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18 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The detailed analyses of the samples taken from the corn as dis- 
charged are shown in Table 4 and the average condition of each lot 
of corn as discharged is shown in Table 5. 
TABLE 5.—Average condition of the four lots of corn as discharged in Denmark. 
Mois- Dirt | ity 
Tem- : 5 Badly | Weight 
Ki ture | Acid- | Germi-| Sound} and r 
dof corn. 5 Hold. | pera- con- ity. |nation.|kernels.| foreign brokers Hesse: 
ture. | tent. matter. 
°F. | Perct.| c.c. | Perct. | Per ct. | Per ct. | Per ct. | Pounds. 
if 96 19.1 Sos 42 AG a ra 50.7 
” 2 96 19.4 33.5 29 4. 3 : 50.2 
Natural “Central””..........- 3 90| 19.7] 34.6 35 | 50.9 5 3.5 49.4 
4 1146 17.8 49.5 0 0 -2 4.8 48.5 
Total natural ‘“Central”’_....]..-.2.2 195 19.4 35.0 33 54.9 6 4.0 49.9 
Natural “Southwestern”. ... 3 78 15.7 24.7 70 96.9 8 5.4 52.5 
Motal dried “{Av7E- 4-2 = tS 4 80 16.4 27.8 48 92.4 9 ate 51.3 
Qotaltdried B72 ss as ee 4 119 | 215.7 40.8 4 17.4 .9 5.7 50.8 
1 Sample 108 not included. , 2 Sample 111 not included. 
Fie. 9,—Mcisture from heating corn escaping from a ventilator and from an open hatch at the end of the 
: voyage. (Cargo No. 1.) 
It will be seen from Table 4 that the natural ‘‘Central” corn which 
had an average moisture content of 18.7 per cent and an average 
acidity of 26.6 c. c. at the time of loading, was badly damaged in 
the upper part of all holds at the time of discharge. The corn was 
hot, discolored, very sour, and badly affected with molds. As is 
shown in figures 3 to 6 and Table 4, the degree of damage, as well 
as the temperature of the corn, gradually decreased toward the bot- 
tom of the holds, where the corn was not discolored, but was notice- 
ably sour and more or less affected with molds. The damaged and 
packed condition of the corn in the upper part of holds 1 and 2 at 
