68 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
the surface in the after part of the hold was heat-damaged. Sample 
No. 42 taken from the heat-damaged corn had a temperature of 
120° F. and tested 49 ¢. ¢. in acidity. The corn located along 
the upper part of the shaft tunnel was sour, moldy, and ‘‘ packed.” 
APA The corn near the tun- 
22 ere i254 Se 627. 8S Oe Sls: ISS IG 7s 5 
ile {La a nel increased more in 
eee | es temperature than the 
JERS a See eeeee Sse stowed the same 
Fie Fe a a a oa Ue Fe bd ee Sieatae 
sod Ey Soe a hetero ini eutioteia ver 
hia el fe iat PT ttt ttt ti! located halfway be- 
Aas a tween the tunnel and 
87 ae the sides of the hold, as 
a isshown by comparing 
coe Ses the records for ther- 
mometers 45, 46, and 
48, andfigure45. The 
eee 4 corn located directly 
~ Q ° 
d D = onthe tunnel increased 
ee ss more in temperature 
41 Bate 40 - 4° 
sie ' and acidity and de- 
43 188 ao ° 
creased more in ger- 
., munation, sound ker- 
42 188 4 nels, and weight per 
bushel than the corn 
which was located 
some distance from 
the tunnel, also the 
natural corn in this 
hold, located on the 
shaft tunnel, under- 
3 as went more deteriora- 
Fie. 44.—Hold 5: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- Oe rs 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples tion than the dried 
secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged GCOTrn located on the 
porn oreo No 6) shaft tunnel in hold 4. 
The correlation of temperature changes and changes in the condi- 
tion of the corn is illustrated in figure 46. 
CARGO No. 7. 
Cargo No. 7 consisted of 171,428 bushels of natural corn. The 
corn was loaded March 23 to 27, 1911; the steamship sailed March | 
31 and arrived at Belfast, Ireland, April 21, where the corn was dis- | 
charged from April 22 to May 9. The length of the ocean voyage — 
was 21 days; the maximum time that any of the corn was in the vessel _ 
was 47 days, and the average time was 39 days. : 
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