82—Uinc«»t«r Farming. Saturday. September 6.1975
Twin Valley youths
win at Kutztown Fair
Tho annual Barks County
FPA Dairy and Livestock
Judging Contests and tractor
Driving contest was held
recently at the Kutztown
Fair. Dairy judging con*
testants placed four classes
of animals • a class of
milking shorthorns, a class
of aynhires, a class of
holstein sged cows, and a
class of holstein senior
calves. Michele Gladney R 3,
Kutztown, Kutztown FFA
Chapter, received first place
in this contest. Larry
Stoltzfus, R 2, Elverson, Twin
Valley FFA was second; Ken
Hidden damage to
tomatoes detected
by new methods
HONOLULU, HA. - Light
transmittance can be used to
evaluate internal damage to
tomatoes and may lead the
way to better tomatoes in the
market place, says John T.
Worthington, a U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA) horticulturist.
The non-destructive
technique, electronic infra
red light transmittance,
could be used to assess the
amount of internal bruising
in tomatoes that occurs in
each step of the marketing
process. The technique could
also be used to help tomato
breeders evaluate new
varieties for their suscep
tibility to damage, to sort
tomatoes for maturity and to
detect chilling injury in
tomatoes exposed to excess
refrigeration.
To test tomatoes for in
ternal damage, a special
instrument is used that
transmits light through the
fruit. The amount of light
passing through the tomato
indicates the density of the
fruit. Changes in density
indicate changes in the in
ternal structure caused by
bruising.
“Mechanical damage to
tomatoes is an additive
process from the time the
tomato is picked to the time
the consumer squeezes it to
determine quality. Often this
damage is not visible, but
internal and is an important
contributing factor to poor
tomato (Quality and flavor.”
said Mr. Worthington.
Damage to tomatoes can
occur at any stage in the
marketing porcess: during
picking and packing; in
loading and transit; and, in
Cattle Feeding
With more favorable
market conditions in the
cattle feeding enterprise, no
doubt many more feeders
will be moving into the area
this fall. We stress the merits
of buying fresh cattle, rather
than those that have been
hauled in and out of several
market places, in order to
get more profitable gains.
Also, we promote the
practice of segregating fresh
cattle from acclimated
cattle for at least three
weeks, because of the danger
of infectious diseases- they
should not be able to eat or
drink from the same con
tainers or to come into
contact with each others
Segregation and good
sanitation are still very
important in the livestock
business.
Sanner, R 3, Kutztown FFA
was third; Mike Miller. R 1
Temple, Oley FFA was
fourth; Norman Msnbeck,
Rl, Womeladorf, Conrad
Welser FFA was fifth; Craig
Grumbine, Rl Richland.
Tulpehocken FFA was sixth;
Jeff Miller, R 3, Kutztown,
Kutztown FFA was seventh;
George Carles. R 2. Bern.
Vi!l:, Tulpehocken FFA was
eighth; Jeff Bowers, R 4
Reading, Oley FFA was
ninth; and Mike Aikens,
Honey Brook, Twin Valley
FFA was tenth.
In the Livestock Judging
repacking for retail
customers. Once these sites
of damage can be deter
mined using the light
transmittance technique,
however, market specialists
of the USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service will be
able to evaluate tomato
handling practices and
determine the changes
needed to improve these
practices. This should lead to
improved fresh market
tomatoes.
' Mr. Worthington reported
findings before the 72nd
annua] meeting of the
American Society of Hor
ticultural Science here
today.
conteit. each participant
judged five classes - one of
breeding sheep, one of
market swine, one of
breeding swine, one of
Hereford steers, and one of
heavy weight market steers.
Ray Zimmerman, R 5,
Sinking Springs, Conrad
Weiser FFA won uil* con
test; Steve Davis, R 2,
Kutztown, Kutztown FFA
was second; Art Noas, R 3,
Wemenvilie, Conrad Weiser
FFA was third; Gail Fultz,
R 1 Birdsboro, Twin Valley
FFA finished fourth;
Richard Dietrich. R 2 Kutz
town, Kutztown FFA was
fifth; Earl Mogel, R 1 Bern
ville, Hamburg FFA finished
sixth; Cathleen Muth, R 1
Alburtis, Kutztown FFA was
seventh; Robert Deeds, Rl,
Birdsboro, Twin Valley FFA
placed eighth; Jan Oatman,
Rl, Honey Brook, Twin
Valley pfa ninth; and
Darrel Stoltzfus, R 2
Elverson, Twin Valley FFA
tenth.
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The Tractor Driving
Contest was won by Jeff
Miller, past Berks County
FFA President, from the
Kutztown FFA Chapter.
David Staaby, Conrad
Weiser FFA Chapter, placed
second; Jim Adams,
Hamburg FFA, tiniihed
third; Harvey Bltler, Twin
Valley FFA, was fourth;
George Carles, Tulpehocken
FFA, received fifth; Jim
Faust, Governor Mifflin
FFA was sixth; and Robert
Yanos, Oley FFA was
seventh.
The vocational exhibit
class was won by the Kutz
town exhibit entitled, Bossie
Goes Metric. Northern
Lebanon FFA received
second with their exhibit on
saving energy. Twin Valley’s
safety exhibit was third, and
Oley Valley’s tractor safety
exhibit was fourth.
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