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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 203. 



This experiment was a part of metabolism experiment No. 

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

 began with breakfast May 3, 1901, and continued four days. 

 The weight of the subject, J. C. W., in underclothes at the be- 

 ginning was 79.6 kilos and at the end 79.7 kilos. 



Table 124. 

 Digestion experiment N^o. 20J. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 5446.6 grams 

 urine, containing 63.6 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food, 17.0 

 grams; outgo in urine and perspiration, 16. i grams, and in 

 feces, 1.8 grams; implying a loss of .9 gram nitrogen, corre- 

 sponding to 5.6 grams protein. 



