812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 5, 2003
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lishing.
QUESTION - Julia Del
pino, 962 Martin Road,
Needmore PA 17238, is
looking for information on
diatomaceous earth (DE).
Does DE work well enough
to be used as the sole
wormer in sheep, beef, cat
tle and dogs? How often
should it be used? Does DE
irritate animals’ digestive
Farm Women Scholarship Winners Selected
JOYCE BUPP
York County Correspondent
GLEN ROCK (York Co.)
Fourteen $l,OOO scholarships for
advanced studies in home man
agement or agriculture fields
have been awarded by the Penn
sylvania Society of Farm
Women.
Holly Ann Binkley
Jessica Latham
tracts? Is any age to young
to treat with DE? Can DE
be fed free-choice or mixed
with loose minerals? If so,
at what rate? How can one
ensure that all the animals
are eating it? If DE kills
worms and eggs, will pas
tures eventually become
worm-free?
QUESTION - R.W. Main
is searching for a book title
“Slim” by William Haines.
The book is about the
electrification of the Pen
nsy Railroad in the early
19305. You can call Hain at
(717) 776-7929.
QUESTION - Bill Rapp,
6 Rosedale Terrace, Holm
del, NJ, is looking for a
place to buy a strong,
wooden replacement han
dle for an old coal shovel.
The handle is about 43
inches long and IVz inches
in diameter.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know how to get a
skunk out from under an
enclosed porch. Also inter
ested in learning how to be
rid of skunks in general.
QUESTION - Mrs. Mel
vin Stoltzfus, 128-A Geist
Rd. Lancaster, PA 17601, is
interested in buying a new
or used butter churn.
QUESTION - A reader
from Kirkwood is looking
for a whitewash formula to
whitewash an old board
fence.
QUESTION - Mrs. Henry
King is looking for an old
book titled “Ishmael” about
a young boy who grew up in
poverty and was raised by
an aunt. You may contact
Mrs. King at 1061 Osceola
Rd., Drumore PA 17518.
QUESTION - Anna Byler
requests a poem or song
“We are able to award schol
arships due to the continuing
sales of our state society cook
book,” says Naomi Bupp, Glen
Rock, who coordinated compiling
the popular cooking volume first
published in March, 1991. The
cookbook is now in its twelfth
printing, and its receipts have en
Derick Bollinger
Emme Mellott Michelle Miller
Timothy Crouse
about a young girl who,
after being told by her
mother to dress warmly,
goes out wearing only a
thin shawl and freezes.
Send the words to Anna
Byler, 92 Sunnyhill Lane,
Belleville PA 17004.
QUESTION - Rachel
Fisher, 44 Furnace Rd.,
Quarryville PA 17566, asks
where she can find plates
for her Keen Kutter hand
grinder, number 22.
QUESTION - Henry King
wonders if anyone knows
the rest of the words to the
song that .goes: “If I could
see the world through the
eyes of a child, what a
wonderful world it would
be.” Contact him at 1061
Osceola Rd., Drumore PA
17518.
QUESTION - D. Peters,
Bethlehem, asks where he
can find curly maple ve
neer. He needs two
3xlo-inch pieces. Call (610)
866-3399.
QUESTION - A reader
wants instructions to make
baskets out of Christmas
cards. Since the directions
are too complicated to
print in this column without
diagrams, someone will
need to mail the instruc
tions directly to Girvin Ann
Wainwright, 512 Wain
wright Rd., Punxsutawney,
PA 15767.
QUESTION - Richard
Laughman, Chambersburg,
wants to know where a
Sony Superscope reel to
reel tape player can be
fixed.
QUESTION - Bill Ben
nies, Hamburg, N.Y., wants
the address of Karin Bucan
who does heirloom garden
ing. He and his wife are
newcomers to heirloom
gardening and would like to
talk with Karin.
QUESTION - A reader
wants the words to a song
she heard years ago. She
remembers these words:
“The cyclone appeared, it
darkened the air, the light
ening flashed dark ore the
foam. The children all
cried, don’t send us away.
But let us stay here with
y0u....”
abled the Farm Women to award
more than 97 scholarships over
the last decade.
