814-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21,2002
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QUESTION - A reader
remembers reading in
structions on how to dry
flowers in the microwave.
Does anyone have instruc
tions to print in this col
umn?
QUESTION - Stephen
Lapp, Kirkwood, bought an
old Waltham 15-jewel
watch that needs a new
sleeve. Does anyone know
where the watch can be
fixed?
QUESTION - A Myers
town reader would like to
know where to obtain the
AgrAbility Project Endorses National Farm Safety, Health Week
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Agriculture is one of the
most hazardous occupations in
the United States. The National
Safety Council reports that in
2001, 700 people working in agri
culture died and 130,000 more
sustained disabling injuries.
Many of these deaths and injuries
resulted from incidents involving
farm machinery that was being
operated on public roadways.
National Farm Safety and
Health Week (NFSH) is Sept.
15-21. The theme and accompa
nying materials, “National Farm
Safety and Health Week... Not
Just for Farmers Anymore,” are
designed to heighten awareness
among both the agricultural com
munity and the general public of
the dangers posed by operating
farm machinery on public road
ways.
Everyday, AgrAbility Project
plastic windshield and inte
rior parts for a 509 Hubley
Corvette toy car that mea
sures about 12-inches in
length. He is also interest
ed in purchasing the model
to restore or use for parts.
Write to B.H. Dove, 41
Kreider Rd., Myerstown, PA
17067.
QUESTION - R.L. King,
319 Hammertown Rd., Nar
von, PA 17555, wants to
know if someone will sell
her the book, “The Lake is
on Fire.” Author unknown.
QUESTION Earl Thoman
writes that several months
ago, in this column a read
er recommended using
Juicy Fruit gum to get rid of
moles. He wants to know
how large a piece of gum
should be used and how far
apart the pieces should be
placed.
QUESTION - Susan
Nolt, Bethel, wants to find
the book, “The Christian
Couple,” by Larry and Nor
dis Christenson, published
by Bethany House, 1977.
Call (717)933-8240.
QUESTION - Richard
Laughman, Chambersburg,
wants information on Wel
sumers, a chicken breed,
and where a breeder can
be found.
QUESTION - Wilmer
Stauffer, Millersville, wants
to know if anyone has regu
lar Puerto Rican sweet po
tatoes to sell. Phone (717)
872-2544.
QUESTION - Scott
Troutman, Millerstown,
wants to find a new valve
or piece for Hudson drink
ing cups in the cow barn.
Call (717) 589-3407.
QUESTION - R. Stoltz
fus, 6039 Wanner Rd., Nar
von, wants to know where
to buy the following used
books. She does not want
Internet information for
“The Robe,” “The Greatest
Story Ever Written,” and
“Jacob, Have I Loved.”
staff across the country provides
assistance to farmers, ranchers,
and farmworkers who have sus
tained health challenges that are
the result of incidents involving
farm machinery. Endorsing and
disseminating this year’s NFSH
message is one way Project staff
is working to achieve a major
Project goal helping those who
have one disability avoid sustain
ing another.
AgrAbility Project staff pro
vides a range of no-cost assist
ance to farmers, ranchers, and
farmworkers who have disabili
ties. This assistance includes in
formation on how to accommo
date their disabilities and
maintain their rural life-style by
modifying their equipment, struc
tures, and operations. Farmers,
ranchers, and farmworkers with
any type of physical, cognitive, or
sensory condition, (amputation,
QUESTION - David
Lapp, 15, collects business
cards for a hobby and will
trade also. Send cards or
write to him at 420 Weaver
Rd., Millersburg, PA 17061.
QUESTION - K.A. Lantz,
Gap, is looking for a used
rebounder in good condi
tion, which she could buy.
Call her at (717) 442-8473.
QUESTION - Bill Greer,
Richwood, W.V., is looking
for a handle crank for a
Feed Mill #0 F. Wilson, Pat
ent Feb. 3, 1885. Wilson
Brothers, Eagiton, Pa. Call
Greer at (304) 846-4727.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know where to
buy winter seed oats that
can be sown in the fall.
QUESTION - A reader
noted a garden shed has an
infestation of flees. Fog
gers didn’t help. Any ideas?
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know how to get
raw milk in either Schuylkill
or Columbia county and
wants to try making
cheeses with the milk.
QUESTION - Irene
Strieker, 350 Preston Rd.
Wernersville, PA 19565 re
quests patterns for rug
hooking with V-i-inch wide
rug strips. She also wants
to know where to buy wool.
QUESTION - Mervin
Stoltzfus, 12, collects busi
ness cards and would like
if people would send him
those they no longer use.
Send to 272 Snake Hill Rd.,
Bird In Hand, PA 17505.
QUESTION - Dolores
Caverly, Shavertown, has a
Windsor chair with a brass
plate that reads: The Derby
Chair made by P. Derby and
Co. Inc., Gardner, Mass.
She wants to know if any
information is available on
this chair.
QUESTION - Lena Fish
er, 1638 Elizabethtown Rd.,
Elizabethtown, PA 17022
wants a used set of Uncle
Arthur’s Bedtime Stories
for Children.
QUESTION - Amanda
Fisher, Kinzer, wants to
knon how to get an instruc
tion book for a 16-quart
Peerless pressure canner.
QUESTION - Malinda
Peachey, R.D.I, Box 88-A,
traumatic brain injury, or hear
ing impairment) that limits their
ability to do their agricultural
work or activities of daily living
are eligible for AgrAbility serv
ices. To date, hundreds of people
have received assistance from the
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians
Project.
