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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 303. 



This experiment was a part of metabolism experiment No. 



49, a work experiment with an excess of carbohydrates in the 

 diet. It began with breakfast March 27, 1902, and continued 

 three days. The subject, J. C. W., weighed in underclothes 

 at the beginning of the experiment 80.4 kilos and at the end 



50. 7 kilos. 



Table 128. 

 Digestion experiment No. joj. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 7006.4 grams 

 urine, containing 46.4 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

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

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

 in feces, 2.1 grams; implying a gain of .5 gram nitrogen, cor- 

 responding to 2.9 grams protein. 



