CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 81 
The corn in holds 1 and 2 changed but little during the voyage and 
was discharged in Europe in good condition. 
In hold 3 that part of the corn that was located next to the boiler- 
room bulkhead in the after part of the hold was hot and badly dam- 
aged at the time of discharge. In the damaged corn, as is shown in 
Table 38, the greatest heat and the most severe damage was found 
along the upper part of this bulkhead. The corn located along the 
lower part of this bulk- aa: 
head was not hot but 2829125 4 5'6 7 
wasslightlysour. The 
cornlocatedinthefor- “° 
ward part of the hold 
was discharged in a 
soundcondition. The 
temperature records 
during the voyage for 
the corn located next = 
to the upper, middle, 
and bottom portions 
of the boiler-room 
bulkhead, comparedto 
the temperature rec- 
ordsofthe corn located 
at the same heights 
but near the center of 
the hold, areshownin « 
figure 57. As will be 
seenfrom the tempera- 
ture records in figure _artl pana 
57, the temperature of a 
the corn located 
against theupper,mid- 
dle,and bottom parts 
of the bulkhead was 
very noticeably affect- : ; 
Fia. 55.—Hold 1: Temperature records of the electrical resistance 
ed by the heat from thermometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and sam- 
the boilers. Table 38 ples secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat- 
damaged corn. (Cargo No. 8.) 
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shows that the corn lo- 
cated against the upper part of the boiler-room bulkhead, at the time of 
discharge, had a temperature of 132° F., as against a temperature of 
32° F. for the corn located the same height in the hold but 15 feet 
distant from this bulkhead, and that the corn located against the 
bottom of the boiler-room bulkhead at the time of discharge, had a 
temperature of 53° F., as against a temperature of 39° I. for the corn 
95190°—19—Bull. 764——-6 
