816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 18, 2003 I ask t ou 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 LGOOD.EPH@LNPNEW- S.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. However, if your question requires someone to mail items to you, you must include your address or phone number for pub lishing. QUESTION - E. Zimmer man, 600 B Grist Mill Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522-8908 wants to know if anyone has tracks for an electric train and clips to keep track together. Must be resonably priced. The box has the name Golden Flyer on it but the train is Union Pacific, brand-life like trains. QUESTION - Charles Mason, West Decatur, wants the words to the poem that talks about God having to choose the right parents for a special needs’ child. He does not know the author or the title. Any in formation would be helpful. QUESTION - Lydia Nolt, 309 N. Hershey Ave., Leola, PA 17540 wants McGuf fey’s Readers, which she remembers from her school days and would like to read again. QUESTION - Leona Belles, 205 Belles Rd., Orangeville, PA 17859-9120, needs the recipe booklet for her 6-quart Mirro 396 M pres sure cooker. Her book is al most 40 years old and has fallen apart. QUESTION - A. Kauff man, Honey Brook, wants to know a source for buying small hangers on which to hang doll clothes. QUESTION - Elton Horning, Middleburg, wants to know the value of a scythe with a cradle. Are there dealers to contact that might be interested in purchasing it? QUESTION - A reader wants to buy a used L shaped sofa. She wants to know the length of the smallest loveseat sofa manufactured. QUESTION - Ruth Mar tin, 337 E. Lexington Rd., Lititz, PA 17543, was given a diamond-shaped state flower and bird quilt kit to embroider. The problem is that 12 of the states are duplicates, and 12 are missing. Does anyone know how she could get another kit or the patches to sketch of the following states: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Rhode Island, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Louisiana, North Carolina, Massachusetts, New Hamp shire, and Michigan. She estimates the kit is 10-12 years old. QUESTION - Elam M. Ebersol, 558 Gibbons Rd., Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505, wants to purchase “Amische Lieder” song books with notes written by Joseph W. Yoder in 1942. QUESTION - Marlene Hurst, Ephrata, is looking for a reasonably-priced used book, “I Lift My Lamp.” Call (717) 733-8390. QUESTION - A steady reader wants to know where to mail order the fol lowing books: “McGuffy’s Speller,” and “Ray’s New Arithmetic,” by Joseph Ray. QUESTION - Alan Peas lee, 372 E. Veterans Hwy., Jackson, N.J. 08527, is looking for an operator’s manual and parts schemat ic for a Haban sickle bar mower, 4-foot blade, which was made by Haban Manu facturing Co., Racine, Wis. This is model 405 A, Series E, HMN No. 1216 made for a small lawn or garden tractor, using a %-inch square drive shaft that ran off the tractor PTO. Peaslee writes that he knows Haban Manufactur ing Company was sold to Agri-Fab about three years ago and is located in Sulli van, 111. But the new com pany only took on trailing other type mowers. The sickle bar type mower line was discontinued. QUESTION - Bill Rus sell, 3305 Enola Rd., Car lisle, wants to know if any one has any old glass motorcycle candy con tainers and any children’s series books from 1910-1916, which have pic tures of motorcycles on the cover such as “The Motor cycle Chums,” “The Big Five Motorcycle Boys,” or any similar book to sell. Call (717) 249-9312. QUESTION - Melvin Martin, Martinsburg, wants to know where to purchase parts for a Harvest Maid food dryer, model FDIOI. If someone has a machine that is not in use, the Mar tins are interested in pur chasing it at a reasonable price. Call (814) 793-4199. QUESTION - Christ L. Zimmerman, 533 Wentzel Rd., East Earl, wants to know if anyone has or knows of someone who has a wooden puzzle made from mini logs that are six inches long and one-inch square. QUESTION - Walter Glatfelter, Glen Rock, wants to buy a runner 36-inches wide of the old fashioned rainbow carpet. Call (717) 235-3585. QUESTION - Mabel Hoover, 172 Black Creek Rd„ East Earl, PA 17519 wants to buy the book “Fruit In His Season,” by Helen Corse Barney. QUESTION - Ben Kin singer, Meyersdale, wants to know if anyone has parts or knows where to find a crankshaft and flywheel for an antique one-horsepower Mogul gas engine or engine parts in any condition. Also wants a Maytag gas engine for parts. QUESTION - Elizabeth Weaver-Kreider is looking for a used spinning wheel. She is a beginning spinner and wants to purchase one for less than $2OO. Contact her at 202 S. Bth St., Co lumbia, PA 17512. QUESTION - Warren Glidewell, Bloomsburg, is looking for a source to pur chase pine butchering tar to scald hogs for butcher ing. QUESTION Warrren Glidewell, Bloomsburg, asks if anyone knows of something similar to bal sam of myrrh. QUESTION - S. R., New Providence, has an alumi num broiler fry pan. When a little water is added to the pan and the rack is used to warm things without drying them out, the water stains on the aluminum are practi cally black. Is there some thing to add to the water to keep the pan from turning black? QUESTION - Susie Hoo ver, 440 Gristmill Rd., New Holland, PA 17557, wants to buy a used