816-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 21,2003
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QUESTION - Arlene De
imler is looking for small,
stuffed goats or a pattern
for making them. Write to
her at 29 Edison Rd., Palm
yra, PA 17078, or call (717)
838-9094.
LEAD New York Class
Takes Trip To Netherlands
SYRACUSE, N.Y. Partici
pants in the current class of
LEAD New York, the renowned
food and agricultural leadership
program based in New York
State, have gained valuable in
sights from their recent week
long study trip to the Nether
lands.
The trip allowed the class to
study key issues that affect for
eign agriculture and food busi
nesses. The international study
tour is part of LEAD New York’s
two-year curriculum of seminars,
workshops, and field trips de
signed to cultivate the leadership,
managerial, analytical, and com
munications skills of program
participants.
“The objective of this study
trip was to relate the fundamen
tal issues of food safety, labor, en
vironment, trade, and energy to
the top six agricultural and food
industries in the Netherlands,”
said Larry Van De Valk, director
of LEAD New York. “In doing
so, we gained a new perspective
QUESTION - A reader
with a growing family is in
terested in buying good,
used 2-quart jars, regular
or widemouth. Please call
(717) 445-4149.
QUESTION - LaKee
Christman, Greencastle,
wants to know if there are
any places that buy and
slaughter tame rabbits in
the Franklin County area.
QUESTION - Al Lenkie
wicz, Hamburg, is looking
for information on a device
that attaches to the vehicle
exhaust and to a garden
hose used to kill ground
hogs in their burrows.
QUESTION - Marie Hix
son, Crystal Spring, wants
to know how to grow wild
rice. They live on a farm
with some wet areas that
she believes would be suit
able for growing rice. Any
one know where she can
find information?
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know what to
use to counteract blight on
red beets. The lebtfes look
like little trails.' When the
skin of th| leaf is lifted,
little maggots bre "In' ' : .l>e-.
‘tween. The leaves get
brown and die.
Glidewell, |loomibur|,
wants to know where to ,
find Flemish %iant rabbits -
in a fawn color.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to buy a copy of
the book, “A Corporate
Tragedy” by Barbara
Marsh. Call (610) 286-7093.
QUESTION - To the
reader who wants to buy a
on how the cultural and societal
conditions of a country can im
pact the food and agriculture
business in other countries, in
cluding the U.S.”
The group’s itinerary for the
week included a full schedule of
facility and agricultural opera
tion tours across the country per
taining to the Netherlands lead
ing food and agricultural
industries, including retail, food
processing, fresh market, dairy,
crop, fisheries, and horticulture.
Specific activities during the
week included stops at the Aal
smeer Flower Auction, the Albert
Heijn Supermarket, Do-It Organ
ic Foods, Unilever, and Heine
ken. Additionally, the partici
pants attended lectures given by
a number of foreign professionals
about a variety of topics that con
cern the international food and
agriculture industry.
One of the major benefits of
this week-long expedition was
being able to compare foreign in
dustry to the American food and
agriculture business.
used, size 6 cast iron skil
let in good condition. You
must include an address or
phone number so the per
son who has it can contact
you.
QUESTION - Eugene
Maute, 327 Asbury Ave., El
kins Park, PA 15027 wants
to know who sells thick,
clear, flexible plastic sheet
ing like that used to make
seat covers. Maute wants
to buy several yards.
QUESTION - Ronald
Bennett, 1870 Strong Rd.,
Victor, NY 14564, collects
1800’s farm tools and
wants to know where to
find bam hay cars and
trollies that run on wood or
metal rails.
QUESTION - Daniel Yo
nosh, Slatlngton, writes
that he would like to con
sult with a person who has
the knowledge and experi
ence to make proper set
tings on a John Deere
Model 246, 3 pt, 2-row corn
planter to plant corn. His
problem is knowing how to
maintain a consistent
planting depth over rolling
land. Call (610) 799-2536,
leave a message, and Yo
nosh will return the call.
QUESTION - C. Gut
shali, Carlisle, is looking for
proper cleaning instruc-
tions for,. printed cotton
seed sacra ' made In the
19405. She a|so would like
a Web site atjUiess th«t ef
fete informapndli'ilder
cotton and t^MPMlilfileed
Wm
brosor
tore,i
Allentown, NJ 08501,
ha# an old hand saw fllbr,
model 1200, mads by Bel
saw. He is missing the saw
clamps and clamp bars,
and Foley-Belsaw no longer
stocks parts lor it. If one of
our readers has these
parts, please write to let
him know where to get
them, or allow him to get
measurements so that he
can fabricate them himself.
For many of the participants,
the opportunity to spend quality
time with foreign professionals
made the trip a worthwhile and
unique experience.
“The most enjoyable part of
the trip for many of us was the
personal interaction we had with
the farmers and their families,”
said Steve Weir, vice president of
First Pioneer Farm Credit and a
LEAD New York participant.
