18 AMEEICAN EXPORT CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE. 



the certificates of inspection accompanying these shipments to indi- 

 cate that the corn had been artificially dried. During the season 

 1907-8, 1,299,075 busliels of such corn were examined on arrival 

 and 54,314 bushels, or 4.1 per cent, were found to be in a heating 

 condition. 



None of this so-called ''dried" corn which arrived cool showed a 

 moisture content of less than 15.2 per cent, wliile some of the cool 

 corn contained as high as 19.4 per cent of moisture, and the corn 

 found heating in the various cargoes was quite evenly distributed 

 from that containing the lowest to that containing the highest per- 

 centage of moisture, showing that the partial drying of corn con- 

 taining high percentages of moisture so disturbs conditions as to 

 cause it to be generally unsafe for ocean shipment. 



THE GRADES OF " STEAMER," AND " NO. 3 CORN." 



Aside from the better grades of corn heretofore considered consid- 

 erable quantities of the lower grades of "Steamer" and "No. 3 

 Corn" were examined, but the data relating thereto are not included 

 in the tables or diagrams. 



Of this corn 51,428 bushels in two cargoes, which were loaded and 

 shipped in January and February, 1908, and the voyages of which 

 consumed 17 and 20 days, respectively, showed a moisture content 

 ranging from 19.2 to 22.5 per cent, an average of 19.8 per cent. 

 The corn was stowed in holds free and away from boiler or engine 

 room heat, and no heating or hot corn was found in either cargo. 



HEAT-DAMAGED CORN ARTIFICIALLY DRIED. 



Several shipments or parcels, amounting in all to 79,847 busliels of 

 badly discolored heat-damaged corn, sometimes known as "ma- 

 hogany," which had been artificially dried before shipping, w^ere also 

 examined in Europe. These shipments bore certificates as "rejected 

 corn," "dried," and the data relating thereto are not included in 

 the tables and diagrams. The moisture content of this corn varied 

 from 13.2 to 17.4 per cent. Such corn is used almost entirely for 

 distilling purposes on the continent of Europe. 



EXPORT CARGOES OF WHEAT. 



Several cargoes of wheat which were exported from the Atlantic 

 and Gulf ports of the United States were also examined on arrival in 

 Europe, and many complaints, some of which were verified, accom- 

 panied by samples and data, were submitted to the writers. These 

 complaints were largely centered about shipments of hard winter 

 wheat from the Gulf ports, which were, in some cases, received in 

 Europe in a badly heating and damaged condition, due to an excess 



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