New Yokk Agricultural Experimrnt Station. 1T9 



Table III. — Comparison of Effects of Ether. Chloroform, and Mix- 

 ture OF Both Upon the Activity of Enzymes. 



Ancesthetic used. In 100 pounds total nitrogen. 



, . , , . ■ , 



Mi.xture. Toral Niiro- Nitro- 



, ■ , soluble gen la geu Nitro- Number 



Chloro- (;hloro- nuio- alhu- in pep- gen in of genus 



Ether. form. Ether, form. Age. gen. nioses. toues. amides. per cc. 



Fer ct. Per ct. Volumes. Days. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. 



15 2 11.92 3. 'Jo 2.93 5.01 132 



Fresh 2719 



3 2 2 13.61 4.54 3.87 5.19 140 



3 2 13.18 5.66 2.-38 5.14 93 



15 5 16.75 4.81 . 5.64 6.30 19 



3 2 5 14.90 4. 20 4.25 6.-39 116 



3 5 13.23 3.70 3.60 5.93 28 



15 8 20.73 6.38 5.65 8.70 



3 2 8 17.67 5.18 4.71 7.78 



3 8 17.31 4.26 4.62 8.43 



15 14 25.64 9.90 4.72 11.02 100 



3 2 14 25.92 8.98 3.98 12.96 5 



3 14 24.82 9.16 3.61 12.04 6 



15 21 32.49 14.34 4.90 13.25 121 



3 2 21 29.71 11.29 4.-53 13.89 02 



3 21 27.89 10.-55 4.81 12.50 6 



15 28 35.81 14.89 8.42 12. .50 101 



3 2 28 32.12 10.74 6.85 14.55 18 



3 28 29.80 11.66 5.64 12.50 4 



15 35 36.47 15.18 7.31 13.89 



3 2 35 32.49 13.24 5.46 13.79 11 



3 35 30.36 12.22 6.01 12.13 5 



15 42 39.63 18.98 7.87 12.78 138 



3 2 42 36.57 15.56 7.59 13.42 13 



3 42 35.36 15.74 7.61 12.00 6 



15 56 45.75 19.45 11.39 14.91 183 



3 2 50 40.28 17.50 10.83 11.95 5 



3 56 Lost. 



15 84 55.01 22.22 15. .38 17.41 320 



3 2 84 48.44 17.88 12.60 17.96 4 



3 84 45.83 18.52 10.83 16.58 3 



15 137 60.74 15.43 24.03 21.28 113 



3 2 1.37 57.-33 14.73 24.08 18.52 2 



3 137 Lost. 1 



From these results it is seen that a slightly greater amount of 

 soluble nitrogen was formed in the presence of 15 per ct. of ether 



