SHRINKAGE OF SHELLED CORN IN CARS IN TRANSIT. s 
placed in the corn in different parts of the car, in order that the tem- 
perature of the corn at those points could be ascertained at any time 
during the experiment without opening the car, the thermometers 
being connected with wire leads which extended to the outside of the 
ear. The average conditien and quality of the corn in each car at 
the beginning of the experiment, as represented by the analyses of 
samples taken when the corn was loaded into the cars, is shown in 
Table I. 
TABLE I.—Condition and quality of the corn when loaded into each car on April 
14, 1910, for the first experiment. 
; F Weight -. | Badly 
Car No. Moroute oud per rely, dirt,) broken 
Ss : 4 bushel. : kernels. 
Per cent. | Per cent.| Pounds. | Per cent. | Per cent. 
sh SE i ie TNE TE OR at ah a debe Oe 49.8 93.2 53.1 1.1 5.0 
BO Oe Re NY EAE RLS vc Pe nN 18.6 95.9 53.6 23 3.1 
Be Lice AS Se Daa Ue I Si Sa ct a eo a 17.38 96.0 54.1 Buf 4,9 
CERNE NE = Mie RNa Gi Oo a EAE cGy Aa ih each a es Rg ae Sura as 17.4 97.4 55.0 Byrd 4.2 
Be ie hg Sb as Sie A a a eC I SEO Oe De NO. 94.1 54.0 13 wey 
As will be seen by Table I, the average moisture content of the 
corn when loaded into car No. 1 was 19.8 per cent. The corn in 
ear No. 2 contained an average of 18.6 per cent of moisture. The 
corn in car No. 3 was a mixture of the same kind of corn as that 
contained in cars No. 2 and No. 5, the average moisture of the mix- 
ture being 17.8 per cent. The average moisture content of the corn 
m car No. 4 was 17.4 per cent, and the corn in car No. 5, which had 
been artificially dried, contained an average of 16.7 per cent of 
moisture. 3 
SHRINKAGE IN THE WEIGHT OF THE CORN. 
The amount of corn placed in each car and the shrinkage in weight 
while the corn was in the cars from Apri 14 to May 11, 1910, to- 
gether with the average temperature of the corn in each car at the 
time of leading and unloading, are shown in Table I. 
TABLE I].—Shrinkage, or loss in weight, and temperature changes on each of 
5 cars of corn used in the first experiment. 
Shrinkage, or loss 
in weight. 
Average tempera- 
Corn when loaded. ture of corn when— 
Car No. 
Moisture Net : Unload- 
content. | weight. Pounds. | Per cent.| Loaded. ea. 
Per cent.| Pounds. a i ie sie 
TLS eee se Bae Sg ER ase 8 page ee 19.8 67,130 2,450 3.65 58 1393 
Phe, 5 OBS OS co DOS RE A ee eee | 18.6 67, 120 320 - 48 52 84 
Bt a Co = Seay Se ig ae eee eee 17.8 65,920 290 44 54 823 
Cie ea See ET SI i Dee ea 17.4 | 67,460 180 27 A 58h 
Deke soos conobe stad oe eat ates te ee ele eee 16.7 66, 949 120 . 18 58 62 
