6 AMERICAN EXPORT CORN ( MAIZE ) IN EUROPE. 
after loading, including whether or not t lie ship's batches were left 
uncovered during rainy, foggy, or damp weather; and the tempera- 
tures encountered by the ship en route after the grain was loaded. 
AMERICAN CORN CERTIFICATED AS "NO. 2 CORN," " NO. 2 CORN, SAIL 
GRADE," OR ''PRIME (SAIL) MIXED CORN " EXAMINED IN EUROPE 
DURING FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 1906. 
Table I shows in detail the results of the personal examination of 
thirty-four cargoes of corn upon their arrival during February, March, 
April, and May, 1906, at eight of the principal European grain-receiv- 
ing ports. These thirty-four ships carried an aggregate of 4,354,681 
bushels and were loaded on various dates between December 28, 
1905, and May 15, 1906, at seven of the principal Atlantic and Gulf 
ports of the United States. 
Careful examinations and estimates of the corn on board those 
ships showed that 526,192 bushels, or 12.1 per cent, were in a heating 
or hot condition, 100 per cent heating or hot being reached in two cases. 
The length of time the corn was in the vessels varied from thirteen to 
forty-nine days. The percentages of dirt and foreign material varied 
from 0.3 of 1 per cent to 3.8 per cent. The moisture content of the 
cool corn varied from a minimum of 14.4 per cent to a maximum of 
19.3 per cent. The percentage of moisture in the heating corn, where 
such tests were made, varied from 13.8 to 21 per cent. 
Table I. — American corn certificated as "No. 2 Corn,'" "No. 2 Corn, Sail Grade," 
or "Prime (Sail) Mixed Corn," examined in Europe during February, March, April, 
and May, 1906, showing the quantity found heating or hot, etc. 
6 
Quantity 
Qnantil 
y found 
1* 
a 
O 
examined. 
heating 
or hot. 
m. 
Bushels. 
Bushels. 
Percent. 
i 
94,285 
6 3,600 
3.8 
2 
55, 714 
1,785 
3.2 
3 
111,429 

.0 
4 
209,829 
el,785 
.9 
fi 
145,714 
d 1,785 
1.2 
6 
51,942 
e 40, 140 
77.3 
7 
85, 714 
(Slight.) 
.0 
8 
232,882 
c788 
.3 
9 
150,000 
e 17,865 
11.9 
10 
85, 714 
c4,810 
5.6 
11 
249, 963 
e 56, 000 
22.4 
12 
205,994 
c7, 140 
3.5 
13 
222,754 
<:2,500 
11.2 
14 
145,714 
60 
.0 
15 
166,415 
6 900 
.5 
16 
90,000 
/ 90, 000 
100.0 
17 
43,085 
be 360 
.8 
18 
302,013 
(Slight.) 
.0 
19 
34,285 

.0 
20 
176,209 
1,000 
.6 
21 
147,040 
6 c 2, 462 
1.7 
No 
1905. 
Dec. 28 
Dec. 29 
1906. 
Jan. 4 
Jan. 6 
Jan. 13 
Jan. 15 
Jan. 16 
Jan. 20 
Jan. 23 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 26 
Jan. 29 
Jan. 31 
Feb. 23 
Feb. 23 
Feb. 26 
Mar. 1 
Mar. 6 
Mar. 12 
Mar. 15 
Mar. 30 
Days | Dirt and 
foreign 
boat. matter. 
No. 
Moisture 
in cool 
corn, a 
.4 
1.0 
2.5 
2.2 
.9 
1.8 
2.2 
1.4 
.8 
.6 
1.8 
2.6 
3.2 
1.6 
3.8 
2.4 
.3 
2.4 
2.3 
Percent. 
16.0 
15.5 
14.4 
14.6 
16.7 
19.2 
16.6 
17.2 
18.2 
18.0 
17.9 
16.8 
17.9 
16. 8 
17.9 
17.5 
17.5 
17.5 
15.0 
17.9 
18.8 
a Except where the entire cargo was heating or hot. 
6 Near propeller-shaft tunnel only. 
c Near engine or boiler room bulkhead only. 
d Near shifting boards in one hold. 
t General, but worse near engine and boiler room bulkheads. 
/ In all places of stowage. 
Moisture 
in heating 
corn. 
/'.' r ci ill. 
13.8 
16.0 
18.8 
16.0 
18.7 
IS. 5 
ls.l 
18.3 
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