ami i:u \.\ BXP0B1 COBH ( M UZE) in i i BOP] , 
1 1 
-13. 
CARGO A/VMBCff 
■ igx mi drawing in chmoologlcal order the oargo Dumber ofe urn shipment, t iio months during 
which shipments were m ide, the percentage! of motstnre In t ho oorn, end the pereenl il-i^ oi com found 
,:'i\ in each c irgo on arrival In Europe daring die remainder ol the iieawni of It 
ami i:k \\ CORN CEBTIFIOATED IS "no. 2 corn," "No. 2 CORN, SAIL 
QSADE," OB " PRIME (sail i MIXED CORN" EXAMINED IN EUROPE 
DUBING JANUARY, EEBR1 \\:\ . MARCH, kPRIL, \ND MAY, L908. 
Table III shows in detail the results of the personal examination 
of fifty-three cargoes of American corn on their arrival at European 
port- during the month- from December, 1907, to May. L908, inclu- 
sive. The fifty-three cargoes contained an aggregate of 1,124,955 
bushels, of which 264,282 bushels, or 6.4 per cent, were found to 1><> 
in a heating or hot condition. 
The corn was loaded in the United State- on various date- from 
December 17. 1907, to May l. 1908. The corn in twenty-four cargoes 
arrived in an entirely cool condition throughout, while that in twenty- 
nine cargoes was found to he more or less heating or hot. loo per cent 
heating or hot being reached in only one case. 
The moisture content of the cool corn in the cargoes varied from 
1 1 to '20 per cent. The dirt and foreign material varied from 0.3 of 1 
per cent to 12.3 per cent. Of the total of 264,282 bushels found t<» be 
heating or hot during the period. 177.170 bushels, or 07 per cent, 
were located in the holds of the ship- next to the engine and boiler 
room- or over the propeller-shaft tunnels. The r emaining s0,so_> 
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