222 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 20I, 



This experiment was a part of metabolism experiment No. 

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

 began with breakfast April 6, 1901, and continued one day. 

 The subject weighed 78.8 kilos at the beginning and 78.3 kilos 

 at the end of the experiment. 



Table 122. 

 Digestion experiment No. 201 . 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 2233.9 grams 

 urine, containing 18.9 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

 17.4 grams; outgo in urine and perspiration, 19.3 grams, and 

 in feces, 2.2 grams; implying a loss of 4.1 grams nitrogen, cor- 

 responding to 25.6 grams protein. 



