32 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
kernels 23.4 per cent, and weight per bushel 49.52 pounds. This 
Was an increase over the condition, as loaded, of 15.7 c. c. in acidity, 
and a decrease in even numbers of 44 per cent in germination, 72 
per cent in sound kernels, and 4 pounds in weight per bushel. 
TABLE 12.—Condition of the natural corn in hold 2 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 5, ete., represents samples in crossed-wire containers, fastened to resistance thermometers of the same 
numbers; * indicates not included in the averages.] 
1 i 
Weight per 
Temperature. Moisture | Acidity. Germination. | Sound kernels.|. "yp y4 
content. 
ple { 
As 
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As dis- As dis- As dis- As dis- As dis- As dis- 
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ae CECE eee Ch. |0.C: c.c. |P.ct.| P.ct. |P.ct.| P.ct. |Pounds.| Pounds. 
5 55 148 | 18.6 18.9 | 19.7 . 0} 94. 
5 130 }s--.= 7 
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T 8 53 63 | 18.7 18.9 | 19.5 22.6 45 | 75 | 94.8 96.6 53.50 52.25 
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF THE DRIED CORN IN HOLD NO. 3. 
Hold 3 contained artificially dried corn, all of which, excepting a 
small amount along the bottom, became hot and badly damaged dur- 
ing the voyage. Even the corn along the bottom, although it did 
not get hot, was sour, moldy, and badly packed when discharged. 
The average temperature of this dried corn when it was loaded was 
about 15° F. higher than the average for the natural corn in the other 
four holds of the ship. In that part of the corn that was located 
away from the boiler-room bulkhead, the greatest change in tem- 
perature took place in the upper portion. The temperature of the 
corn near the surface increased 13° F. the first 17 days after it was 
loaded, after which the increase was more rapid, reaching 137° F. 
when the ship reached port, as is shown by the temperature record 
of thermometer 9 in figure 20. The temperature of the corn 
in the central part of the hold, about 4 feet under the surface, increased 
in about the same manner as the corn at the surface, but the tempera- 
ture was generally somewhat lower, having a temperature record of 
135° F. on April 7, as is shown by the readings for thermometer 11. 
The temperature of the corn stowed a little over half way down in 
the center of the hold increased but little during the first nine days, 
but from then on steadily increased until 107° F. was reached on 
April 8, as shown by the temperature record for thermometer 14. 
