58 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
with one exception, tested over 30 c.c. in acidity. Sample No. 6, 
taken about 7 feet from the bottom, tested 25.4 ¢. c. in acidity, but 
sample No. 33, taken about the same distance from the bottom but 
on the opposite side of the hold, tested 39 c. c. im acidity. 
Hold 3 was one deck higher than the remaining holds in the vessel. 
In this hold the heat-discolored corn extended from the surface to 
about halfway down in the hold. The temperature of the corn, as 
is shown in figure 36, ranged from 140° F. in the heat-damaged corn 
in the upper part of the hold to 53° F. near the bottom on the star- 
board side. Only one sample, No. 8, in the heat-discolored corn, 
showed any vitality; 1t germinated 6 per cent. Two samples taken 
from the lower part of the hold, Nos. 39 and 11, tested 2 per cent 
and 6 per cent in germination. Both were high in acidity, testing 
43.8 c. c. and 41.6 c. c. in acidity. Two samples, Nos. 38 and 40, 
taken from the lower half of the hold, tested under 30 ec. ¢. in acidity. 
Sample No. 38, taken from the upper part of the corn that was not 
heat-discolored, tested 24.3 c. c. in acidity and germinated 62 per 
cent, while sample No. 40 taken about 5 feet from the bottom on the 
starboard side tested 29.1 c.c. in acidity and germinated 28 per cent. 
Sample No. 34, taken from the corn at the surface, showed the 
highest acidity test. This sample had a temperature of 138° F., 
tested 72.7 c. c. in acidity, and contained no corn that would germi- 
nate. 
As will be seen from figure 36, the temperature of the corn in hold 
No. 4, as discharged, ranged from 140° F. at the surface to 59° F. in 
the lower part of the hold. Only one sample, No. 43, taken from the 
heat-discolored corn in the upper one-fourth of the hold showed any 
vitality; it germinated 6 per cent, tested 57.6 c. c. in acidity, and 
had a temperature of 131° F. Sample No. 42, taken from the corn 
at the surface, had a temperature of 140° F., tested 67.1 c. e. in 
acidity, and had no corn that would germinate. The heat-discol- 
ored corn extended about one-fourth the distance down in the hold. 
The corn in contact with the shaft tunnel in the lower part of the 
hold was more sour, packed, and moldy than that surrounding 
it, but it was not heat-discolored. Thesame condition extended along 
the shaft tunnel in hold 5. 
The condition of the corn in hold 5 was very similar to that in hold 
4. The heat-discolored corn extended about one-fourth the distance 
down from the surface, and the remainder of the corn in the hold 
was very poor in condition. Sample No. 48, at the surface, had a 
temperature of 138° F., tested 57.7 c. c. in acidity, and had lost all 
vitality. Sample No. 24, taken from the bottom, had a tempera- 
ture of 64° F., tested 40.5 c. c. in acidity, and germinated 24 per cent. 
The condition of the corn that was not heat-discolored varied greatly 
at different positions of stowage. Sample No. 50, which was taken 
