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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. I90. 



This experiment, part of metabolism experiment No. 35, 

 began with breakfast December 8, 1900, and continued four 

 days. The subject, J. C. W., weighed at the beginning of 

 the experiment 76.1 kilos and at the end 75.9 kilos. During 

 the sojourn in the respiration calorimeter he remained as quiet 

 as practicable. 



Table 112. 

 Digestion experiment No. igo. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 5683.4 grams 

 urine, containing 63.4 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per daj^ w'as therefore as follows: Income in food, 

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

 grams; implying a loss of i.o gram nitrogen, corresponding, 

 to 6.4 grams protein. 



