. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 BULLETIIT 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 16.—Condition of the natural corn in hold 5 as loaded and the change in condition while the corn was in the vessel—samples taken in order in the hold, from top to bottom. [T 37, etc., represents samples in erossed-wire containers fastened to resistance thermometers of the same numbers; * indicates not included in the average.] Sam- Temperature. Moisture content. Acidity. Germination. Sound kernels. Weight per bushel. ple No. As load- ed. As dis- charged. As load-
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 BULLETIIT 764, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Table 16.—Condition of the natural corn in hold 5 as loaded and the change in condition while the corn was in the vessel—samples taken in order in the hold, from top to bottom. [T 37, etc., represents samples in erossed-wire containers fastened to resistance thermometers of the same numbers; * indicates not included in the average.] Sam- Temperature. Moisture content. Acidity. Germination. Sound kernels. Weight per bushel. ple No. As load- ed. As dis- charged. As load- ed. As dis- charged. As load- ed. As dis- charged. As load- ed. As dis- cliarged. As load- ed. As dis- charged. As load- ed. As dis- charged. T37 78 53 ""53' "'54' 55 ""54' "F. 122 118 70 64 140 95 112 62 71 95 75 61 63 '[ '' 'is'.h' P. ct. '22.'4' 'ig.'s' '' 75 ""ee" ""62' 63 P. ct. 20 0 55 55 0 30 44 49 4 0 13 68 61 'go.'s' ' '; 5' P. ct. 0 Pounds. Pounds. 79 T38 80 81 82 83 T39 T40 84 T41 85 The influence of the tunnel heat on the corn in hold 5, is illustrated by the temperature records for thermometers 39, 40, and 41 in figure v.,pc^ A^^fL 27. Thermometer 40 was located on the steel part of the tun- nel, thermometer 39 about 3 feet above the plank covered part of the tunnel, and thermometer 41 the same height as the top of the tunnel but halfway out toward the side of the ship. Thermometer 40 indi- cated a rapid increase in temperature during the first week after the vessel sailed, and registered 95° F. on March 10. The tem- perature decreased to 86°
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