Farm Women members have
traditionally contributed to a
scholarship fund through their
state dues, with 40-cents of each
dues paid earmarked for youth
education. With funds generated
from the cookbook sales, the So-
Thomas Ferguson
Kevin Pfantz
Also, she wants the
words to another song: A
small boy asked the store
keeper about calling his
mamma in heaven. “My
child the merchant mur
mured as he stroked his
anxious brow. Go call Him
up and ask Him where your
mother lives right n0w....”
QUESTION - Ernest
Martin, 5427 Division High
way, East Earl, PA 17519
wants any calendars, wall
plaques, and other adver
tising items printed with
Harry M. Good, East Earl.
The dry goods store was
started on his grandfather’s
farm in the late 1950 s and
later the name was
changed to Good’s Store.
Call (717) 355-2074.
QUESTION - Gideon L.
Stoltzfus, Gordonville,
wants a Champion juicer
with a burned out motor.
He wants to mount one on
an air motor. He also wants
a Vitamix blender that is in
good shape except for the
motor.
QUESTION - Pat Hart
man, Ligonier, wants to
know where to find balsam.
She remembers seeing the
answer in this paper but
lost the address. She wants
the answer repeated for
what balsam is and where
to get it.
QUESTION - A reader
wants a good used copy of
the book “What Katy Did
Next” by Susan M. Cool
idge. Call (814) 275-1689.
QUESTION - C. Chel
sney, Martinsburg, wants to
buy parts for a hydramac
12 c skid. Call (814)
793-3160.
QUESTION - A. Mary
Nolt, New Holland, wants to
know the value of a Zenith
egg grader scale and what
antique dealers are inter
ested in items such as
these.
QUESTION - E. Rissler,
Mohnton, had a Canon
Starwriter 300 with inlget
printing (1995 model) word
processor that he liked but
it broke and cannot be
fixed. Does anyone have a
used one to sell to him. He
ciety was able to double the origi
nal scholarship level of $5OO per
individual to $l,OOO. Eligibility
for the scholarship is limited to
children or grandchildren of
Farm Women Society members,
for studies at accredited schools
and universities.
Scholarship winners for this
year are from Berks, Franklin,
Emily Grove
Barbara Reichard
would be willing to consid
er another brand if it has
an inkjet printing system.
Call (717) 484-0515.
QUESTION - David Dis
eroad, Lineboro, Md.,
wants to buy a used home
milk pasteurizer and cream
separator in working condi
tion. Call (410) 239-6211.
ANSWER - To the Quar
ryville reader who wanted
to know where to get slot
cars that are used on
electronic race tracks, a
reader writes that they can
be found at Jay’s Race
Place, 22 Tuckahoe Road,
New Castle DE 19720;
phone (302) 322-0948;
Website www.jaysracepla
ce.com.
ANSWER - For Amos
Beiler, who requested the
Reader’s Digest article Five
Men Against the Sea: Ema
nuel Lentz, 5891 Meadville
Rd., Narvon PA 17555,
writes that he has the issue
and Beiler is welcome to it.
ANSWER - To Debbie
Mullinix, who wanted to
know how to clean a cop
per apple butter kettle,
Sanford and Thelma Landis
suggest scrubbing with
steel wool and vinegar.
Oven cleaner may also
work. Miriam Ruhl writes
that Stanley Home Prod
ucts sells a product called
Copper & Brass Polish. You
can request free catalogs
or purchase it from Ruhl by
calling (717) 653-4416.
ANSWER - To Larry
Lassak, who requested in
formation on where to pur
chase a good used golf cart
to get around on the farm
and wondered if there are
any organizations to assist
disabled farmers: Lawrence
Stratton writes that Las
sak’s local cooperative ex
tension office or extension
agent can provide materials
to modify equipment and
provide engineering advice.
Editor’s note: The local
Farm Service Agency office
should also be able to help
Lassak connect with AgrA
bility, a USDA program to
assist disabled farmers.
Lancaster, Lebanon, Somerset,
and York counties, pursuing col
lege majors ranging from home
management and economics to
veterinary science.
For additional information on
the Pennsylvania Society of Farm
Women scholarships, contact
Naomi Bupp, 1541 Woodland
Road, Glen Rock, PA 17327.
Karen Grubb
Amanda Scott
Sarah Krall
Tara Zimmerman