14 AMERICAN EXPORT CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE. 



Table V. — The effect of stoumge on corn examined during the season of 1907-8. 



Location of heating or hot corn. 



In holds adjacent to 

 engine and boiler 

 room bulkheads and 

 shaft tunnels. 



Bushels. 

 177,170 



Per cent. 

 67.0 



In holds not adjacent 

 to engine and boiler 

 room bulkheads and 

 shaft tunnels. 



Total corn 

 found heat- 

 ing or hot. 



Btishcls. 

 86, 802 



Per cent. 

 32.9 



Bushels. 

 263,972 



Sea-damaged corn. 



Bushels. 

 310 



Per cent. 

 0.1 



COMPARISON OF THE MONTHS IN WHICH THE CORN WAS SHIPPED AND 

 THE QUANTITIES FOUND HEATING OR HOT ON ARRIVAL. 



Table VI shows the quantities of corn examined and the quantities 

 found heating or hot, arranged according to the months during which 

 the shipments were made. From this table it will be seen that con- 

 siderable quantities of the corn shipped during the winter months, as 

 well as that shipped during the spring months, or during the so-called 

 "germinating season," arrived in a heating or hot condition. The 

 highest percentage of heating or hot corn was found in the shipments 

 made during May. The next highest percentage was found in the 

 corn shipped during April, while the percentage found heating or hot 

 in that shipped during March was less than was found in the ship- 

 ments made during either January or February. The corn examined 

 which was loaded during October and November was to all appear- 

 ances "old crop" corn containing low percentages of moisture, none 

 of which was found "out of condition" or heating. 



Table VI. — Comparison of the months in ivhich the corn ivas shipped and the percentages 



found heating or hot on arrival. 



a The number of cargoes examined during the month in each case is shown. 



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