. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 3 A 5 6 \ST^RBOARD TEMPERATURE CHANGES DURING THE VOYAGE AND CONDITION OF THE CORN AS DISCHARGED. During the voyage, the corn in this cargo became badly damaged next to the upper part of the bulkheads sepa- rating the corn from the boiler and engine rooms, also in the "feeder" at the upper parts of holds 3 and 4, and, to a small extent, in the after part of hold 3 and along the shaft tunnel in the bot- tom of holds 5, 6, and 7. The balance of the com in the cargo was deliv- ered in Europe in good condi


. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 2 3 A 5 6 \ST^RBOARD TEMPERATURE CHANGES DURING THE VOYAGE AND CONDITION OF THE CORN AS DISCHARGED. During the voyage, the corn in this cargo became badly damaged next to the upper part of the bulkheads sepa- rating the corn from the boiler and engine rooms, also in the "feeder" at the upper parts of holds 3 and 4, and, to a small extent, in the after part of hold 3 and along the shaft tunnel in the bot- tom of holds 5, 6, and 7. The balance of the com in the cargo was deliv- ered in Europe in good condition. The maxi- mum temperatures found in the com as dis- charged were 57° F. in hold ], 61° F. in hold 2, 122° F. in hold 3, 140° F. in hold 4, 121° F. in hold 5, 56° F. in hold 6, and 61° F. in hold 7. There were no faci]iti(!S for making moisture tests for the samples secured at the port of discharge, and the moisture tests of the samples secured at the time of loading only are given for this cargo. BL/LH FiG. 05.—Hold 1: Temperature records of the electrical resistance thermometers, location of the thermometers in the hold, and samf)los .secured at Liverpool. Heavy shading represents hcat- damagod corn. (Cargo No. 9.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.


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