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14-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 9, 2002
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QUESTION - Leroy S.
Fisher, 167 Boiler Dr., Re
bersburg, wants to know if
anybody in Pennyslvania
sharpens cattle clipper
blades or could give him in
formation on where to pur
chase new or used sharp
ening equipment. Answer
will be printed in this col
umn for other readers who
may want the same inform
ation.
QUESTION - A reader
wants information on how
N.Y. Beef Industry Teaches Consumers How To BEEFlexible
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Each
year the New York State Fair ar
rives amidst a whirlwind of activ
ity, and this year was no differ
ent.
Penn’s Agri-Women
Plan Regional Meeting
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.)
Members of Penn’s Agri-Women
met for their annual meeting,
Oct. 24 for lunch and business
meeting. Jean Beck, president,
led the business meeting which
included election of officers, re
elected to serve for two years
were Jean Beck, Hamburg, presi
dent; Carol Ann Gregg, Grove
City, vice president; Naomi
Spahr, Lititz; secretary, and Gail
McPherson, New Park, treasurer.
Members of Penn’s Agri-
Women (PAW) planned their
part of the regional meeting of
the Signm Alpha Sororities of the.
to make a bow and arrow to
hunt deer.
QUESTION - S. D. has a
Conestoga wagon in need
of wheel repair. The wheel
has rotted away from the
iron rim and needs to be
replaced. Call (410)
374-6473.
QUESTION - Wade
Monn, Fawn Grove, writes
that The Maryland and
Pennsylvania Rail Road
Preservation Society of
Muddy Creek Forks, York
County, is looking for an
old Wayne 1920 gas station
pump, and one with a globe
which fills up to measure
the gas. The Society is also
looking for a Maytag square
tub washing machine with
a meat grinder attachment,
which is installed in place
of the wringer assembly.
These items are needed for
the general store at the
museum. Call (717)
382-9811.
QUESTION A reader is
interested in purchasing a
Welbuilt ABM 100 model
bread machine. Phone
(570) 644-2079.
QUESTION - David Sim
pler, Elkton, Md., has a
SATOH 550 G. He needs an
owner’s manual, a front
end loader, and ag tires. He
has SATOH Beaver and
needs a rototiller for it.
QUESTION - Joseph
Stoltzfus, Mechanicsville,
Md., wants to know if any
one has a good heavy old
fashioned bell for sell. He
also wants the Golden Rule
series reading books: “Wid
ening Horizons,” “Frontiers
to Explore,” "Paths to Fol
low,” and “Open Roads.”
QUESTION - Victor
Chmura, Pottstown, would
like to find out how to re
move stinging nettles from
his flower garden. A previ
ous home owner planted
several plants in the gar-
With a few changes in place,
the “Meals in Minutes” booth be
came the “BEEFlexible Everyday
Meal Solutions” center. A new
sign over the P&C meatcase, new
northeastern states that will be
conducted in State College
March 21-23. The Epsilon Chap
ter of Sigma Alpha of Penn State
University are hosting the meet
ing.
Both Penn’s Agri-Women and
Sigma Alpha are affiliates of
American Agri-Women, a coali
tion of agricultural organizations
across the United States.
PAW’s 2003 annual meeting
will be Oct. 23, 2003 at the Dau
phin County Agricultural Cen
ter beginning at 11 a.m. with a
potluck luncheon. •
den and now they’ve taken
over the whole plot. Burn
ing, bleaching, and herbi
cides have killed them for a
short time, but they keep
coming back stronger than
before.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know of a
mission organization that
could use manual typewrit
ers. Call (717) 426-3684.
QUESTION - A reader
would appreciate if anyone
has some Macomber ruta
baga seeds to sell. Or is
there a seed company that
sells them or another vari
ety that they have tried that
taste sweeter and milder
than Laurentian or Ameri
can yellow or American
purple-top (Golden Neck
less).
QUESTION - Lena
(Click) Lapp, 215 Old Wil
mington Rd., Coatesville,
PA 19320, would like to buy
a milk bottle with the in
scription “Click’s Dairy,’’
Smoketown, PA.
QUESTION A reader is
interested in purchasing a
large cream separator and
a butter chum capable of
making 40 pounds butter or
more per batch. Any in
formation on these would
be appreciated.
QUESTION - Raymond
Fisher, 531 Millheim Nar
rows, Rebersburg, PA
16872, wants to know
where to purchase a
2-gallon glass butter chum
Jar only with the opening
measuring approximately
5%-inches in diameter.
Also wanted is a small
scale milk Jugger (bottler).
QUESTION - A Millers
burg reader writes that he
has a cream separator
model 100LPS Delaval tin
with a missing float. He will
consider trading it for a
stainless steel bowl and
motor for another cream
separating unit that has the
two spouts and the sepa
rating discs. He has no idea
what model it takes but
writes that it is a good
chance it might be a Delav
al. Separating cone mea
sures 6V4-inoh in diameter.
