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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. l6o. 



This experiment, a part of metabolism experiment No. 34, 

 began with breakfast April 26, 1900, and continued three days. 

 There was an excess of sugar in the diet. The subject, J. F. S. , 

 weighed in underclothes at the beginning of the experiment 

 64.9 kilos and at the end 65.4 kilos. He was engaged eight 

 hours each day in muscular work upon the stationary bicycle. 



Table ho. 

 Digestio7i experiment No. 160. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 2855.8 grams 

 urine, containing 48.9 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 16.0 grams; outgo in urine and perspiration, 16.7 grams, and 

 in feces, 1.2 grams; implying a loss of 1.9 grams nitrogen, cor- 

 responding to II. 9 grams protein. 



