‘CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 35 
The effect on the corn of the heat generated in the boilers is shown 
further by the temperature records of thermometers 19 and 20, which 
were located against 
the upper part of the 
bulkhead, 19 opposite — 10 2244" e4"v periieteae baba TEEPE E eet | | ee 
the boilers and 20 ten 1° 
feet away opposite a0 
ventilated coal bun-_ ,, ry] fo 
ker,asshownin figure 7 
MARCH APRIL 
2 4 6 8 10 1 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30V1! 7 
22. ‘Thermometer 19 ERCGCCEORRBERE 
registered an increase ,''° OT RN Oe ere bene Bae 
of 17° F. the first two ¥ 00 Tt 3 
days after the corn &* = 
wasloaded,whilether-  § LI 
mometer 20 registered §& ,, a 
anincrease of only 1° = *& : 
F. during this time. welapreeriekdwlr Pet declare Pyne 
Thermometer 19 reg- °° 
istered a higher tem- 7 L 1 eee 
perature than ther- Th ALLER Téidesled 
mometer 20 during = «0 Sa S 
the whole voyage. ms CEAN VOVAG F 
Thermometer 19 r €2- Fig. 21—Hold 3: Temperature records showing the effect of boiler 
istered over 100° F. heat on the temperature of corn. (Cargo No. 2.) 
from March 16 to March 26, after which the temperature steadily 
dropped until April 
2, when steam was 
again generated in 
the donkey boilers, 
the heat immediately 
affecting the temper- 
a i ature of the corn, 
AW voyraGe tt Eee which increased 22 
degrees in four days. 
VIEW HOLD*3 On April 6 the corn 
surrounding ther- 
mometer 19 had a 
temperature of 106° 
F. as compared with 
a temperature of 
but 59° F. for the 
corn surrounding 
GTECL BULKHEAD 
SHITTING BOARDS 
COAL BUMKER 
4 
PLM Viren 
Fic. 22.—Hold 3: Temperature records showing the effect of boiler thermometer 20. 
“ ste ore . % Cargo No, 2. “414 . 
heat on the temperature of corn. (Cargo No, 2.) It will be seen in 
Table 14 that the corn surrounding thermometer 19, opposite the 
donkey boilers, underwent by far the most deterioration. Sample 
