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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 1 99. 



This experiment was a part of metabolism experiment No. 

 43, a work experiment with an excess of fat in the diet. It 

 began with breakfast March 29, 1901, and continued four days. 

 The weight of the subject, J. C. W., in underclothes was 79.2 

 kilos at the beginning of the experiment and 78,5 kilos at the 

 end of the experiment. 



Table 120. 

 Digestion experiment No. ipp. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 78S5.7 grams 

 urine, containing 75.0 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 17. 1 grams; outgo in urine and perspiration, 19. i grams, and 

 in feces, 2.0 grams; implying a loss of 4.0 grams nitrogen, cor- 

 responding to 25.0 grams protein. 