The number on the cone is
3518895. Can someone
help or direct him to help?
artwork on the walls, and a huge
banner from Nebraska reading,
“Beef America’s Choice” com
pleted the look.
The New York Beef Industry
Council (NYBIC) was fortunate
to again have volunteers from the
American National Cattle W
omen, National Beef Ambassador
program, Nebraska Cattlemen,
and New York State to help with
the sampling efforts. During the
course of the fair the NYBIC
served 39,892 samples; 8,235
samples were served on Beef Day
alone. Additionally, the Ameri
can National Cattle Women con
ducted IS cooking demonstra
tions with two recipes each
session.
Beef Day is an eagerly antici
pated event, as local media and
beef producers join together to
promote the benefits of beef. This
year, Beef Day began with NY
BIC’s appearance on Syracuse’s
WIXT Daybreak Show. The
Write to 319 Minnich Rd.,
Millersburg, PA 17061.
QUESTION - Virginia
Conner, 246 Hartzler Dr.,
Belleville, PA 17004 is
looking for a Wooly Bully
Knitting Pattern of a child’s
pullover and beret cabled
to elbow that was sold as a
kit by Family Circle in 1990.
QUESTION Jean Ben
singer, 737 Summer Valley
Rd., New Ringgold, PA
17960 wants information
on how to make a kitchen
angel with tea towels and
the four to six-line poem
that goes with it.
QUESTION Anyone
have Lone Ranger books
written by Fran Striker to
sell? A reader requests that
you call (814) 349-5975 and
leave a message.
QUESTION - Lois Bod
ine, 112 Oak Village Park
way, Mooresville, N.C.
28117 wants to buy a paper
flour bag from about
1940-1950 with the inscrip
tion Ben Spence Flour,
Bird-in-Hand. The bag may
be printed with the name
Edward Spence, who
owned the mill before Ben
jamen took over.
QUESTION - Jene
Maute, Elkins Park, has
some old fruit trees, but is
moving away. She wants to
know what procedures fol
low in order to successfully
grow pear trees from the
fruit seeds.
QUESTION Gretchen
Ham, 247 Kinner Hill Rd.,
Pine City, N.Y., wants to
khow where to buy at a
reasonable price a used
Ashford Traveler spinning
wheel.
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 - 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 - Amanda
Fisher, Kinzer, wants to
“Beefman” shakes hands with younger beef consumers •
at the BEEFlexible Booth at the New York State Fair.
NYBIC brought in six different
steaks ranging from the Porter
house to the Top Blade and edu
cated consumers about steaks in
a variety of price ranges. At the
end of the segment, viewers were
shown the cut chart found in the
“Confident Cooking” brochure
and were told to come to the
knon how to get an instruc
tion book for a 16-quart
Peerless pressure canner.
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?
ANSWER - For the read
er who had wool to sell,
Michelle Good writes that
she braids wool rugs and
would be willing to make an
offer. Call her at (570)
837-0475.
ANSWER - Mrs. Zim
merman, Manheim, wanted
to know where the move
ments for a battery-operat
ed clock can be found in a
store or catalog. She needs
a new one for a Seth Thom
as wall clock. Thanks to
Pastor Philip Smith for rec
ommending Andy H. Weav
er, 16891 Farmington Rd.,
W. Farmington, Ohio 44491
or call 1-800-882-8799 and
request a free catalog. Dif
ferent movements and
clock faces are available.
Mary Ann Reich recom
mends requesting a catalog
from Cherry Tree Toys,
Inc., P.O. Box 369, Bel
mont, Ohio 43718. Or call
1-800-848-4363.
ANSWER - E. Martin,
New Holland, wanted to
know where a reasonably
priced heart-shaped waffle
iron can be purchased.
Mary Ann Reich writes that
she received one from her
husband a few years ago. It
is a Swift brand model TSK
-24H, which is not expen- ’
sive and she thinks is sold ,
at Cole’s or Wal-Mart.
ANSWER Dan Yonosh,
Slatington, wanted to know j
if someone is qualified to '
repair an old Elmo Regular ;
Bmm-Super Bmm dual;
movie projector, model FP-
A, or if someone has a !
Super Bmm movie projec- <
tor, any brand, in good con-;:
dRIon to sell. Thanks to"
Tom Hail, Boyertown, for;
providing instructions on.
how to check for various
projector malfunctions. His
experience and knowledge
solved Dan’s problem. Tom
also has regular Bmm and
super Bmm projectors for
sale. Call (610) 367-7210.
State Fair and visit the NYBIC’s ’
booth to obtain a free copy. s
Beef Day ended with a contin
gency of Beef Ambassadors and '
NYBIC staff marching in the pa- ;
rade. Beefman visited with chil- ?
dren, while the National Beef?
Ambassadors handed out Beef- •
man Activity Books. ... .A