CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 89 
and decreased 4.5 pounds in test weight per bushel, 46 per cent in 
germination and 28.5 percent in sound kernels. This is in contrast 
with an average increase of only 2° F. in temperature and 1.5 c. ¢. 
in acidity, and a decrease of only 0.25 pound in test weight per bushel, 
CARGO No.8 
ACIDITY -C.€. 
SSS /7.6 
as Rate pees CaN 20.8 
520.3 
See im SI5.5 
a 5.7 
ao 38.5 | 
GERMINATION — %o 
RANGE IN THE TEMPERATURE OFTHE CORNAS DISCHARGED — FE 
EMPERATUARE OF THE CORN AS LOADED: AVERAGE 29 °F RANGE 24-T037 7 
ES = CONDITION OF THE CORNAS LOADED 
GB = CONDITION OF THE CORNAS DISCHARGED 
Fic. 63.—Correlation of the temperature and condition of the corn 
as loaded and as discharged. (Cargo No. 8.) 
15 per cent in germination, and 0.8 per cent in sound kernels for the 
corn located the same height in the hold but 10 feet distant from the 
shaft tunnel. 
The correlation of the temperature changes and the changes in 
condition of the corn is illustrated in figure 63. 
