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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF METABOLISM EXPERIMENT NO. 78. 



This experiment, preliminary to metabolism experiment No. 

 14, began with breakfast December 17, 1898, and continued 

 three days. The subject, E. O., was not weighed at the be- 

 ginning of the experiment but at the end he weighed 63.6 

 kilos. As metabolism experiment No. 14 was a rest experi- 

 ment the subject during the preliminary period took as little 

 muscular exercise as possible outside of his regular duties. 



Table 96. 

 Digestion experiment No. yS. 



• During this experiment the subject eliminated 2629.7 grams 

 urine, containing 50.2 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 II. 3 grams; outgo in urine, 13.4 grams, and in feces, .9 gram; 

 implying a loss of 3.0 grams nitrogen, corresponding to 18.8 

 grams protein. 



