94 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
bottom third of holds at time of discharge in Denmark is shown in Ta- 
ble 7, and the condition of the individual samples that were put into 
the crossed wire containers at the time the corn was loaded compared 
to the condition of each at the time when the corn was being dis- 
charged is shown in Table 8. It will be seen from these tables that, 
with a few unimportant exceptions, there was on an average quite a 
noticeable change in the acid content, germination, percentage of sound 
kernels, and weight per bushel during the voyage corresponding 
quite closely with the changes in the temperature in each lot of corn 
and in each position of stowage. As is seen from Table 6, the acidity 
was generally greater, while the weight per bushel and percentages 
of germination and sound kernels were generally less at the end of 
the voyage than at the beginning, the greatest differences being 
apparent in most cases in the corn which had increased the most 
in temperature, as is shown in figure 15. 
TABLE 7.—Average condition of each lot of corn in the top third, middle third, and bottom 
third of holds as discharged in Denmark. 
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Kind of corn. stowage sien lets ioe a +s =I 8 = a od 
in hold. SWS eS | z es ees 
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Natural ‘“‘Central”’ corn: COUPE IE Gia\" Gs Gs IP2@r|| IP. GE IE Gs || 12 oe Lbs. 
Upper third...} 132 | 19.2 | 53.4 29.5] 0.5 3.0 47.9 
OG eee eee Middle third - - 93 | 18.8 | 27.4 46 57.4 1.4 5. 4 50. 8 
Bottom third. 64 | 19.2 | 25.8 ooo Osa Nak Denk 53.4 
pper third...) 128 | 19.9 | 42.2 0} 27.9 -5 3.0 47.4 
13 (0) (6 We Gn aaee a seee Middle third. . 92 | 19.0 | 31.0 20 U5 58 397 50. 9 
Bottom third-| 67 | 19.3 | 27.4 67 | 86.7 4 6.4 5253 
Tpper third...] 127 | 20.0 | 44.6 Se 21e8 <5 2.6 45.6 
Hold ges ie ee ere JMiddlethird..| 81! 19.7] 32.4! 38] 53.0! .7] °4.5 50. 8 
Bottom third. 63 | 19.4 | 26.9 63 77.9 503 3.4 51.8 
18 Io) RZ Re ree Oe eee ee Upper third...|1 146 | 17.8 | 49.5 0 0 A) 4.8 48.5 
Total natural “Central,” natu- 
tral ‘‘Southwestern,”’ dried 
“A” and dried “‘ B”’ corn: 
Natural “Central”? == <.-=-<- 1131 | 19.6 | 46.3 Sale 22e9 35 3.1 47.0 
ie daseA C2 rain se con ane Upper third... 80 | 16.4 | 27.8 48 | 92.4 .9 “% 5k 3 
Dyers EB ee ee oe 137 |715.3 | 42.5 0 Oaltratee2 6.5 51.8 
Natural “Central” .....-..-- 88 | 19.2 | 30.7 34 | 62.5 ot 4.3 50. 8 
Dried eb ee ee ee Middle third. -.|{ 119 | 15.9 | 44.8 5 11.3 =o 5.4 50. 2 
Natural “Southwestern ’’.. . 78 | 15.7 | 24.7 70 | 96.9 -8 5.4 52.5 
Natural “‘Central”’......--- : lf 64 | 19.3 | 26.8 66 80. 5 as 4.8 52. 4 
ited be ee \Bottom —— i 102 |75.9/35.1| 8] 408| 1.0] 5.1] 503 
1 Sample 108 not included. 2 Sample 111 not included. 
THE HANDLING OF THE CORN AS DISCHARGED. 
Much of the corn was so badly damaged that the marine leg could 
not be used to discharge it. All of the dried ‘‘B”’ corn in hold 4 
on account of its packed condition had to be discharged by use of 
buckets or bags and winches. Discharging corn with bags or buckets 
is a slow process and necessitates much extra labor and time, thus 
