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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 152. 



This experiment formed a part of metabolism experiment 

 No. 28, which was a rest experiment with an excess of carbo- 

 hydrates in the diet. It began with breakfast February 20, 

 1900, and continued three days. The subject, J. F. S., weighed 

 in underclothes 63.7 kilos at the beginning and 64 kilos at the 

 end of the experiment. 



Table 104. 

 Digestion experiment No. 1^2. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 3664.5 grams 

 urine, containing 45.8 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 15.8 grams; outgo in urine, 15.3 grams, and in feces, 1.2 

 grams; implying a lo.ss of .7 gram nitrogen, corresponding to 

 4.5 grams protein. 



