1 88 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 43. 



This experiment, the preliminary period of metabohsm ex- 

 periment No. 8, began with breakfast November 8, 1897, and 

 continued four days. The subject, E. O. , weighed with clothes, 

 72.1 kilos at the beginning and 71.6 kilos at the end. During 

 the period he took but little active exercise aside from his 

 regular work, which was light. 



Table 88. 

 Digestion experiment No. /j. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 5642.7 grams 

 urine, containing 56.6 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food, 

 20.1 grams; outgo in urine, 14.2 grams, and in feces, 1.8 

 grams; implying a gain of 4.2 grams nitrogen, corresponding 

 to 25.6 grams protein. 



