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STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 305. 



This experiment was preliminary to metabolism experiment 

 No. 52, a work experiment with an excess of fat in the diet. 

 It began with breakfast April 17, 1902, and continued four 

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

 the end of the experiment was 79.8 kilos. 



Table 130. 

 Digestion experiment No. 30^. 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 3943. i grams 

 urine, containing 64.2 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food, 16.7 

 grams; outgo in urine, 16. i grams, and in feces, 1.3 grams; 

 implying a loss of .7 gram nitrogen, corresponding to 4.4 grams 

 protein. 



