AMERICAN EXPORT CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE. 



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CARGO A/C/AfBCR. 



Fig. 3.— Diagram showing in chronological order the cargo number of each shipment, the months during 

 which sliipments were made, the percentages of moisture in the corn, and the percentages of corn found 

 damaged in each cargo on arrival in Europe during the remainder of the season of 1906-7. 



AMERICAN CORN CERTIFICATED AS "nO. 2 CORN," "nO. 2 CORN, SAIL 

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

 DURING JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1908. 



Table III shows in detail the results of the personal examination 

 of fift^'-three cargoes of American corn on their arrival at European 

 ports during the months from December, 1907, to May, 1908, inclu- 

 sive. The fifty-three cargoes contained an aggregate of 4,124,955 

 bushels, of which 264, 2S2 bushels, or 6.4 per ceii^, were found to be 

 in a heating or hot condition. 



The corn was loaded in the United States on various dates from 

 December 17, 1907, to May 1, 1908. The corn in twenty-four cargoes 

 arrived in an entirely cool condition throughout, while that in twenty- 

 nine cargoes was found to be more or less heating or hot, 100 per cent 

 heating or hot being reached in only one case. 



The moisture content of the cool corn in the cargoes varied from 

 14 to 20 per cent. The dirt and foreign material varied from 0.3 of 1 

 per cent to 12.3 per cent. Of the total of 264,282 bushels found to be 

 heating or hot during the period, 177,170 bushels, or 67 per cent, 

 were located in the holds of the ships next to the engine and boiler 

 rooms or over the propeller-shaft tunnels. The remaining 86,802 



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