CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 91 
TaBLE 41.—Range in the principal factors showing quality and condition of the corn in 
cargo No. 9, as loaded and as discharged, by holds. 
Tempera- | Moisture one Germina- Sound Weight 
Holds. ; ture. content. | Acidity: tion. kernels. | per bushel. 
_ Hold 1: Bel Per cent. c.C. Per cent. Per cent. Pounds. 
PRMOAded na caca set ace ces 43.0- 49.0 16.5-17.7 18. 6-21.4 | 30.0-34.0 88. 6-92.5 | 52. 50-53. 25 
= _ @ischarsed/ 4. = 225-5068 ZS GUM Benes Sesencs 19.0-22.8 | 21.0-31.0 63. 5-92.7 | 52. 00-53. 50 
old 2: 
TAS UGG 16 Le a 49.0- 50.0 | 16.6-17.5 | 17.2-23.2 | 16.0-47.0 | 85.4-93.2 | 52.25-53.75 
ae discharged...........-- 49.0- 61.0 |.-..-2.2222- 18.0-20.6 | 14.0-49.0 94. 6-92.4 | 52.75-53.75 
Hold 3: 
PosmOnded 22/2 es ee aoe 47.0— 59.0} 17.1-17.9 | 17.9-26.6 | 25.0-45.0 | 85.9-94.9 | 51.50-54.00 
a discharged........-....- 46. 0-122.0 |.--..--..-2- 19. 8-40. 0 0-38. 0 40.0-93.7 | 47. 00-54. 25 
Hold 4: 
LQ lita el ee ee 47.0— 62.0 | 16.0-17.4 17. 0-22.4 16. 0-45. 0 89.1-94.7 | 52.00-53.50 
7S discharged ea gate! hte 54. 0-140.0 |------2.2--- 19.4-35.8 0-45. 0 0-94.0 | 48. 25-54. 25 
Hold : 
re loaded Be COeE St ee ese 48.0- 59.0 | 16.4-17.1 | 17.0-21.6] 33.0-48.0} 89.3-94.3 | 52.50-54.00 
oo @ischareed 2: 3\cciss22 ASSO=121.10) |e cece ecocs 17. 0-32. 8 0-44. 0 4. 3-93.2 | 49. 25-54.00 
Hold 6: 
Pawinadediss: . 2 25 ncSlk 46.0-— 59.0} 16.8-17.0 | 20.421.4 | 35.0-43.0 | 87.1-89.2 | 52. 00-54. 00 
As discharged..........-.- 52.0— 56.0 |---------- =. 20.2-26.8 | 10.0-43.0 | 70.6-89.6 | 50. 00-54. 25 
Hold 7: 
ENS" evs (ote Pe 43.0- 55.0 | 16.9-17.7 | 17.4-21.2 | 24.0-43.0 | 90.7-93.2 | 53.50-54.50 
As discharged.......-..<-- 4520-2 ONO ee cmos: cents 19. 6-26.0 | 29.0-45.0 | 90.8-93.6 | 53. 25-54. 25 
TEMPERATURE CHANGES APRIL 
DURING THE VOYAGE AND 
CONDITION OF THE CORN ,, ai SuEEBEERTEEE 
AS DISCHARGED. 
a 
During the voyage, * He Soaaanues 
the corn in this tree cate ee 
became badly damaged 8 ee 
next to the upper part Bets 4 
of the bulkheads sepa- 9 Sas § 
rating the corn from the eed oe 
boiler and engine rooms, Beye : 
also.in the “‘feeder”’ at 
the upper parts of holds 206 si 
3 and 4, and, to a small 
extent, in the after part 
of hold 3 and along the 
shaft tunnel in the bot- 
tom of holds 5, 6, and 7. 
The balance of the corn 
in the cargo was deliv- 
ered in Europe in good 
48 : ia. 65.—Hold 1: Temperature records of the electrical resistance 
condition. The maxi- thermometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and 
mum tem per atures samples secured at Liverpool, Heavy shading represents heat- 
found in the corn as dis- damaged corn. (Cargo No. 9.) 
charged were 57° F. in hold 1, 61° F. in hold 2, 122° F. in hold 3, 
140° F. in hold 4, 121° F. in hold 5, 56° F. in hold 6, and 61° F. in 
hold 7. There were no facilities for making moisture tests for the 
samples secured at the port of discharge, and the moisture tests of the 
samples secured at the time of loading only are given for this cargo. 
