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AMERICAN EXPORT CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE, 



after loading, including whether or not the ship's hatches were left 

 uncovered during rainy, foggy, or damp weather; and the tempera- 

 tures encountered by the ship en route after the grain was loaded. 



AMERICAN CORN CERTIFICATED AS "nO. 2 CORN," "NO. 2 CORN, SAIL 

 GRADE," OR "prime (sAIl) MIXED CORN " EXAMINED IN EUROPE 

 DURING FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1906. 



Table I shows in detail the results of the personal examination of 

 thirty-four cargoes of corn upon their arrival during February, March, 

 April, and May, 1906, at eight of the principal European grain-receiv- 

 ing ports. These thirty-four ships carried an aggregate of 4,354,681 

 bushels and were loacled on various dates between December 28, 

 1905, and May 15, 1906, at seven of the principal Atlantic and Gulf 

 ports of the United States. 



Careful examinations and estimates of the corn on board those 

 ships showed that 526,192 bushels, or 12.1 per cent, were in a heating 

 or hot condition, 100 per cent heating or hot being reached in two cases. 

 The length of time the corn was in the vessels varied from thirteen to 

 forty-nine days. The percentages of dirt and foreign material varied 

 from 0.3 of 1 per cent to 3.8 per cent. The moisture content of the 

 cool corn varied from a minimum of 14.4 per cent to a maximum of 

 19.3 per cent. The percentage of moisture in the heating corn, where 

 such tests were made, varied from 13.8 to 21 per cent. 



Table I.— American corn certificated as "No. 2 Corn,'' "No. 2 Corn, Sail Grade," 

 or "Prime {Sail) Mixed Corn," examined in Europe during February, March, April, 

 and May, 1906, showing the quantity found heating or hot, etc. 



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No. 

 1 

 2 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 



n 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 



Quantity 

 examined. 



Bushels. 

 94,285 

 55, 714 



111,429 



209,829 



145,714 



51,942 



85,714 



232,882 



150,000 



85,714 



249, 963 



205, 994 



222, 754 



145,714 



166,415 



90,000 



43,085 



302,013 



34,285 



176,209 



147, 040 



Quantity found 

 heating or hot. 



Bushels. 

 6 3,600 

 1,785 







cl,785 



d 1,785 



e 40, 140 



(Slight.) 



c788 



f 17,865 



c4,810 



« 56, 000 



e7,140 



c 2, 500 



60 



6 900 



/ 90, 000 



6 c 360 



(Slight.) 







1,000 



6^2,462 



Per cent. 

 3.8 

 3.2 



.0 



.9 



1.2 



77.3 



.0 



.3 



11.9 



5.6 



22.4 



3.5 



11.2 



.0 



.5 



100.0 



Holds 

 occu- 

 pied. 



No 



.0 



.0 



.6 



1.7 



Date of 

 loading. 



1905. 

 Dec. 28 

 Dec. 29 



1906. 

 Jan. 4 

 Jan. 6 

 Jan. 13 

 Jan. 15 

 Jan. 16 

 Jan. 20 

 Jan. 23 

 Jan. 26 

 Jan. 26 

 Jan. 29 

 Jan. 31 

 Feb. 23 

 Feb. 23 

 Feb. 26 

 Mar. 1 

 Mar. 6 

 Mar. 12 

 Mar. 15 

 Mar. 30 



Days 



in 

 boat. 



Dirt and 

 foreign 

 matter. 



No. 



46 

 49 



35 

 35 

 31 

 33 

 22 

 28 

 24 

 22 

 32 

 29 

 27 

 19 

 15 

 26 

 14 

 22 

 46 

 19 

 15 



Per cent. 

 1.6 



.8 



.4 

 1.0 

 2.5 

 2.2 



.9 

 1.8 

 2.2 

 1.4 



.8 



.6 

 1.8 

 2.6 

 3.2 

 1.6 

 3.8 

 2.4 



.3 

 2.4 

 2.3 



Moisture 

 in cool 

 corn. a 



Per cent. 

 16.0 

 15.5 



14.4 

 14.6 

 16.7 

 19.2 

 16.6 

 17.2 

 18.2 

 18.0 

 17.9 

 16.8 

 17.9 

 16.8 

 17.9 

 17.5 

 17.5 

 17.5 

 15.0 

 17.9 

 18.8 



Moisture 



in heating 



corn. 



Per cent. 



13.8 



16.0 

 18.8 



16.0 



18.7 



18.5 



18.1 



18.3 



a Except where the entire cargo was heating or hot. 



6 Near propeller-shaft tunnel only. 



c Near engine or boiler room bulkhead only. 



d Near shifting boards in one hold. », ,i i, .^i 



e General, but worse near engine and boiler room bulkheads. 



/ In all places of stowage. 



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