68 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the surface in the after part of the hold was heat-damaged. Sample 
No. 42 taken from the heat-damaged corn had a temperature of 
120° F. and tested 49 c. c. in acidity. The corn located along 
the upper part of the shaft tunnel was sour, moldy, and ‘‘ packed.” 
Se APP. The corn near the tun- 
2g29 303) 1 2.3 45 6 7 8 S$ WH 2 Bw IS 16 17 18 i i 
oc nel increased more in 
P Dee] temperature than the 
130 imal 
: ie snaes: 7 corn stowed the same 
110 Ct r = 7 t+ height in the hold but 
*t00 = ell 
aoa L ala | (ae ls ; located half-way be- 
L rial : tween the tunnel and 
5 70 - rare ee ol the sides of the hold, as 
ae Filles laces wslen is shown by comparing 
ip the records for ther- 
TH, VT obea (VAG ae ea mometers 45, A6, and 
i po ctibehe v AS andfigure45. The 
xs S w S S$ : 
SERPS en ze » § 4 corn located directly 
d 5 s & £3 8 - onthe tunnel increased 
ro eal a as = 2% 39 more in temperature 
41 200 285 | S5- 190 40 rN 
pia Ge and acidity and de- 
43 188 3S7l so 197 4& : 
creased more in ger- 
ae OR eae a mination, sound ker- 
es zea a EE | Re sige “¢ nels, and weight per 
— —s bushel than the corn 
which was located 
some distance from 
the tunnel, also the 
natural corn in this 
hold, located on the 
shaft tunnel, under- 
went more deteriora- 
Fig. 44.—Hold 5: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- : : 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples tion than the dried 
secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged CGOTrnN located on the 
CO Care O Oe) shaft tunnel in hold 4. 
The correlation of temperature changes and changes in the condi- 
tion of the corn is illustrated in figure 46. 
&é 
CARGO No. 7. 
Cargo No. 7 consisted of 171,428 bushels of natural corn. The 
corn was loaded March 23 to 27, 1911; the steamship sailed March 
31 and arrived at Belfast, Ireland, April 21, where the corn was dis- 
charged from April 22 to May 9. The length of the ocean voyage 
was 21 days; the maximum time that any of the corn was in the vessel 
was 47 days, and the average time was 39 days. 
