CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 
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sample No. 42, taken from the corn about a foot from the port tunnel, 
had a temperature of 45° F., and an 
acidity of only 19c.c. Sample No. 48, 
which was taken from the same height 
in the corn, but half-way between the 
tunnel and the outside of the hold, had a 
temperature still colder, 32° F., and an 
acidity of only 18 c.c. Table 19 shows 
the total range in each factor and condi- 
tion of the corn by holds as loaded and 
as discharged. Table 20 shows the con- 
dition of each sample taken from the corn 
as it was being loaded and the condition 
of each sample that was taken from the 
corn as being discharged. ‘The correla- 
tion of temperature changes and changes 
in condition of the corn is illustrated in 
figure 31. 
CARGO No. 4. 
Cargo No. 4 consisted of 197,142 bush- 
els of natural corn. The corn was loaded 
February 20 and 21, 1911. The vessel 
sailed February 22 and arrived at Brem- 
erhaven on March 8, where the corn was 
discharged March 9 to 16. The length 
of the ocean voyage was 14 days. The 
maximum time that any of the corn was 
in the vessel was 24 days and the average 
time 20 days. 
STOWAGE OF THE CORN. 
The steamship had six cargo holds, as 
is shown in figure 32. Hold 3 was en- 
tirely filled with corn, and the remaining 
holds were only partly filled’ with corn. 
The vessel had two shaft tunnels running 
through the bottom of holds 4, 5, and 6, 
neither of which tunnels carried steam, 
pipes and both of which were ventilated. 
CONDITION OF THE CORN AS LOADED. 
The condition of the corn as loaded 
is shown in Tables 21 and 22. The 
averages for the various factors of the corn as loaded were 
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TOP OF CORN 
The heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn as discharged. 
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Fic. 32.—Diagram showing arrangement of the steamship and stowage of the cornin the holds. 
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