AMI RICAN I XPOH I CORN I \l \l/l ) IX 1 CROPS. 
mi MOI8TUR] CONTEN1 •>) CORN FROM ARGENTINA. 
With reaped to its moisture content, the com received in Europe 
from Argentina appears t" have an advantage over corn from the 
United Stiites, notwithstanding thai it musl cross the equator and 
the Torriil Zone in transit t'> Europe. A number "f tests "I Argen- 
tine corn showed moisture content-- ranging from 12.2 i>> L5.5 per 
cent. The corn with tin 1 higher moisture content frequently arrived 
in a heating condition but was restored to condition, without much 
or any change from it- original appearance and color, with l>ut little 
handling and ventilat ing. 
i in: DIRT \M' FOREIGN MATTER i\ CORN. 
During tlif process of loading grain into the hold of a -hip. the 
finely broken particles of corn, dirt, and foreign matter tend to collect 
and remain directlj beneath the hatches, the whole kernel- shifting 
and rolling much more readily than the broken particles and dirt. 
Owing to this tendency large amounts of dirt and finely broken corn 
were frequently round immediately beneath the hatches ol the ships 
examined, and heating and moldy corn was also frequently found 
in those localities. The heating processes were undoubtedly aided 
1>\ these collections of finer matter, especially when found in contact 
with damp shifting hoard- or other cargo introduced into the hold in 
a dan") or w et condit ion. 
rill'. STOWAGE OF EXPORT GRAIN l\ SHIPS. 
Practically all of the grain that i- exported t<» Europe from the 
Atlantic and Gulf ports of the Tinted State- i- carried in hulk, with 
the exception of small quantities placed in sacks, which is used in 
trimming cargo in order to prevent the hulk grain from shifting with 
the rolling ami pitching of the ship. When a ship carries a full cargo 
each hold is, of course, filled or nearly Idled with grain, hut when 
grain forms only a portion of the cargo one or more hold- are some- 
times filled with grain only and the remaining hold- contain other 
freight , w Idle in other cases the grain i- distributed along the bottom 
•>f the ship, each hold containing about the same depth of grain, in 
which cases other cargo i- -towed on the top of the grain. 
Til i I OF DRY AND DAMP CORN 
When the corn is thoroughly air dried it is not a matter of great 
importance where or how it i- stowed, SO long a- it doe- not come into 
contact with sea water, green or wet shifting hoards, or damp or wet 
freight, such a- cotton that has been exposed to rain before being 
loaded, wet lumber, etc. 
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