CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 
tested 28.3 c. c. in 
acidity and germi- 
nated 36 per cent, but 
sample No. 3, taken 
from still lower in the 
hold, had a tempera- 
ture of 63° F., and 
tested 30.8 c¢. c. in 
acidity, with a germi- 
nation of 34 per cent. 
Sample No. 26, taken 
from the upper part 
of the corn that was 
not heat discolored, 
had a temperature of 
85° F., tested 38.7 ¢. ¢. 
in acidity, and germi- 
nated 24 per cent. 
The temperature of 
the corn in hold 2 as 
discharged ranged 
from 142° F. in the 
heat-discolored corn 
in’ the upper part of 
the hold to 61° F. 
in the lower part of 
the hold, as shown 
in figure 36. All of 
the corn in the up- 
per part of the hold 
was heat-discolored. 
None of the kernels 
from the samples 
taken from the heat- 
discolored corn 
sprouted in the ger- 
mination test, and 
the samples taken 
from the cooler corn 
in the lower half of 
the hold tested low 
in germination. All 
of the samples taken 
from the various 
parts of the hold, 
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36.—Cross-sections, holds Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, showing the 
locations from which the samples were taken from thecorn, The 
heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn as discharged. 
(Cargo No. 5.) 
