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The main objection which is made to the divided belt system is that the first four women get careless and throw unsound tomatoes into the center partition and they are never looked at again. However, if care is used in the selection of these women, and a reliable sorter is placed at the end of the belt to inspect the center partition before it leaves the belt, such carelessness can be checked and held down to a minimum. Another objection that is advanced is that there is the possibility of partly good tomatoes going into the waste barrels due to the fact that the women might not always keep up on them. In my experience with the system I have had practically no trouble in this regard. If a long belt is used, as many trimmers as desired can be put on, and the belt can be slowed down or the rate at which it is fed slowed up if the tomatoes are running particularly bad. Then, in extreme cases, it is always possible to have someone go over the waste barrels before they are dumped.

An average grade of tomatoes can be handled quite rapidly by the divided belt system. Some packers who have used it several seasons like it very much, and an analysis of their product will generally show a low count of molds, yeasts and spores, and bacteria. I understand, also, that other packers that have used the method have discarded it.