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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF METABOLISM EXPERIMENT NO. 49. 



This experiment, which was preliminar}- to metabohsm ex- 

 periment No. II, began with breakfast March 18, 1898, and 

 continued four days. The subject, E. O., was not weighed at 

 the beginning of the experiment, but at the end weighed with- 

 out clothes 70 kilos. As the subject was to work during the 

 metabolism experiment he took a considerable amount of ex- 

 ercise on a bicycle and otherwise in addition to his regular 

 duties. 



Table 92. 

 DigestioJi experhne?it A^o. /p. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 3404.3 grams 

 urine, containing 51.4 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 19.9 grams; outgo in urine, 12.9 grams, and in feces, 1.9 

 grams; implying a gain of 5.1 grams nitrogen, corresponding 

 to 31.9 grams protein. 



