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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 1 57. 



This experiment, preliminary to metabolism experiment No. 

 32, began with breakfast April 16, 1900, and continued four 

 days. The diet in the experiment contained an excess of fat. 

 The subject, J. F. S., weighed in underclothes 66.2 kilos at the 

 end of the experiment. In addition to his regular duties he 

 took a considerable amount of exercise each day. 



Table io8. 

 Digestio7i experiment No. i^j. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 323S.9 grams 

 urine, containing 61.2 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per da}^ was therefore as follows: Income in food, 

 16.0 grams; outgo in urine, 15.3 grams, and in feces, 1.5 

 grams; implying a loss of .8 gram nitrogen, corresponding to 

 5.0 grams protein. 