“There are a lot of social differ
ences between Americans and the
Dutch, and our meetings with
these individuals helped to give
us a totally new perspective on
our industry outside of New York
and outside of the country.”
Since 1985, LEAD New York
has provided a platform for en
hancing New York’s food and ag
riculture industry through the de
velopment of new leaders. All of
the coursework is designed to im
prove each participant’s commu
nications skills, leadership abili
ties, issue analysis capabilities,
public policy knowledge, and
problem-solving techniques.
QUESTION - Alta Weav
er, Fredericksburg, bought
a used food dehydrator that
did not have an owner’s
manual with it. She won
ders if anyone knows
where she can get one.
Also she wonders if a dehy
drator has a fan, since this
model does not and it
seems to have a place for
one. It is a Bee Beyer’s
Original Food Dehydrator,
model number BB 5001. To
mail a manual or parts,
please write to Alta at 125
Blue Mountain Road, Fred
ericksburg, PA 17026 or
call (717) 865-7440.
QUESTION - If anyone
has an Amish Lieder writ
ten by Joseph W. Yoder,
copyright 1042 to sell,
please contact Elam M.
Ebersol, 558 Gibbons Road,
Bird-in-Hand, PA 17505.
Additionally, if anyone has
a "Fortune Years” by Aaron
Click to sell at a reasonable
price, please contact Eber
sol.
QUESTION - If anyone
has a copy of “The Beauti
ful Story: Golden Gems of
Religious Thoughts” by
J.W. Buel to sell please call
(717) 656-0457.
QUESTION - A reader
would like to know if there
are any classes for learning
to brald nigs in the area of
boyertown, Fleetwood,
Topton, or s,urrpi,inding
~ I H%y s bung,
an older
Oipque projector for en
lai||ing prepaying sppie
patterns., A smaller one
would wprk| she writes,
and wonderslf schools that
atf|» no longer using them
wppld make them available.
QUESTION - Valerie
Miller, Honesdale, wants to
ptlichase a pair of wool
carders in good condition
for a reasonable price. As
an inexperienced carder,
she also would appreciate
Training Sessions Offered On
Violence Prevention Skills
LEESPORT (Berks Co.)
Berks County Extension is offer
ing training for the ACT Against
Violence project that was devel
oped jointly by the American
Psychological Association (APA)
and the National Association for
the Education of Young Children
(NAEYC),
The framework for this project
includes a focus on the impor
tance of the early years for learn
ing how to prevent, handle, and
respond to conflict. For more in
formation visit the ACT Website
at www.ACTagainstviolence.org.
ACT (Adults and Child To
gether) includes training on four
skills important to early violence
prevention that can be used by
parents and early childhood staff.
The program will provide a
2-hour training on each of these
skills with an emphasis on apply
tips on carding and spin
ning wool.
QUESTION - A reader
wants to know what to use
on kitchen formica coun
tertops to preserve or seal
the formica to keep it from
wearing down, keeping
stains out and adding
shine.
ANSWER In response
to a question on recycling
small scraps of material, a
reader suggests three op
tions: contact art teachers
in local schools, give to
Scout troops for art proj
ects, and give to area Boys
or Girls Club.
ANSWER - Sara Maust,
Berlin, wanted to know
where to find five-year di
aries. Susie Nolt suggests
QVS Distributors in Missou
ri. Cali toll-free (800)
398-2494 for a catalog. An
other reader, Shirley Orfa
nella, notes that Good’s
store in Quarryville sells
them. The number is (717)
786-9028.
ANSWER - To the per
son who wanted to have
her oak tree removed, a
reader suggests contacting
Hoover’s Handyman Serv
ice, 1173 Reading Rd., Nar
von, PA 17555-9783.
ANSWER - To Cindy
Eshleman, who requested a
magazine article on mints,
Brenda Weidenhemmer
writes that an article,on
various mint plants, along
with planting harvest
Information, appeared in
keepers ’Hi Hdmi, :< V(Wdme
8, Fail 2000. The magazine
can be contacted at 2727
Township. ,R(fc f42lj * Sug
arcreek, OH 44681.
ANSWER - Kermit Laub
was looking for Lifebuoy
soap. Gladys Christian
notes that this pricey soap
is made in Cyprus and im
ported from England. One
retailer that carries the
original Lifebuoy soap is
The Vermont Country
Store. Their toll-free num
ber is (800) 362-8474.
ing the training to parenting or
group care situations.
Sessions are scheduled for
Tuesday, May 20 Discipline;
Tuesday, May 27 Anger Man
agement; Tuesday, June 3 So
cial Problem Solving; and Tues
day, June 17 Media Literacy.
Mimi Gavigan will be the
trainer for these sessions. She is
trained by APA and NAEYC to
provide this training. She has ex
tensive experience in early child
hood education, parent educa
tion, family counseling, and
family literacy.
The cost is $3 per session. They
will be conducted 7 p.m.-9 p.m.
at Berks County Ag Center,
Leesport. For more information,
call Sue Giachero at (610)
378-1327 or e-mail
slg237@psu.edu.