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nation, 85.8 per cent in sound kernels, and 50.5 pounds in test 
weight per bushel. Sample No. 7, taken from near the bottom of the 
hold tested 41.4 ¢. c.im acidity, 19 per cent in germination, 62.5 per 
cent in sound kernels and 49.5 pounds in test weight perbushel. The 
corn at the surface and along the sides of the hold for a short dis- 
tance down from the top was somewhat sour, moldy, and packed. 
In hold 2 some of the corn became badly heat damaged. This 
damaged corn was 
found in uneven 
spots on the star- 
board side near the 
after part of the hold 
and extended from 
the surface to nearly 
halfway down in the 
hold. There was also 
a small portion that 
was damaged along 
the forward bulk- 
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TEMPERATURE 
head halfway down : ar Sig 
in the hold. The § So ae 4 
temperature of the 8 3 : 
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from thisholdranged 
from 45° to 140° F. 
Sample No. 8, taken 
from the heat-dam- 
aged corn just under 
the top deck on the 
starboard side, had 
a temperature of 
140° F., and tested 
65.2 c. c. in acidity 
and 6 per cent in ger- 
mi nation, while sam- =—‘"16- 39.—Hlold 1: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- 
mometers; location of the thermometers in the hold; and samples 
ples N os. 9 and 10, secured at Rotterdam. UHeayy shading represents heat-damaged 
taken from near the ©. (Cargo No.6.) 
same height in the hold but near the shifting boards in the center, had 
temperatures of 50° and 57° I. and tested 33.7 and 47.9 c. ¢. in acidity 
and 46 and 16 per cent in germination, respectively. Sample No. 13, 
taken from the heat-damaged corn, 15 feet below the surface, had 
a temperature of 130° F., tested 57.4 ¢. ¢. in acidity, and no kernels 
sprouted in a germination test. Sample No. 11, taken from near 
the outside wall of the hold on the starboard side, had a temperature 
