. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 86 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPAHTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. tion and per cent in sound kernels for the corn located the same hei2;ht in the hold but 0 If la 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 50 SI zs 12 feet distaut from the bulkhead. The corn located against the engine-room bulk- head halfway down in the hold increased 83° F. in temperature, c. c. in acidity, and decreased pounds in test weight per bushel, 48 per cent in germination, and per cent in sound kernels. This is in contrast with an increase of only 1° F, in tempe
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 86 BULLETIN 764, U. S. DEPAHTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. tion and per cent in sound kernels for the corn located the same hei2;ht in the hold but 0 If la 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 50 SI zs 12 feet distaut from the bulkhead. The corn located against the engine-room bulk- head halfway down in the hold increased 83° F. in temperature, c. c. in acidity, and decreased pounds in test weight per bushel, 48 per cent in germination, and per cent in sound kernels. This is in contrast with an increase of only 1° F, in temperature, c. c. in acidity, and a decrease of only pound in test weight per bushel, 22 per cent in germination, and per cent in sound kernels for the corn located the same height in the hold but 12 feet distant from the bulkhead. The corn located against the lower part. Fig. 59.—Hold 4: Temperature records of electrical resistance ther- mometers, locacion of the thermometers in the hold, and samples secured at Rotterdam. Heavy shading represents heat-damaged corn. (Cargo No. 8.) &60 of the engine-room bulkhead was not heating, but the tests showed that it had undergone more de- terioration in every factor than the corn in the lower part of the hold but 12 feet back from the bulk- head. The effect of T?—Temperature records ofthe corn located from the surface to , ' . -, , thebottomofthecornnearthecenter ofhold 4. (Cargo No. 8.) the engme-room heat on the corn located next to the shaft tunnel is described. 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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