pitch pipe in fair condition at a reasona ble price. She would also like a copy of the song that includes these words: “Oh take me back once more, back to the old homestead, back where the roses bloom, back to the old homestead....” QUESTION - Donna Earls, R. 3, Gillett, PA 16925, wants to know if anyone has cardboard or French Hand-Sewing By Machine Workshop LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.) Learn the basics techniques of French Hand Sewing by Machine at this Penn State Coopera tive Extension workshop. Learn the terminology of the tech niques, materials, and notions used to create beautiful items and construct a pillow top featuring fine laces, pintrucks and puf fing. This workshop will be conducted at the Farm and Home Cen ter, Lancaster, on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 9 a.m.-l p.m. The cost is $4O (includes kit containing fabric, laces, entredux, thread and mother of pearl button). The instructor is Kristi Elkner. Class minimum is four, maxi mum is 15. Instructor: Preregistration is required by Jan. 30. No refunds or cancellation can be made after the deadline. A supply list will be sent when registration is received. Call Penn State Cooperative Extension at (717) 394-6851 for registration inform ation. Cornell To Develop NFC Apple Juice For Leroy Project ROCHESTER, N.Y. IFF North America New York, Inc. (IFPNANY) President Herbert “Herb” W. Fiss has announced that Cornell University has agreed to develop a 100 percent NFC (not-from-concentrate) fresh apple juice to be processed at a proposed new IFPNANY juice plant in Leßoy, N.Y. Cornell food scientists will de velop NFC fresh apple juice, an exciting premium beverage that will serve as the signature prod uct for the new plant once it comes on line. The research will be conducted at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva and is ex pected to be completed by Janu ary. plastic covers for regular size milk bottles. QUESTION - A reader would like to know how to find the value of metal dol lhouses from the 1940 s and for dollhouse furniture from the 19305-19505. QUESTION - Ernest Noit wants information on how to make a bow and arrow to hunt deer. ANSWER - A reader in quired about a darning ball? Several answers were included in last week’s paper, but here’s a differ ent option. Madolin Ross writes that Herrschners Catalog Yarn Shoppe has an item called “Darn It” darning egg listed at $8.95 plus shipping. Toll-free number is (800) 441-0838. Elmer Smith, Linden, writes that a wooden sock darner can be purchased from Lehman Hardware and Appliances, Inc., Kidron, Ohio, for $5.95 plus ship ping. Phone (888) 438-5346. Also another reader writes that she is 69 years old. When she was 6 years old, her family got electrici ty in the house. From that time on, her mother used a blown-out light bulb as her darning ball, which worked better than a wooden darn ing bail. ANSWER - John Kline writes that he has wool fabric to sell in answer to Doris Wooleyhan’s and Irene Sticker’s requests. Write to him at 106 Jeffer son St., East Greenville, PA 18041. NFC apple juice is made by pressing apples for juice and then pasteurizing the product. The juice is filled and packaged into gable-top containers with spouts and sold in the refrigerated sec tion of supermarkets. “We’re excited to have the world’s most eminent food scien tists working on our behalf to de velop this revolutionary new product,” Fiss said. “The success of a New York NFC premium apple juice is expected to parallel the success the Florida citrus in dustry has enjoyed with its NFC orange juice.” “We are very excited to pro vide the technical expertise and innovation that will support the success of this project,” said Olga Padilla-Zakour, a Cornell profes sor and director of the NYS Food Venture Center at the Geneva Experiment Station. “New York has the most flavorful apples and we will use our knowledge and expertise to develop a safe process that will retain that great flavor in a pre mium refrigerated apple juice. This is a critical project that will benefit New York apple growers and will also create economic de velopment in Western NY,” she said. IFPNANY aims to open a state-of-the-art fruit processing plant in Leßoy, N.Y. that would create 300 new jobs and take in more than 3 million bushels of local apples every year. The plant would use patented technology that would make it a one-of-a kind facility in the U.S. Pittsford Capital Group of Pit tsford, N.Y. is serving as the in vestment bankers for IFPNANY, working to raise the $35 million needed to open the plant. Petzoldt Wins Service Award ITHACA, N.Y. Curtis Pet zoldt, who develops innovative programs for managing pests on New York’s 211,200 acres of veg etable farms, recently received a service award from Epsilon Sigma Phi, the national honorary Cooperative Extension fraternity. Petzoldt is the vegetable coor dinator and assistant director of the New York State Integrated Pest Management (NYS IPM) Program, which promotes non and least-toxic ways of dealing with pests. “When we give these awards, we look for people who are crea tive, who provide solid, trustwor thy information that anyone in the field can use with confi dence,” says David Hawley, the executive director of Cornell Co operative Extension in Rensse laer County.
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