84 BULLETIN 764, U. 8S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
in the hold. Thermometer 29, which was located opposite the 
a engine-room bulk- 
28291 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (O12 13:14 15 16 17 18 19 2021 22 head, near thesurface 
eo | 7 [ i 5 of the corn, did not 
aK [ | ale show as high a tem- 
(00 [ z perature during the 
4 2° | ze ii voyage or at the time 
a4 the corn was dis- 
i - Eales ee iz | | charged as thermom- 
le ASSET || PAR encenarate het eter 37, which was lo- 
“0 ef {| i: cated next to the en- 
2s bel os ssc gine-room bulkhead 
¥ eget VOYAGE i halfway down in the 
5 : : g : Sie hold; this is account- 
pseu. eee ac ed for by the fact 
e § Bus & ee anne ro taal Ss SS 3 3 that thermometer 29 
7 7 262 6B ’ Ag ee eee, was inadvertently 
irene or pn orion cont 2° placed several feet 
23 39 182 28----- seo “fae ey oat 22 back from the bulk- 
oe | head. However, 
pecocta J----53 186 32 2% sample No. 30, which 
was taken from the 
corn the same height 
in the hold as sample 
No. 29, but in con- 
tact with the upper 
part of the engine- 
room bulkhead, 
Fig. 57.—Hold 3: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- shows oe temperature 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples of 145 F, Table 39 
secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged shows that the corn 
1 eee located next to the 
upper part of the engine-room bulkhead increased 113° F. in tempera- 
ture and 26.2 ¢. c. in 
FEB. ig MARCH. 
acidity, and decreased 2829 123 5 6 7 8 9 10 Il i213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2) 22 
7.5 pounds in test 9° 4 
p : do 
weight per bushel, 30 , 
° . 70 al 
= y 
per cent in germina Ss : ae 
tion, and 87.5 percent 3 AY eh Seen 
s ? 550 iG sof . oO 
in sound kernels. §,, / VA 
66.0 : i / 
Thisisin contrastwith “ssess= ee 
an increase of only ed 
OCEAN VOYAGE 
1° F. in temperature 
. : Fig. 58.—Temperature records of the thermometer located fromthe 
and 0.6 c. c. m acid- surface to the bottom of the corn near thecenter of hold 3. . (Cargo 
ity, and a decrease of No.8.) 
only 0.25 pound in test weight per bushel, 20 per cent in germina- 
