Ida’s
Notebook
Ida Risser
When I get together with my
sisters, I hear about the trips they
have taken and the trips that are
planned. They go to the New Eng
land states for the fall foliage and
also take big bycycle trips. They
talk of the 500 miles they have put
on their bicycles. Of course, they
are all younger than I am.
It seems that Allen and I can
keep ourselves too busy right here
at home. He helps to fill silo, put
up new spouting and sometimes
he does tractor work too. I cook
meals, clean house and mend
clothes besides some church
work.
Yesterday I potted several pars
ley plants as I like some on the
kitchen windowsill for winter use.
And, I arranged the straw flowers,
that I raised, in a small basket with
some pretty leaves that I dried. My
eight kinds of flower bulbs are
stored and labeled. Although, I’m
sure that 1 would know them by
their shape in the spring when I re
plant them.
When I find the time, I reread
old letters that relatives wrote in
the early 1900 s. It is interesting to
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changed. No telephones and no
autos and so cards were sent and
trolleys used for transportation.
I’ve written a diary every day
since I was 17 years old. And,
would you believe it, I find it is
quite interesting to read about our
activities when our children were
young. How we managed all of
those 4-H meetings I do not know
as one or the other always had
something to do or a place to go.
As they say, it makes me tired just
to read about those years.
Today a busy day is when our
three grandchildren come and stay
with us for a while.
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Officers will be creating a new
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secretary Carol Ann Gregg, Grove
City; and treasurer Barbara Grum
bine, Myerstown. Past President
Pat Sueck, Arivillc will also serve
on the Executive Committee.
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The genetic correlation
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few terms before reviewing the
results of the research. Following
are the definitions;
Tenderness: The difficulty or
ease a trained taste panel has in
chewing a portion of steak. The
genetic component involves the
animal’s ability to marble, level of
calpastatin or enzyme activity,
and the amount and kind of con
nective tissue: whereas the envir
onmental component involves
cooking techniques and the
amount of aging to which the car
cass has been subjected.
Shear Force: Machine mea
sured pressure required to force a
shaft through a portion of cooked
steak.
Heritability: That portion of a
trait passed from parent to
offspring.
Marbling: The amount of fat
interspersed with the lean in the
rib eye muscle. The genetic com
ponent involves the steer’s genetic
ability to marble plus the environ
mental component involving how
he was fed and handled.
Correlation: The relationship
between two traits. The range in
correlations is from -1.0 to +l.O
with zero meaning no relationship
and 1.0 depicting a perfect
relationship.
a. Genetic Correlation: The
genetic relationship between the
genetic components of marbling
and tenderness.
b. Phenotypic Relationship:
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