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Table I. — Average daili/ temperdtnrrs in trdiuped (ind vntmiiiprd need cotton and average 

 daily temperature (°V.) and relative humiditi/ outdoors and in storage bin, October 5 

 to November 17, 1912. 



The fluctuations in tomporaturo in both tramped and untranipod 

 cotton were so slight that it is evident that practically no heating 

 took place. Bulbs 1, 2, and 3 were in tramped cotton, pile 1. Bulb 1 

 reache<l its maximum temperature, 74.6° F., on October 15, 10 days 

 after the cotton was place<l in the pile, a rise of only 5.3 tlegrees. 

 From this date there was a gradual subsidence except during the last 

 10 days, when there were slight fluctuations, the total decUiie amouut- 



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