812-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 6, 2003 1 ask % 0U This column is for read ers who have questions but don’t know who to ask lor answers. “You Ask—You Answer” is lor 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.EPHQLNPNEW- 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 junless 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 - Nancy Kring, a steady reader, wants an old quilt pattern called Double Wedding Ring. She has a newer pat tern that has smaller patches but would like to obtain the older version if possible. QUESTION - Sarah Stoltzfus, 1319 Tanning Bradford County Dairy Farmers Raise A Maze WYALUSING (Bradford Co.) - The Howard Family Farm is a fifth generation farm. Two generations keep the farm run ning today. But with the econo my today and with milk prices set, as they are it gets harder and harder to make a living. The Howard Family realized this and decided to try a unique path to make ends meet. They’ve gone and raised a maze! “The Maze was first intro duced in Utah in 1996 as the largest human-size cornfield maze in the western U.S. In 1997 there were three mazes in Utah and Idaho, in 1998 IS mazes in the U.S. and Canada and today over 140 mazes in the U.S., Can ada, Europe, and Mexico.” “The Maze has grown into a unique brand of good farmin’ fun that has appeal most obvious to families.” The maze is a new form of ‘agritainment’ for par ents, kids, grandparents and school groups, work groups, Yard Rd., Peach Bottom, PA 17563, wants to purchase a treadle sewing machine cabinet in any condition. Please write to her stating the price and condition. QUESTION - Jim Bow ersox, UtKz, has a stock cane with the name Bow er&Bower stamped on K. Can anyone identify the orgin of this cane? Perhaps it was a promotional item for an auctioneer or cattle company. Anyone with in formation, should mail it in as many of our readers are interested in livestock-re lated companies. QUESTION - Jenna Gil patric is looking for a source for sugarless chew ing tobacco. She got it from Fred Stoker and Sons. Jenna writes the company has automated and discon tinued their handpacked line of which the sugarless chew was part. QUESTION - Mary wants to know where to purchase brown sugar sub stitute called Brown Sugar Twin. She has used it in restaurants but can’t find it in stores. Mary lives in West Virginia, so perhaps, she should have a mailord er company address. QUESTION - S. Seller wants to know where to buy either a new or used alarm clock by Westclox Model 47544 called the Power Napper. QUESTION - Elia Ris sler, Port Trevorton, wants to know if anyone knows anything about a flower shop with the name “Lucy Wanner,” Ella has a minia ture basket of flowers, which she things might be an antique. Stamped on the bottom are the words: Lucy Pictured are members of the fifth generation farm of Howard Family Farms in Hornet Ferry standing in front of their first Corn Maze called How-A-Mazing. church groups.” People young and old can find this source of recreation that is fun for all ages, clean and educational and most of all unique. The Howard Family com maze is cut in a 13-acre cornfield on their farm that extends four miles long for the maze goers. The maze will have a tower in the Wanner, “flourel specialist in slicks.” Home and bridal, 949 Pleasant View Rd., Ephrata, PA 17522. QUESTION - Tim Cher rington, Kutztown, has a ferris wheel gondola seat for about 10 years. The auction company where he purchased H, told him the gondola is from Rocky Springs Amusement Park. The seat is melon-colored with side decorations, and in good condition. Cher rtngton would like to find more information on the history of the gondola, and also sell it. QUESTION - Roy Rout zahn, Clear Spring, Md., is looking for someone who knows where to buy pro cessed tobacco stems, leaves, or any tobacco scraps for farm use. Call (301) 745-3557. QUESTION - Ben Kin singer, Meyersdale, wants to know where to get an old Farmall M Kids pedal tractor, any condition. He also wants a John Deere 60 or other old kids’ pedal tractors. Also, wanted is a IHP IHC Mogul Gas engine for parts. QUESTION - Wilson Gorrell, Forest Hill, Md., is trying to find information on a single wheel, manual push-type seeder and where to buy the metal seed plates (especially for lima beans). No identifica tion plate can be seed and the planter is estimated to be 40-50 years old. The seed box is round and ap pears to be cast iron. QUESTION - In William sville, New York, outside of Buffalo, there is a former gas station/minimart of which Polly E. Mathys, Spring City, Pa. is part owner. She writes: “We are selling the ground, and the building will in all likelihood be torn down. In this build ing are store-type items such as display shelves, a walk-in cooler with five glass door fronts, and five 6-foot-long chest coolers (you know the kind you reach into in the store to center overlooking the maze staffed with a corn cop. For those who get lost and can’t get out, the com cop will