96 
APRIL 
f2 43 1415 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2% 25 26 
TEMPERATURE °F. 
g 8 8 
& DGAMPLE Ne. 
& 
Fic. 70.—Hold 6: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samples 
secured at Liverpool. 
corn. (Cargo No. 9.) 
tion in which it was 
stowed, the time of 
year in which it was 
shipped, or the length 
of the ocean voyage. 
(2) But the higher 
the percentage of 
moisture in the corn 
when shipped, the 
ereater was the danger 
of spoilage during the 
voyage. 
(3) Various contrib- 
uting causes worked 
with the moisture 
in causing spoilage. 
A combination of 
two or more contrib- 
uting causes result- 
ed in much greater 
spoilage than one 
contributing cause 
alone, 
TEMPERATURE °F 
Heavy shading represents heat-damaged 
APRIL 
2.85 4 15 16 17:18 19 202) 22 23 24 25 26 27 282930 1 23 4 5 6 
BULLETIN 754, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
positions of stowage 
in holds 6 and 7 are 
illustrated in figures 
70 and 71. 
The correlation of 
the temperature — 
changes and the — 
changes in the condi- 
tion of the corn is il- 
lustrated m figure 72. 
SUMMARY. 
The results of these 
investigations may be 
summarized in very 
few words: 
(1) If the corn was 
dry and in a sound 
condition when 
shipped, it arrived in 
Kurope in a like 
sound condition, re- 
gardless of the posi- 
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ACIDITY 
3  GGERMINATION % 
5h, 
secured at Liverpool. 
eorn. 
(Cargo No. 9.) 
21.2 37 s2 
23.6 27 
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SHAFT TUNNEL - 
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Fic. 71.—Hold 7: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- 
mometers, location of the thermometers in the hcld, and samples . 
Heavy shading represents heat-damaged : 
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