CARRYING QUALITIES OF EXPORT CORN. 7 
effect on its condition, but when it is shipped with a high moisture 
content and is stowed in such a way as to be subjected to heat from 
the inside of the ship, or is shipped during warm seasons of the year 
when it is subjected to considerable heat from the atmosphere and 
water, the length of the voyage is a very important factor, especially 
if the heating begins early in the voyage, in which case the heat is 
gradually diffused with each succeeding day and a higher temperature 
by action of ferments and enzymes, is developed in the corn already 
hot. Thus, with each succeeding day, more of the sound corn begins 
to heat and the corn already heating becomes more severely damaged. 
CARGO No. 1. 
Cargo No. 1 consisted of 240,000 bushels of corn, which was dis- 
charged at three ports in Denmark. The grain was loaded on the 
6th, 7th, and 8th of March, 1910. The vessel sailed on the 8th of 
March and arrived at Copenhagen April 1, where the discharge of the 
corn was begun on April 4. The last of the corn in the vessel was 
discharged at Aalborg on April 15. The length of the voyage to 
Copenhagen was 24 days. The average time the corn was in the 
vessel was 34 days and the maximum time 41 days. 
o DESCRIPTION OF THE CORN. 
The cargo contained four lots of corn, each of which was quite 
distinct in quality and condition from the others. For the purpose of 
designating these lots in the following pages, they will be called natural 
“Southwestern,” natural ‘‘Central,” dried “A,’’ and dried ‘‘B”’ corn. 
Although the origin of each lot could not be definitely determined, the 
most reliable data available show that the corn designated as natural 
“Southwestern” was grown in the southwestern part of the corn belt, 
presumably in Texas and Oklahoma; that designated as eel 
“Central” originated in the central part of the corn belt, probably 
chiefly in Illinois; the lots designated as dried ““A”’ and dried “B” 
were from the same section as the natural “Central” corn, but had 
been artificially dried. 
STOWAGE OF THE CORN. 
As is shown in figure 1, each cargo hold of the vessel was filled with 
corn, except hold 1, wibiels had an air space on the top of the corn of 
Sent 4 feet on the. port side and of about 6 feet on the starboard side 
of the shifting boards. Holds 1 and 2 contained only natural ‘“Cen- 
tral” corn. Hold 3 contained both natural ‘Central’ and natural 
“Southwestern” corn. The natural “Southwestern” corn, amounting 
to about 6,000 bushels, was stowed near the central part of the hold 
under the middle and Setar hatches, and the natural “Central ’’corn 
was stowed both immediately above and below the natural “South- 
western’’ corn. Hold 4 contained natural ‘Central’? and the two 