assist them. Maze goers will find their way through the maze by searching for puzzle pieces that format into a map, which leads them to the end of the maze. Throughout the maze will be signs with information on get your Popsicle or what not). The buyer of the ground doesn’t want them and neither do we. But rather than get a certified refrigerant remover to come in and then trash all this equipment, we’re look ing for a food bank, a farm, a produce stand, or whoev er to come to Williamsville and claim these items. None of this stuff is new, but to our knowledge, it all worked the last time the electric tty was on.” Call PoHy at (610) 495-6185 for more information. QUESTION - L. T. Burke, Southampton, wants to know where to buy out door iron furniture from the 19608-1970 s that is in new or very good condition. He wants straight and rocking chairs. QUESTION - Naomi King, LttKz, wants to know where to purchase replace ment thermos lids with at tached spouts to drink from. They are the 2-quart Rubbermaid jugs with screw-on lids. QUESTION - Amy Marple, Mullica Hill, N.J., wants to know where to purchase Pride of Wiscon sin cantaloupe seed. Her father grew them in the 19505. The cantaloupe were of great size and ex cellent flavor, she writes. QUESTION - Bruce Nat tiess, Fleetwood, wants to know if anyone knows of a source to buy replacement tips for the cone on a Woodbuster PTO driven log splitter. Or, perhaps a read er has an extra one to sell. Call (610) 944-9162. QUESTION - Betty Jakum, Littlestown, wants to know where to purchase a gasoline-powered rotary lawn mower that cuts 18 inches or less to use for trimming. QUESTION - Diane Gray, 70 Damascus Rd., Blandon, PA 19510, wants information and bottles from the former Lebanon or Lebanon Valley Dairy. corn and other interesting agri culture facts. For the weary there will be a snack shop and seats as well as restroom to accommodate them. The Homestead on the “maze” farm was originally built and owned by Edward Hornet, one of the eight brothers. Just up the road one half mile stands the large house in which Charles Hornet Jr. raised his family of eight sons and one daughter, Theresa. Jonathan Hornet, one of the sons, who built the house on the upper farm, is the ancestor of the present family. Howards presently own three of the original farms and rent land on another. To welcome maze goers the Howards have created a welcome bam from one of their bam structures that will give the feeling of down-home country warmth filled with farm vegetables and fruits, gifts and crafts and local history for the tourists that decide to venture through the maze. QUESTION - Shirley Schwoerner, Wysox, writes that some time ago she had clipped an answer In this column from Joyce Rau benstine who told how to make creams from aloe vera. The instructions were unclear, and she asks if someone can tell her the exact amount of aloe vera to use. The directions she has are as follows: To pre pare a herb ointment or salve, crush the leaves of the aloe vera and mix with four parts melted fat (lard or shortening) and one part dry white wine. Heat gently for 20 minutes. Cool slight ly and strain. Shirley writes that her husband’s chronic back problem was aggravated during haymaking. She rubbed aloe vera leaves on his back, and it helped in stantly. He was amazed. It was a sloppy procedure, so they’d like to make the salve if possible. Shirley adds a bit of humor by writing that she can’t boil water without a 3x5 card, “so you can see my problem with the aloe vera (instructions).” 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 - Warren Glidawell, Bloomsburg, wants to know where to find Flemish giant rabbits in a fawn color. ANSWER - H.S., Hope well, N.J., is having a prob lem with the toilet sweating and dripping water on the bathroom floor during humid weather. Anyone have a solution for this problem? Thanks to Dick Herring, Kennett Square, who writes that a jacket or covering to cover the toilet can be purchased at a building supply store. Sweating is a common problem with commodes as well as the cold water pipes in humid weather. The Howard maze is the first for Bradford County and not only is this venture for the public to enjoy but an investment in their farm, a work of art and form of education on agriculture. The Howard’s designed their maze themselves but hired a pro fessional com maze cutter from Lee’s Summit, Missouri to come and cut the design using a GPS (Global Position System). Their design represents the farm’s Hol steins raised there as well as the milk industry. The Howard’s have named their maze “How-A-Mazing” rep resenting the maze and the How ard name. How-A-Mazing will be open to the public during the months of Sept. 6 through Octo ber. Groups are welcome by res ervation during the week by call ing (570) 746-1883 or email at: cornmazelol@yahoo.com. How-A-Mazing is located in Hornet Ferry, Wyalusing in Bradford County. Watch for signs along Rt. 6.
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