CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 69 
STOWAGE OF THE CORN. 
The steamship had six cargo holds. The corn was stowed in four 
holds, holds 2, 3, 5, and 6. Only hold 2 was entirely filled with corn, 
although the corn in eds ee 
hold 3 was loaded to 
the same height, but 
this holdhad onemore 
deck. Hold 5 was 
about two-thirds fill- 
ed, and hold 6 was a 
little over half filled 
with corn. The ves- 
sel had two shaft tun- 
nels along the bottom 
of holds 5 and 6. 
Both of these shaft 
tunnels were venti- 
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The corn in this 4 §& = } 70 'SK9 198 48 
48 188 229 47 54 273 196 46 
cargo was natural 
corn. The condition 
of the corn as loaded 
is shown in Tables 32 
and 33. The averages for the various factors of the corn as loaded 
were as follows: Moisture content 18.4 per cent, acidity 23.8 c. ¢., 
germination 60.2 per cent, sound kernels 95.2 per cent, and test weight 
per bushel 53.5 pounds. The average temperature of the corn as 
loaded was 62° F. 
Fia. 45.—Hold 5: Showing effect of the heat from the propeller-shaft 
tunnel on the corn located against the tunnel. (Cargo No. 6.) 
Tasie 32.—Range in the principal factors showing quality and condition of the corn in 
cargo No. 7, as loaded and as discharged, by holds. 
oe . Weight 
Tempera- | Moisture +a Germi- Sound 
Hold. : see Acidity. re pereen per 
ture. content. nation. kernels. huashele 
Hold 2: lag Per cent. C. C. Pre cent. Per cent. | Pownds. 
YN 04 Ce re ee | 61.0- 67.0 16.4-18.4 26.1-29.9 | 46.0-64.0| 90.2-96.1 52. 8-54. 5 
a as discharged........--.--- 68. 0-146. 0 14.0-18.9 | 28.0-43.2 0-60. 0 0-88. 7 47. 0-53. 5 
old 3: 
LOS aes a 56.0- 66.0 17.8-18.9 | 19.9-26.2} 50.0-73.0 | 90.1-98.1 51.5-54.0 
u 7 s discharged.............. 65.0-141.0 | 16.2-20.1 | 27.6-47.7 0-65. 0 0-91.8 | 47.0-53.8 
old 5: 
_ gh che ae ae 61.0- 65.0 | 18.5-19.0| 22.1-25.9] 42.0-73.0| 98.9-97.7 | 53.5-54.5 
e 3 s discharged........-.---- 69.0-147.0 | 16.8-35.8] 27.7-70.0 0-71.0 0-84.0 | 43.0-52.8 
old 6: 
mS iosdeas.. Fis... 2.22. 57. 0- 64.0 18. 5-19. 1 20.7-24.2| 56.0-68.0 | 93.9-97.7] 53.3-54.0 
As discharged. ........2-.2. 68. 0-122. 0 17.1-19.1 27, 5-43. 4 0-61. 0 0-84. 8 48. 0-53. 8 
