CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 21 
The dried corn was stowed in hold 3, and the natural corn in holds 1, 
2A and 5, 
Holds 1 and 2 were located free from the ship’s machinery; hold 3 
was located just forward of the boiler room; hold 4 was located just 
aft of the engine room in the bottom part of which was the shaft 
tunnel, which also extended through the bottom of hold 5. 
TABLE 9.—Range in the principal factors showing quality and condition of the corn as 
loaded and as discharged by holds. 
[Holds 1, 2, 4, and 5, natural corn: hold 3, dried corn.] 
: . Weight 
Tempera- | Moisture ss Germina- Sound 5 
Hold. ture. content. | Acidity. tion. kernels. gee 
bushel. 
Hold 1: oF: Per cent. Cac Per cent. Per cent. | Pounds. 
PAS MGAC CUS tee a nn a5 oS 51.0- 54.0 18.3-19.2 | 17.9- 19.9 61. 0-77.0 93. 1-97. 0. 52. 8-53. 5 
es ies discharged......-...-.-- 59.0-110.0 | 16. 2-43.6 | 21.8- 65.7 0-75.0 0-95.6 | 46.3-54.0 
old 2: 
os JSG 120 pe eee i ee 53.0— 60.0 18. 5-18.7 | 18. 7— 19.7 45. 0-78. 0 94. 7-95. 6 53. 5-53. 8 
= a discharged..-...-.- ce Sas 58. 0-148. 0 17. 6-34.6 | 20.8- 75.5 0-78. 0 0-96. 6 44.0-52.8 
te) 
LSTSs ie eS Ee Sees 65. 0- 74.0 15. 2-15.8 | 20.4— 24.1 | 34.0-61.0 85. 0-96. 5 54. 0-55. 0 
~ a Ussenareed= a. + --- =. eee 74. 0-155. 0 13.0-54.6 | 23. 5-110. 8 0-43. 0 0-93. 7 45. 3-54.0 
old 4: 
PSMA EM Sone oe eee core 52. 0- 60.0 18. 5-19.5 | 18.5- 24.6 58. 0-77. 0 92. 7-97. 5 52. 0-54. 5 
a ae discharged ..---.-.------ 59.0-135.0 | 13.6-48.1 | 21.1- 83.9 0-69. 0 0-96.0 | 48.3-53.5 
ol 
AS losned ee 224 5.22..22. 3 53.0— 55.0 18. 3-19. 2 | 19.5- 22.4 62. 0-75. 0 90. 3-95. 9 52. 5-53. 8 
WES @ISCHATPER =o. +- base 61.0-140.0 | 11.1-18.7 | 23.1- 31.3 0-61.0 0-95. 7 47. 8-52.0 
CONDITION OF THE CORN AS LOADED. 
The condition of the natural and dried corn was quite uniform 
throughout in each lot at the time of loading, as is shown in Table 9, 
but there was considerable difference in the average condition of the 
two lots. It will be seen in Table 10 that the averages for various 
factors in the natural corn as loaded were as follows: Moisture content 
18.8 per cent, acidity 19.8 c. c., germination 66.3 per cent, sound 
kernels 94.7 per cent, and weight per bushel 53.39 pounds; while the 
averages for the dried corn were: Moisture content 15.5 per cent, 
acidity 21.9 c. c., germination 43.2 per cent, sound kernels 93.5 per 
cent, and weight per bushel 54.42 pounds. Comparing the two lots, 
it is seen that the natural corn was the better in that it had a lower 
average acidity by 2.1 c. c., a higher average germination by 23.1 per 
cent, and more sound kernels by 1.2 per cent, but was poorer in that 
it contained on an average more moisture by 3.3 per cent and a 
correspondingly lower weight-per bushel by a little over one pound. 
TEMPERATURE CHANGES DURING THE VOYAGE AND CONDITION OF THE CORN AS 
DISCHARGED. 
The first temperature readings of the resistance thermometers were 
made March 1, and thereafter each day that the weather permitted 
until April 6, the day after the steamship arrived in Denmark. In a 
few instances the readings were continued until April 15. 
