90 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
CARGO No. 9. 
Cargo No.9 consisted of 268,682 bush- 
els of artificially dried corn. The corn 
was loaded April 11 to 15, 1912. The 
steamship sailed April 16 and arrived at 
Liverpool, England, on May 2, where the 
corn was discharged from May 3 to May 
10. The length of the ocean voyage was 
17 days. Themaximum time any of the 
corn was in the vessel was 30 days, and 
the average time was 24 days. 
STOWAGE OF THE CORN. 
The steamship had seven cargo holds 
and, as is shown in figure 64, each hold 
was entirely filled with corn. Hold 6 had 
20,000 bushels of wheat stowed in the 
lower part of the hold, the upper portion 
of the hold being filled with corn. Hold 
4 was located just forward of the boiler 
room and hold 5 was located just aft of 
the engine room. The propeller-shaft 
tunnel extended along the bottom of 
holds 5, 6, and 7. 
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DRIED CORN 
Fic. 64.—Diagram showing the arrangement of the steamship and the stowage of the cornin holds, The heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn as discharged. 
(Cargo No. 9.) 
CONDITION OF THE CORN AS LOADED. 
All of the-corn in this cargo had been 
artificially dried before loading. The 
condition of the corn as loaded is shown 
in Tables 41 and 42. The averages for 
the various factors of the corn as loaded 
were as follows: Moisture content 17 per 
cent, acidity 19.9 c. c¢., germination 37 
per cent, sound kernels 91 per cent, test 
weight per bushel 53 pounds. The aver- 
age temperature of the corn as loaded 
was 51° F. It will be noted from the 
tables and charts that although the aver- 
age moisture content at the time of 
loading was relatively low, it still was 
not low enough to insure the carrying of 
the corn safely in all parts of the vessel. 
In this connection it will be recalled that 
this shipment was made during the spring months of April and May. 
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DRIED COPN 3 
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