How
can she have
it replaced?
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Goats Become State Ambassador’s Passion
LOU ANN GOOD
Food And Family
Features Editor
HARRISBURG (Dauphin
Co.) Most teen-agers who
show animals were born into it or
at least started showing at a
young age. But 19-year-old Kris
topher Trowbridge made a deci
sion to raise and show goats only
three years ago.
Trowbridge now owns 10 head
and is the Pennsylvania Goat
Ambassador responsible for
promoting goats and goat dairy
products.
The Perry County resident
started with grade animals and
upgraded to registered Nubians,
Toggenburgs, and Sannens. He
raises them on Curt and Helen
Snyder’s farm.
The first time in the show ring,
Trowbridge showed the grand
champion Sannen. The begin
ner’s luck was a great boost to
his enthusiasm for the activity.
Trowbridge milks the does in
his herd.
“At first I was hesitate about
drinking goat’s milk, but now I
think it is delicious and think
cow milk tastes odd,” he said.
One of the first things Trow
bridge did when he became inter
est in goats was to join the Penn
sylvania Goat Association.
He said, “The goat community
is small, and we get to know each
other very well and become best
friends. ”
In June 2000 Trowbridge was
appointed alternate representa
tive and enjoyed promoting the
association. “I want to make the
public more aware of goats and
the association,” he said.
In anticipation of being select
ed the state ambassador, Trow
bridge wrote an essay on what he
was doing for the industry and
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 1 /s
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 - Evan
Weidman, 3418 Ritner
Hwy., Newville, has a small
sausage stuffer made by
Enterprise Mfg. Co., Phila
delphia. He needs a lock
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 19, 2002-815
Kristopher Trowbridge is the
Pennsylvania Goat Association.
why the position was right for
him. At the state association
show in June 2001, Trowbridge
was interviewed by a committee
and appointed to the one year
position. He also chairs the merit
and awards committee for the as
sociation
Of his own herd, Trowbridge
said the most frustrating thing is
deciding which ones to keep be
cause I can’t keep them all, but
they’re like pets to me.”
Trowbridge graduated from
high school by correspondence.
He hopes to attend a community
college next year and study ag
related subjects.
nut for the stuffing horn.
Where can he find it?
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
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
Wirz, 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.
QUESTION - A reader is
looking for the words to
“Black Mountain Light,” a
ballad about a slave owner
who sees a strange light on
the mountain while looking
for a slave.
QUESTION - Carl Det
wiler, Zionsville, wants to
know if any owner of a
3226 QT Bush Hog front
end loader has trouble with
the mounting arms break
ing at the welds.
QUESTION - Leroy
Serventi, Croydon, would
like to know of any vege
table gardening clubs or
state ambassador for the
“I always want to raise dairy
goats. I prefer a small operation
because it is easier to manage
and concentrate on improving,”
Trowbridge said. “I hope to show
a national grand champion goat
someday.”
He also wants to become a
classifier, which is an appraisal
of goats for the American Dairy
Goat Association.
He is the son of Robert Trow
bridge and Jacalyn Van Dervark.
His mother has a herd of meat
goats and his brother Jeremy, 20,
shares dairy goat responsibilities
with him.
groups in Bucks County,
Pa., or in Burlington Coun
ty, N.J.
ANSWER - E. Burkhold
er, 1075 Richmond Rd.,
Fleetwood, PA 19522,
wanted to know the value
of an Avon collection with
more than 65 pieces. Eliza
beth of Schuylkill County
writes that a book is pub
lished annually listing val
ues for Avon pieces. The
book includes photographs
and is very expensive, but
can be found in the an
tiques, hobbies, and col
lectables sections of book
stores and libraries.
ANSWER - Ronald Kief
fer, Hamburg, asked if any
of our readers smoke meat
or fish with a charcoal grill.
He has a Webber kettle
type grill, and a lot of hick
ory nut shells. Could he use
the shells for smoking
meat? Also, he wants reci
pes using hickory nuts and
black walnuts. Elizabeth of
Schuylkill County suggests
listening to Alton Brown
who hosts a television
show called Good Eats on
the Food Network. She
writes that Brown did an
excellent show on smoking
foods in the fall. Informa
tion can be obtained from
the Website www.foodtv.
com. This information is
fine for those who have ac
cess to the internet and
cable television; however,
as a reader recently point
ed out, not all our subscrib
ers do. If anyone has addi
tional information, it would
be appreciated.