G2 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Hold 2 was entirely filled with corn, the upper part of which be- 
BALLAST _7AN. 
remained practically 
f=™"3 = HOT CORN [___.)=COOL CORN. 
The heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn as discharged. 
Fig. 47.—Diagram showing arrangement of the steamship and stowage of the corn in holds. 
(Cargo No. 7.) 
came badly heat damaged while it was 
in the vessel. The corn in this hold as 
discharged ranged from 68 to 146 degrees 
in temperature, 14 to 18.9 per cent in 
moisture, 28 to 438 c. c. in acidity, 0 to 60 
per cent in germination, 0 to 88.7 per 
cent in sound kernels, and 47 to 53.5 
pounds in test weight per bushel. Asis 
shown in Table 33, sample 1, taken from 
near the surface, had a temperature 
when discharged of 146° F., tested 42.8 
c. c. in acidity, had no sound kernels, 
and none of the corn would germinate. 
As will be seen by the temperature rec- 
ord for thermomter 1, in figure 48, this 
thermometer was located near the sur- 
face. The corn in this position of stow- 
age increased in temperature very rapidly 
from the time it was loaded, on March 
27, until it was over 140° F., on April 
12, after which the increase became more 
gradual. The corn surrounding this 
thermometer was very badly damaged 
on arrival in Europe. Sample 2, which 
was taken from the corn about one- 
third of the distance down in the hold, 
had a temperature of 126° F., tested 
38.2 c. ¢. in acidity, germinated 1 per 
cent, and had 1 per cent of sound ker- 
nels. The temperature of the corn sur- 
rounding sample 2 graduaily increased 
from the time that the corn was loaded 
until it was discharged, as is shown by 
the temperature record for thermometer 
2. Sample 4, taken two-thirds of the 
distance down in the corn, and sample 
7, taken from the bottom of the hold, 
had temperatures of 69° and 68° F., and 
tested 32 and 32.6 c. c. in acidity, 42 and 
60 per cent in germination, and 88.7 
and 84.5 per cent in sound kernels. 
The temperature of the corn  two- 
thirds of the distance down in the hold 
stationary during the voyage, as will be 
seen by the records for thermometer 4, while the temperature of 
