CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 99 
water temperature remained above 70° F. for the first six days of 
the voyage, after which the temperature of both suddenly dropped 
and remained under 60° F. during the remainder of the voyage. 
During the latter part of the voyage the air temperature dropped to 
below 30° F. and the water temperature to nearly 30° F. 
CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE AND CONDITION OF THE NATURAL CORN IN HOLD NO. 1. 
As is shown in figure 18, the temperature of the corn near the 
surface on a level with aos ane 
themaindeck changed GREE ER EEL ae caecreeeeeeercccL ere ci 
but little during the gol LL 
first 12 days, after nn 
which there was a 
steady daily increase 
until it had reached 
102° F. on April 6, or = 
35 days after the first +0 
reading was made.  ,, 
TEMPERATURE F 
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The upper portion of cre Boe 
= x 
the corn to a depth Soe Ren PORT. I S fae 
a 4H RF QQ 2 & 
of approximately 4 47 998 ss, ,"¢-** oem, Bere OB ie 
43 43.6 65.7 IO =F ies: . sire 4 ESEN-— 72 29.7 19.4 44 
feet below the surface 2 183 259 63- 7 =P" 60 23.2 182 45 
: : SRD ee Bh Ea e -=—f-85 464 288 46 
was I a heating con Bona oedeoven mpm eal yaar —--b 101 26.6 176 47 
dition when the corn & 183 21.8 69 prhenwe | —+—~--73 23.1 182 48 
was discharged. The Bee 
A 50 180 21.8 64---——- = s set Glee 8 
remainder of the corn ahillas <2siso- eee ae 
in the hold changed 
but little in tempera- 
ture during the voy- 
age. 
Sample No. 42 in 
Table 11, which was 
taken from the surface 
of the corn, and sam- 
ple No. 1, which was 
taken from the wire 
TOP OF CORN 
/ 
: Fic. 18.—Hold 1: Temperature records of the electrical resistance 
container fastened to thermometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and 
thermometer No. i samples secured in Denmark. Heavy shading represents heat- 
damaged corn. (Cargo No. 2.) 
show the damaged 
condition of the corn near the surface as discharged. Samples Nos. 43 
and 46, which were both badly damaged, represent only a small amount 
of corn. The first was ‘‘sweat’’-damaged and the latter sea-damaged 
from water having leaked through a small hole in the deck. 
The average condition of the corn in the hold as discharged is 
shown in Table 10. Compared to the condition of the corn as 
