86 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
tion and 0.8 per cent in sound kernels for the corn located the same 
ees Bee height in the hold but 
: ei ee ee ee 1 eu 7 ee 7 mee 12 feet distant from — 
i tttttt itt the bulkhead. The 
corn located against — 
the engine-room bulk- 
§ head halfway down in 
the hold increased 83° 
es F. in temperature, 
a 21.6 c. c. mm acidity, 
and decreased 6.5 
: i : | pounds in test weight 
See p02 Bee per bushel, 48 per 
re eee 
pa = § = = cent m germination, 
w = » 2 Sep yens . 
ek ee alae < § § 2 and 86.4 per cent in 
BS Ses S : Se = 1 
= 5S 4 =, & 2 soundkernels. This 
% 38 2 30 is in contrast with an 
Se FORRES. Se : increase of only 1° 
Sipe tg | Sees ae “as cee oS a NW sim Temperature, Os 
= = SSS=s= 22) i Ze . Sus 
Se Se ‘os ‘(es TS 20 io es. C. in acidity, and a 
46 35 188 3I- Ee Wee 176 30 48 = os 
40 1% 196 se-\47/ MEH Obie J 29 16s 32 «s decrease of only 0.25 
59. 2-396. 116-7 Zell = 5 6168 «SI C4) = ; 
Rees toe SR zz 25 “2 pound in test weight 
ro) 
per bushel, 22 per cent 
in germination, and 
0.2 per cent in sound 
kernels for the corn 
located the same 
height in the hold 
a but 12 feet distant 
Fic. 59.—Hold 4: Temperature records of elecirical resistance ther- 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples from the bulkhead. ; 
secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged Th e corn ] ocate d 
eorn. (Cargo No. 8.) 2 
against the lower part 
eee ee ore 
of the engine-room 
bulkhead was not 
heating, but the tests °° 
showed that it had 
undergone more de- 
terioration im every 
factor than the corn 
in the lower part of 
the hold but 12 feet 
back from the bulk- 
head. The effect of Fic. 60.—Temperature records ofthe corn located from the surface to 
the bottom of the corn near the center of hold 4. (Cargo No. 8.) — 
FEB. MARCH 
282912345 678 9 101i 12135 415 6 I7 18 18 202! 22 
TEMPERATURE 
OCEAN VOFAGC-—$——$__$___—_—— 
the engine-room heat 
on the corn located next to the shaft tunnel is described 
