30 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
loaded, it will be seen from the table that there was an average 
increase of 7.2 c. c. in acidity and an average decrease of 22.8 per 
cent in germination; 14.5 per cent in sound kernels and 1. 79 pounds 
in test weight per bushel. 
TaBuE 11.—Condition of the natural corn in hold 1 as loaded and the change in condition 
while the corn was in the vessel—samples taken in order in the hold, from top to 
bottom. 
[T 1, ete., represents samples in crossed-wire containers, fastened to resistance thermometers of the same 
numbers; *indicates not included in the averages.] 
Temperature. Mowe cons Acidity. Germination. | Sound kernels. eae 
Sam- 
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0 Ss : S : Ss 3 Ss P s 
: As dis- As dis- As dis- As dis- As dis- As As dis- 
load: charged. load charged. et charged. load charged. 1 charged.| loaded. | charged. 
“is FI || IEE Gis eles Gin Che: c.c. | P.ct.| P.ct. | P.ct.| P.ct. | Pounds.| Pounds. 
AO ee eek Se Oa 405i) |lsssebe BOC oul ese aye Ss su6 Boe 4 lees ee 47. 25 
“bab 54 102 | 18.8 16.2 | 17.9 27. 4 70 39 | 97.0 40. 4 52.75 50. 50 
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2 52 63 | 18.5 18.3 | 18.9 25.9 77 50 | 93.1 93.8 52.75 52.00 
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CY fe eee LOM eeecee WEG ee Bees AKG) |e oboe 29) eee Sot Slee eseeee 51. 00 
csillasaae 3 Ud: ||-eisee Ty OPN ee aan PR NN ae Brllae cone 927.675 =o eae 51.75 
49 54 73 | 18.3 18.0 | 19.1 24.1 66 75 | 94.4 95. 2 53. 50 53. 25 
T 4 51 69 | 18. 4 18.3 | 17.9 21.8 61 54 | 96.9 94.2 52.75 50. 75 
HO sessas GAn| tae iO) abe he PANS | eee OH) |lssesee Qas2h |e eeees 54. 00 
aS 54 59 | 19. 2 18.5 | 19.9 25.1 62 67 | 95.1 95. 6 53. 00 §2. 25 
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF THE NATURAL CORN IN HOLD NO. 2. 
Fully three-fourths of the corn im hold 2 became hot during the 
voyage. The greatest increase in the temperature of the corn was 
at the surface and the lowest at the bottom of the hold. The corn 
at the surface, when the ship reached port on April 5, was 148° F., 
that one-third down was 115° F., that two-thirds down 85° F., 
while that at the bottom of the hold had a temperature of only 50° F. 
These facts are shown in figure 19. 
The temperature of the corn in this hold was under 60° F., in all 
positions of stowage when loaded. By March 11, 8 days after the 
steamship seiled, the temperature of the corn near the surface, as is 
shown by the temperature record for thermometer 5, had increased 
to 73° F.; durmg the next 8 days the temperature increased 58° 
_and reached 131° F. on March 19; during the next 10 days to March 
29, the increase was more gradual, reaching 149° F. on that day, 
after which it remained practically stationary until the ship reached 
port, April 5. The corn located one-third of the distance down, as is 
seen by the temperature record for thermometer 5, had increased to 
68° F. by March 14, and to 118° F: by March 29, which was the maxi- 
mum point reached before the vessel reached port. The corn located 
two-thirds of the distance down, as shown by the temperature record for 
