4-: 



MAIZE 



CHAP, considerably according to season and mode of storing. The 

 X ' results given in Table LXI have been obtained in the United 

 States : — 



Table LXI. 

 SHRINKAGE IN WEIGHT OF MAIZE STORED ON THE COB. 



Stored for : 



Total Shrinkage. 



Average per Month. 



3 months 



31 „ 



5 „ j 15 



5 ., I n'S 



3 per cent 



I'O per cent 1 



3'3 



3'° 



2'3 



Average shrinkage in five months, 2-4 per cent per 

 month or 0/6 per cent in four months. 



Average shrinkage i'ig per cent per month, or n*g 

 per cent in ten months. 

 The method of storage in these cases appears to 

 have been in open cribs or in stacks, and the larger 

 the crib or stack the less the shrinkage. 



In the case of shelled grain, a large number of experiments 

 showed that the loss averaged yc, per cent in five months or 

 1 '5 per cent monthly. 



" Assuming a loss of *]\ per cent on shelled grain in five 

 months, and a price of ios. per muid of 200 lbs. at the start, the 

 muid at the end of five months would weigh only 185 lbs. and the 

 price at that time would have to be I OS. 9fd. per muid to 

 cover the loss through shrinkage. To this price would have 

 to be added interest, which, at 8 per cent per annum, would 

 amount to 2d. on 10s. for five months. There would also be 

 storage charges, which, if the storing were done on the farm, 

 might be taken as a halfpenny per muid. In addition to all 

 this, there has to be taken into account the risk of damage by 

 rats and weevils. This risk amounts to very little if the grain 

 is stored in suitable bins, and the weevils are destroyed by use 



1 In this case the maize was in very dry condition when put into the crib. 



