62 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
From this it is seen that although the tests for acidity, germination, 
and sound kernels showed the dried 
corn to be poor in quality, its mois- 
ture content was lower by 4.5 per cent 
than natural corn. 
(Cargo 
TEMPERATURE CHANGES DURING THE VOYAGE 
AND CONDITION OF THE CORN AS DISCHARGED. 
During the voyage the temperature 
of the corn in various positions of stow- 
age was recorded each day that the 
weather permitted. Some of the ther- 
mometers were read before the vessel 
sailed, and some were read for some 
days after the steamship arrived at its 
port in Europe. The location of the 
various thermometers and the changes 
in temperature at those positions are 
shown in figures 39 to 46, inclusive. 
The maximum temperatures found in 
the corn as discharged were 53° F. in 
hold 1, 140° F. in hold 2, 140° F. in 
hold 3, 85° F. in hold 4, and 120° F. 
inhold 5. These were higher than the 
maximum temperatures of the corn as 
loaded by 3° F., 91° F., 100° F., 29° F., 
and 76° F., in holds 1 to 5, respectively. 
Hold 3, however, was the only one con- 
taining any large amount of heat-dam- 
aged corn. 
In hold 1 the temperature of the corn 
in various positions of stowage changed 
but little during the voyage, except 
along the sides of the holds, as shown 
by the temperature records in figure 39. 
As is shown in Table 29, each sample 
that was placed in a wire container as 
the cargo was loaded tested lower in 
quality at the end of the voyage than 
at the beginning of the voyage in every 
factor except moisture content. Only 
one sample, No. 1, tested under 30 
c.c.inacidity. -Thissample was taken 
from the bagged corn a short distance 
under the surface and tested 26.3 c.c.in acidity, 55 per cent in germi- 
NATURAL.CORN + |... 
HOT CORN [=~ -COOL CORN 
Fig. 38.—Diagram showing arrangement of the steamship and stowage of the corn in holds. The heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn as discharged. 
No. 6.) 
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