49 
BULLETIN 
764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
TaBLeE 16.—Condition of the natural corn in hold 5 as loaded and the change in condition 
while the corn was in the vessel—samples taken in order in the hold, from lap to 
botiom. 
[T 37, etc., represents samples in crossed-wire containers fastened to resistance AEERDGL SES of the same 
numbers; * indicates not included in the average.] 
| 
Moisture 
y 
Temperature. | Se Acidity. Germination. Sound kernels. Weigtit pe 
Sam- | | 
Re A | As | | 4 | 
No a eee Bie [ere oe AS |) 5 orn. As =e As = As Eat 
Jtoad- | AS iS" |ioad-| 4S TS; |toad-| GS GIS | ioad- | AS GIS | load-| AS Ts" | oad | ots dis: 
led, Charge eat is arged.|"Qq_ chi ged an [eerie ae charged, ed. Charged. 
< a | | | | 1 
: OF WP lek PG. 6.6. | elt. 2 Pestle <P P| ee ond Lan 
T37j; 53} 122)191|) 1 | 19.9 29.0) 75 20) 93.2| 47.7] 53.75] — 51.00 
7g Feber iS Ee hee Boe Sous Wie aeons iy ancient Oy eee! TER ee 49.50 
ot ae 7 (se rt Bees [eect id bears in O37 Acces ates 52.00 
T 38 | 53 64 | 19.2 18.4 | 22.4 31.3| 68 55 | 90.3 89.0] 52.50 2.00 
Lh ees | 14042 hy NG) Mees falter ay me Be eaaeees Co] eer = Up Seite were 47.7 
Bitlis 3) ae Ea Gees ese ees 271) fete 3 MO 49.25 
BO lees Es cee (aa ee fae nore i eee ae eee Gh Sree 49.95 
Si Eee 3S oo Re bea ri Ree he yrs eee 7s eee ieee! oor al petewioene 50. 25 
T39| 54 reel Ia O72 Bees eee 19.5 29.6 | 62 4 | 95.9 20.8.1 CHa se ee 
T49| 55 | 95 | is.4 18.4 | 19.9 28.5] 63 0 | 95.1 35.2 | 53.50 51.00 
22 Eee rey ts Saas 14S | gee ee 13S ee 7.2 1s 51.00 
Tal} 54| 61 | 18.3 18.6] 20.6| 26.2] 68 5895.5) 84.8] 53.75 52.00 
ee baa ieee IST joes. Bee Oe ee ety eee 02. A 1oc A aes 51.75 
| | 
The influence of the tunnel heat on the corn in hold 5, is illustrated 
by the temperature records for thermometers 39, 40, and 41 in figure 
= 
MARCH 
i315 
ra él 
TEMPERATURE °F, 
~s 
MOISTURE % 
SAMPLE No. 
$8 
P | 
-41 18.6 
Fic 
thermomeiers, location of the thermometers, and “‘trap 
located at the height of the top of the shaft tunnel. 
cured in Denmark. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged 
(Cargo No. 2.) 
corn. 
AGIDITY C.C. 
APRIL 
s 
. 27—Hold 5: Temperature records of the elecirical resistance 
** samples 
Samples se- 
27. Thermometer 40 
was located on the 
steel part of the tun- 
nel, thermometer 39 
about 3 feet above 
the plank covered 
part of the tunnel, 
and thermometer 41 
thesame heightas the 
top of the tunnel but 
halfway out toward 
the side of the ship. 
Thermometer 40 indi- 
cated a rapid increase 
in temperature during 
“the first week after 
the vessel sailed, and 
registered 95° F. on 
March 10. The tem- 
perature decreased to 86° F. on March 11, after which it did not vary 
much until the steamship arrived at Denmark, when the temperature 
The temperature of the corn 
along the tunnel varied with the water and air temperature, but was 
dropped 16 degrees in four days. 
considerably higher after the first few days. 
feet above the plank covered part of the tunnel registered 
located 3 
Thermometer 39 
* 
