814-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 23, 2002 ' /T C K ll #4>/V won This column is for read ers who have questions but don’t know who to ask for answers. “You Ask—You Answer” is for non-cooking ques tions. When a reader sends in a question, it will be printed in the paper. Read ers who know the answer are asked to respond by mailing the answer, which will then be printed in the paper. Questions and Answers to this column should be addressed to You Ask—You Answer, Lancaster Farm ing, P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522. Attention: Lou Ann Good. Or, you may e-mail ques tions and answers to Igoo d.eph@lnpnews.com Please clarify what ques tion you are answering when responding. Do not send a self-ad dressed, stamped envelope for a reply. If we receive the answer, we will publish it as soon as possible. Please include your phone number because we some times need to contact the person to clarify details. We will not publish your phone number unless you request it. v QUESTION - Mike Hart man, 962 Martin Rd., Need more, PA 17238, would like an owner’s manual for an Owatonna 595 roll baler. He would be willing to re ceive a photocopy, or make a copy himself and return the original. QUESTION - Gladys Stephens, R.R. 1 Box 1069 Starrucca, PA 18462, is in terested in the 1968 Frank lin Mint antique car/coin collection. She also col lects a variety of things for disabled children. QUESTION - Winona Homko, P.O. Box 308, 22 N. Spruce Street, Oxford, e mail winonamjo aol.com, is looking for in formation on an old iron bike mounted on a plank marked Everlast Sporting Goods Mfg. Co. in NY, No. G 530-3, made in USA. It was purchased at an Army Depot many years ago. QUESTION - Shirley Or faneltf, 1125 Slate Hill Rd., Quarryville, PA 17566, is looking for “horse oint ment” for arthritis. QUESTION - Ron Smith, 325 N. High St., Duncan non, PA 17020, wonders if there was a dairy named KOPF and Henry in Lancas ter County or elsewhere. QUESTION - A reader from Carlisle wants to know where to purchase parts for a Hercules, Mont gomery Ward & Co. 16-gauge gun. QUESTION - Russ Brezler, 314 W. Seventh St., Waynesboro, wants to know of a supplier for axe and axe handies. He will supply patterns. QUESTION - Richard Millard, Bucks County, wants to know where to find plans or a book about making a 18-36-inch doll cradle from wood that rocks. QUESTION - A reader, who sent no address, wants to know where to find old cards manufac tured by Gibson, Cincin nati, Ohio. The seven-day cards have messages writ ten as if the animal wrote the message. The reader has cards numbered 4,5,6, and 7. An example of the writing is the number 4 cards with the message: “Betsy Bear is at your door/With get-well #4 wish.” Anyone able to help her locate numbers 1,2, and 3? QUESTION - A reader needs a set of good beaters to fit a Spatula Smart Black & Decker hand mixer. It is a heavy duty power boost mixer. If you have a set, call (301) 791-9586. . QUESTION - Kathleen Salotti writes that she re cently moved to Ohio and is plagued with moles digging up the yard and tunnels and mounds everywhere. What is a solution to the problem? QUESTION - Valerie Miller, Honesdale, wants to know where to get a re placement wire for a swiv eling weight on an old, Ger man-made, spring wound anniversary clock. She tried a banjo string and it did not work. The original wire is paper thin about one mm wide, but it tore and is not long enough. QUESTION - Kathryn Wistuk, Bangor, writes that earlier she had requested information on a massage oil used during W.W.11 called dog oil. A reader wrote that it was dogbane or wandering milk weed, which are cathartic herbs. Wistuk wants to know how to use the oil. She knows that she did not take the oil orally and doesn’t want to take anything by mouth. QUESTION - David Sampler, Elkton, Md., writes that he used a prod uct in 1972 call Purge-O- Matic from Stewatt Chemi cals to clean soot from oil burners. It worked great, but he doesn’t know where to get it now. He doesn’t want to use soot sticks, he writes, because it will eat the furnace. QUESTION - Maggie Keeler and her husband are responsible for obtaining heirloom seeds for a living history farm, The Burr House and Farm in West Virginia. Keeler writes that the 1751 house is the old est frame structure in the state. The committee has purchased seeds from Landis Valley Farm Muse um, but would like to ex pand the varieties grown through donation, pur chase, and seed swapping. They especially would like bean varieties and seeds for other favorite vege tables that have been passed down through the generations. Send to Burr House and Farm Agricul ture Committee, Jefferson Co. Landmarks Commis sion, c/o irvan