To fmd out more about what
AgrAbility for Pennsylvanians
Project can do for you, call Linda
Create Dress-Up Costumes ,
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
Your classroom or your own chil
dren and grandchildren will love
creations taught at the workshop
Creating Dress-Up Costumes
and Boxes for Children. Instruc
tor Jeanne Scheerbaum has been
Thompsontown, PA 17094,
needs a used 21-quart or
larger dough mixer, reason
ably priced.
QUESTION - David
Lounsbury, Chester
Springs, wants to know
where to have old milk
cans replated. What was
the original coating? Was it
food-grade tin plating or
something else?
QUESTION - Ben Stoltz
fus, 44 Golf Rd., Myers
town, wants the words,
notes or tape to the song
that includes the words: “I
saw two little children as
they wandered off one
day.”
QUESTION - Bernice
Haas, 5854 Chestnut Hill
Church Rd., Emmaus,
wants the Pennsylvania
Dutch words to the hymn
“Amazing Grace.”
QUESTION - Wilmer
Stoltzfus, age 13, collects
business cards and wants
to know of a good source to
find them. If you have an
unwanted collection, send
it to him at 182 Quarry Rd.,
Leola, PA 17540.
QUESTION - Bob Fleck
enstein, Woodstown, N.J.,
wants to know if anyone
has a plastic wheel to fit a
plastic truck named Blippo,
which measures
9 3 /»X1 SVa-inches. The wheel
is 3-inches wide and the
axle is 8-inches long and
square.
QUESTION - Michael
Trombley Jr. has a Norm’s
Dairy “pyroglazed” milk
bottle from Albany, N.Y.
Trombley wants to know
how much it is worth.
QUESTION - Esther
Weaver, 3545 County
House Rd., Penn Yan, N.Y.
14527 purchased a Rival
Slice Grafter Precision
electric slicer Model 1037.
The part that holds the
blade in place appears to
be missing. Does anyone
know where she can find
the part?
QUESTION - Helen
Shaffer, Lansdale, wants to
know how to get rid of
sparrows nesting behind
shutters. She tried chasing
them out to no avail.
QUESTION - Shirley
Ofanella, Quarryville, wants
to know where to purchase
Fetzer at (814) 863-7490, Dr.
Connie D. Baggett at (814)
863-7415 or visit the Project’s
Website at http://AgExtEd.cas.
psu.edu/agrab/.
USDA Cooperative State Re
search, Education, and Extension
Service funds a National AgrA
bility Project and 21 state proj
ects. In addition to on-site techni
cal assistance, staff offers
information and referral, training
a teacher as well as an owner and
founder of a large costume com
pany. She will share great ideas
and show both sewn and non
sewn imaginative costumes.
Conducted Wednesday, Octo
ber 9, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. at the Berks
County Ag Center, 1238 County
the pump tops for bottles
such as those used to
serve flavored syrups.
QUESTION - Donald
Harnish, 31 Rawlinsville
Rd., Willow Street, PA
17584, wants to know
where to obtain a copy of
Roy Wiggins Steel Guitar
Course or any other in
struction and song book for
the Hawaiian steel guitar.
QUESTION - Emanuel
S. Click, 2409 Horseshoe
Rd., Lancaster, Pa. 17601,
is looking for a cabbage
shredder ran with an en
gine.
QUESTION - An Ephrata
reader wants* to buy Lois
Lenski books, “Cotton In
My Sack,” “Judy’s Jour
ney,” “Boom Town Boy,”
“Flood Friday,” “Strawberry
Girl,” and “Shoo Fly Girl.”
The reader doesn’t want
any Internet information,
and she did not give an ad
dress or phone number.
QUESTION - Robert
Finke, 4333 Green Valley
Rd., Seven Valleys, PA
17360, is trying to locate
plans for a playhouse cab
oose available years ago.
The caboose measured
about 14-feet long, 6-feet
wide, and 9-feet high.
ANSWER In answer to
A.L. Hoover’s request for
the old-style photo of the
children crossing the
bridge as an angel
watches, a reader said that
she has a 1930’s version to
sell. If A.L. Hoover is inter
ested, call (717) 665-5770.
Another reader also be
lieves she may have the
original version. Call (717)
838-9094 if desired.
ANSWER A reader
wanted to know where they
could find some Mountain
Spring and Incredible toma
to seeds. Thanks to a sub
scriber for writing that the
seeds are available from
the catalog called Totally
Tomatoes, P.O. Box 1626,
Augusta, GA 30903-1626.
Phone (803) 663-0016.
ANSWER - R. Stoltzfus,
6039 Wanner Rd., Narvon,
wanted to know where to
buy Fisher Price little peo
ple and the carts. Thanks
to Debra Ailgyer for writing
that Fisher Price pieces
can be ordered by calling
the Fisher Price Company
at (800) 432-5437.
for rural professionals, education
on preventing additional injuries,
and peer support groups. Since
1991, AgrAbility Projects have
provided assistance and accessi
bility solutions to over 11,000
farmers, ranchers, farmworker,
and their families.
For additional information
about National Farm Safety and
Health Week visit www.nsc.org/
farmsafe.htm.
Boxes
Welfare Rd., Leesport, cost is $3.
Childcare providers can earn
two training hours. A follow-up
hands-on sewing classes will also
be offered Oct. 15-16.
Call Sue Giachero at (610)
378-1327 for more information or
to register.