94 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
of over 17 per cent when shipped during Apriland May. The damaged 
corn was found in the after part of the hold near the shifting boards 
about halfway down in the hold, also in the feeder which extended 
down one deck from the top of the corn under the hatchway. This 
is illustrated in figure 67. 
Hold 4 was located just forward of the boiler room. The corn 
located next to the boiler-room bulkhead became badly heat damaged 
during the voyage, the greatest heat and the most severe damage 
ri oe being found at the 
12 IS 16 15 16 17 18 19 20 2| 22 2324 25 26 27 282930! 234 § 6 surface of the corn. 
There were no ther- 
mometers located im- 
Sa SSeS ae : mediately against the 
See eee etetec boiler-room bulkhead, 
enema elke but thermometer 21, 
located even with the 
| ess 4 «top of the boiler room 
|_| eGR easEee halfway back in the 
i Ea aL a hold registered a rapid 
TUR: 
TEMPERA 
bance ch ak 
SS s § , imerease in tempera- 
6 ~ 9 r . 
2 nlsesas >  § 4 ture from the begin- 
~j = i g = ° 
: gieug Ss § § ning of the voyage. 
20 0 ase saa 62 43 There was a smallair 
an ae st 2s 
3620588 : "| ceomovormecomn: space under the deck 
a7 25 208 greg | @veomunaar~, and above the com, 
! : 222 #10 <0, : 
| eee a Sa-p--e 26 2 st extending from the 
32 42 208 ans 82 212 6 §©=6fooder in the forward 
part of the hold to the 
upper part of the 
boiler-room bulkhead, 
and, as soon as full 
steam was gotten up 
in the boilers at the 
beginning of the voy- 
Fic. 68.—Hold 4: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- = h 
: ; eat gene- 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples ae, the S : 
secured at Liverpool. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged rated im. the boiler 
cae ee a room penetrated the 
bulkhead and was transmitted to the corn, where fermentation was 
started and accelerated until the temperature of the corn at this posi- 
tion of stowage had increased from slightly under 50° F. at the be- 
ginning of the voyage on April 16, to over 140° F. April 29, an increase 
of over 90° F. in temperature in 13 days, as is shown in figure 68. 
The condition of the corn in the various positions of stowage in the 
hold as loaded and as discharged is given in Table 42. 
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