M. Groff, 324 E. First Ave., Charles town, WV 25414. Or, phone (304) 724-1279. QUESTION - Gideon King, Jr., 5469 Elam Rd., Kinzers, PA 17535, writes that he has some windows with windowpanes that have bubbles and streaks in them-. Someone told him it is called Depression glass. He wants to know if the windows are of any value or any other informa tion about the glass. QUESTION - Meredith Ludwig, 2160 Bollinger Mill Rd., Finksburg, MD 21048, writes that her great grand father, who lived in Shen andoah County, Va., re ceived patent number 227, 174 for a manure grain drill, which was a four hoe drill that spread dry ma nure as fertilizer along with the grain. Ludwig wants to know where she could see the drill or get photographs of it. Any information you have for her would be ap preciated. QUESTION - Elsie Mar tin, 21170 Millers Church Rd., Hagerstown, Md. 21742, writes that when she was young, she re members eating a hollow tomato similar to a bell pepper. She would like to know where to find this old-time tomato seed so that she can plant them and save seed each year for replanting. QUESTION - Donna Truesdell, S. Deerfield, Mass., wants to identify a source for replacement rubber caps for the ends of tension curtain rods. The rods are fine, but the rub ber caps have become fragile from sun exposure. QUESTION - A reader wants to know where to find a 3-inch porcelain light socket. QUESTION - Mildred Hess wants the original diet book, “Beverly Hills Diet,” by Judy Maze! and published about 1990. CaH Hess at (717) 933-8134. QUESTION - A reader is looking for the words to the song that includes these lines: “How do you talk to a little baby goat? You can’t say hello like a man. You have to say baa to a little baby goat. That’s all he’ll understand.” QUESTION - Holly Esh bach, Dover, wants to know where to purchase “baby doll sheep,” which are min iature sheep that grow be tween 18-24 inches in height. She also wants in formation on the breed and diet and care that is re quired. QUESTION - Glen would like to know where to find mower parts for a Yanmar diesel YMI46. Call (717) 626-5700. QUESTION - John Kotu lich, Flemington, N.J., wants to know where to buy a glass jar for a hand butter churn. The top open ing with outside thread di ameter is about 5%-inches and is 11- to 12-inches deep fora 2or a Z r h gallon round or square size. Call (908) 782-5774. QUESTION - A reader (717) 898-7085 needs a source for plastic dibbles used for planting small seedlings. QUESTION - John W. Lowery Jr., 7 Old Sharp town Rd., Auburn, NJ 08085, was born and raised in Rowes Run, Fayette County. Lowery is re searching coal mines in that area and is looking for pictures of the following coal mines: Colonial #1 Smock, Colonial #2 Royal also known as Chestnut Ridge, Colonial #3 Rowes Run, and Colonial #4 Grindstone. QUESTION - Bob Fleck stein, Woodstown, N.J., has an old string of Christmas lights. He wants to know where he can buy small clear replacement bulbs for it. The bulbs are one-inch long and have threads on the end. No marking is on them. QUESTION - David Sempler, 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. Sampler wants factual information on the relationship between high and low pressures, dry and wet ground, and high and low humidity. QUESTION - Dave Ruble, West Chester, is looking for cylinder records (Columbia, Edison, Inde structible, and others) and phonograph-related items. He also wants old trains and toys. Call (610) 793-4249. 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 Vs 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 - 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? ANSWER - Fraqk Rice, Blain, wanted to khow how the term “pork bellies” came into use for reporting on agricultural commodi ties. Millie Bunting, Lancas ter Farming market staff, writes: Pork bellies, as the name suggests, is the cut from the underside of the hog carcass from which bacon is obtained. It refers to unsliced bacon. Accord ing to the Chicago Mercan tile Exchange: Since pork bellies were considered to be a factor influencing hog prices and followed the seasonal marketings and price swings of live hogs, frozen pork bellies futures contracts were first offered in 1962 to provide hedging opportunities for meat packers. They quickly be came one of the most ac tive futures traded, mostly by speculators who proba bly found the name “pork bellies” intriguing. ANSWER - Joyce Wenz wanted to know where to find an old-time sock knit ting machine. John Rinker, R.R. 1 Box 17, Scotrun, PA 18355, phone (570) 629-0556 has two hand crank machines he is will ing to sell. One is a Gris wold. He also has extra needles and weights.
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